"Without defensiveness, without counterargument, without self-justification, we as white Christian Americans need to listen to our black brothers and sisters, whose experience of this country is often radically different from our own." https://t.co/1EH12oH56R
This article from 1969 is astoundingly on target today: “But what can I do?” ask concerned white Americans. Well, as a first step, set out on a mission of understanding; try to learn what it is like to be a black in white America. Read, baby, read!
A @CTmagazine reading list for white Christians in 1969: Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, Lerone Bennett Jr., W. E. B. DuBois, and James Baldwin.
"It's the white suburbanite who needs black studies."
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55 years ago today, we were beaten, tear gassed, and trampled by horses. I thought I saw death. I thought I was going to die. I don't know how I made it back, but I know we cannot rest. We cannot become weary. We must keep pushing and pulling and find a way to get in the way.
New article from @AuthorSherriGragg is live via @relevant
When It Feels Like God Has Forsaken You https://t.co/9qukgXNGkU
Read more in Sherri's new book, Advent: The Story of Christmas
Thx @lithub for a great list! Have only read one so far (Henrietta Lacks). 3 more queued up: New Jim Crow / Evicted are next - right after Between the World and Me
The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the Decade https://t.co/udzdyZbD2Y
Christmas is about celebration, but Advent is about giving space for the hard places in which we still wait for deliverance. -@SherriGragg: https://t.co/doaBoizWuy via @incourage
Compton Kid Goes to Oxford | https://t.co/Bj4d3AhyoP https://t.co/ehMgdhB89X
Let's be honest, sometimes a book publicist has favorites.
Looking at you, @caylinlmoore.
Producers & editors: interviews https://t.co/fxLA5tlkBR
#Adreamtoobig https://t.co/SuqI5NvCb1
He dreamed dreams that were too big and watched God fulfill them! Hear @CaylinLMoore ‘s inspiring testimony of once living in Compton to excelling as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford.
Watch today’s interview here: https://t.co/zhRjLXETvh
LISTEN: Jesus Over Everything podcast has @JadaEdwards1721gusts as guest host today! Tune in tomorrow for Jada's interview with @LisarWhittle
Known By Name Bible study series @BibleStudyWomen