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February 2017

February 10, 2017

How White People Gather to Undermine White Supremacy

Last Sunday, two colleagues and I greeted a group of thirty-three people over a shared...

September 2016

September 25, 2016

Don’t Be an Asshole: Reflections on Civility

When did we decide that the virtues of our public officials and the values that...

July 2016

July 09, 2016

What to Do About Our Crisis of Racial Injustice?

The problems that we face are not about the police. We do not need to...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

Has North Carolina become the “Hate State”?

Clearly, being Christian means something different to me than to many people in NC who...

April 2016

April 08, 2016

How To Be an Effective White Ally

To destroy racism we have to destroy the system that was built upon Black people’s...

February 2016

February 16, 2016

What Does the Lord Require of You? A Message for Comfortable Christians

Comfortable Christians need to step out of our comfort zones and begin to take risks...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

Does it matter if my ancestors owned slaves?

In some ways, it doesn’t matter if my ancestors owned slaves. After all, my privilege...

March 2015

March 18, 2015

Taking Risks for Social Change

A couple of weeks ago, I published a blog piece prompted by a new report...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

Considering the Merits of Privilege

Saturday, I led a Women's Retreat at a local Baptist church. Our theme was "living...

February 12, 2015

Forgetting Lynching at Our Peril

My third grader is a white child in a Title I school in our town....