Breaking Mental Myopia: “Black Lives Matter” One can care deeply about black lives through their words and actions, yet never use the hashtags #BLM or #BlackLivesMatter One can support reforms in the criminal justice system and policing, yet not financially or otherwise support the Black Lives...
wake up
“The only woke I wanna be is Kingdom woke.” ~Stephanie Lippincott The calls to “Wake up!” seem to mean a number of different things right now in the body of Christ. “Wake Up! The mainstream media is in cahoots with an extremist agenda and they are trying to take down the country...
when you’re feeling trigged
A prominent pastor who is a vocal supporter of the President of the United States shares about participating in a peaceful community protest to stand against racism and injustice. He may even be wearing a mask. Let’s say you have an immediate and strong reaction that goes something along the lines...
a prayer for the body of christ
I see a clash of the powers of darkness and powers of light. My prayer this morning was that the plots of darkness orchestrated through radical extremism (across the full political spectrum) are exposed, confused, condemned, derailed, and made of no lasting effect. I prayed that our spiritual eyes...
don’t be color blind
“In the love of the family of God, we must become color brave, color caring, color honoring, and not color blind. We have to recognize the image of God in one another.” ~Latasha Morrison, Founder of Be The Bridge. “Race” as we talk about it isn’t a biblical...
riots, protests, & race
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this: Locals (of all colors) in cities protesting together peacefully. Things begin to spiral out of control and get a bit chaotic. It ends up being discovered and reported that most of the arrests from the arson and vandalism are of people who don’t live in...