Can we learn from other people and that other tribe? It will surprise no one to learn that I was an enthusiastic member of my high school debate team. If your high school experience was different than mine, let me explain how debate works. Topics are announced...
Godly Conviction and White Guilt. The last few years have been illuminating for many white Christians, myself included. I am so thankful for the patient work of so many brothers and sisters of color who have pointed out blind spots and failures in allowing Christ’s...
“I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake,...
What White Folks Learning About Racism (Can) Ask? “But what can I do to fix this?” I have heard some variation of this question asked dozens of times, often with evident and genuine pain behind it. The people asking this question are usually white, and through...
I had Tom Tarrants’ book on pre-order, and did for some time. When it arrived, it came four days after a domestic terrorist killed over twenty people in El Paso. The timing for the book’s arrival was chilling, given that Tarrants was a white supremacist and domestic...
