Here we are again. The video footage of Ahmaud Arbery is all over social media. It is a time for lament and a time for righteous anger. I write this blog post as a continuation to the initial posts offered by Northside Church members. My aim in this post is to help my fellow white brothers and sisters think about where we go from here. At the close of Jemar Tisby’s book, The Color of Compromise , he introduces a framework that he calls the A.R.C. of racial justice. Using Jemar’s framework, I’d like to humbly offer some application points that I think are important for me and my fellow white sisters and brothers at Northside Church to move towards. I also write this as a Christian pastor. Christians of all ethnicities are Bible people. The end-game for us isn’t just racial justice. The end-game for us is conformity to Jesus and honoring Him. Racial injustice is one of the areas in which we need God’s Spirit to change us, grow us and conform us (Rom 12:2, 2 Cor 3:18). My prayer is
Amen. Thanks for the reminder, sister.
ReplyDeleteAmen, hallelujah! Love love love this. Thank you!
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DeleteThank you so much, Charity!!! Love love love!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful song Charity! Thank you for sharing this with us. - Joel
ReplyDeleteA sweet gift indeed. Thank you, Charity, for a pure and sweet voice expressing a pure and sweet truth about a God who has all we need.
ReplyDeleteI have all that I need. So simple, but so true. I will be whispering those words, in your singing voice, to myself all through this scary season. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAmen! Wonderful.
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