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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass might have classified many professing Christians with the scribes and Pharisees of whom Jesus said, “Do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach” (Matthew 23.3) Douglas recalled that his one-time owner had “attended a Methodist camp meeting and there experienced religion. If it had any effect on his character, it made him more cruel and hateful in all his ways.” How? Because with…
Saviorism
A Good Ally avoids saviorism and constantly reflects upon their role and place in the larger struggle. …Sometimes in our vigor and passion to fight injustice, we fall into the trap of saviorhood. The male that fights for women’s rights, the straight/CIS person who advocates for LGBTQ people, the White person confronting racism. I have no doubt that most begin with great intentions, but as we have seen over and over again, when unchecked and unreflective, even the most passionate and…
Responding to Racism
Doug Worgul’s novel, “Thin Blue Smoke”, chronicles the life of LaVerne Williams, the owner of a Kansas City restaurant, and touches upon everything from God to race to friendship to character to, as you would expect of a Kansas City writer…Barbeque. At one point, LaVerne’s son Raymond (who is african american) and his best friend A.B. (who is caucasion) are arrested after they locked their keys in their own restaurant. As the officer comes to release Raymond and A.B. from…
Racism
This week we turn to race and racism in our exploration of controversial social issues of our day. The United Methodist Social Principles Statement on the Rights of Racial and Ethnic Persons (paragraph 162.a) includes the following, “Racism is the combination of the power to dominate by one race over other races and a value system that assumes that the dominant race is innately superior to the others. Racism includes both personal and institutional racism….We rejoice in the gifts that particular…
Toward Sunday
We move into the first topic of our new worship series this Sunday called Don’t Talk About That at The Table. Our worship series will invite reflection & conversation on many of the topics we “aren’t” supposed to talk about in church. This week we will consider Race. The outline of our current series: January 12: United Methodist Social Principles (Acts 10.34-43) January 19: Race (Matthew 5.38-48) January 26: Immigration (1 Corinthians 1.10-18) February 2: Abortion (Micah 6.1-8) February 9:…