Just stumbled on this site. Very interesting. I’m looking forward to hanging out here a little bit. You can also go here to find an interactive map showing the ethnic diversity of the country.
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Racial Harmony —
Category Archives: Racial Harmony
40 Years Ago Today
On April 4th, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
This is an excerpt from his final public speech given the night before his death. See NPR for more coverage - Remembering MLK’s Prophetic ‘Mountaintop’ SpeechEd Gilbreath has a good roundup of stories as well.
(HT: Steve Knight)
Books My Black Friends Wish Every White Person Would Read
In a personal effort to be more intentional in what I read I asked a few of my friends what books they would want every white person to read if they could. Here’s my list so far:
“Losing the Race: Self Sabotage in Black America” by John McWhorter“Divided by Faith” by Michael Emerson and Christian [...]
Justice
Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of Jena, La yesterday. Read more here.
“It’s not about black and white. It’s about right and wrong. I would like to see these young men set free,” said Martha Kelly, 64, of Alexandria, La. Amen!
Piper on Biblical Counseling
Piper’s definition of biblical counseling from The Journal of Biblical Counseling, Winter 2002:
God-centered, Bible-saturated, emotionally-in-touch use of language to help people become God-besotted, Christ-exalting, joyfully self-forgetting lovers of people.
Civil Rights March for Jena Six Today
Read more about it here on NPR.
For more stories from NPR on the Jena Six case click here.
Especially interesting is the interview with two pastors (one white, one black) talking about the role of the church in the case.
Racism Today!
I am almost at a loss for words. I know racism exists today but as I watched this video about the Jena 6 case in Louisiana there is a part of me that cannot believe this is actually going on today! Please watch it and please pray for justice. And please be reminded that there [...]
Death to the N-word
Hundreds of onlookers cheered this afternoon as the NAACP put to rest the
long-standing expression of racism by holding a public burial for the
N-word during its annual convention.
Read more about the symbolic funeral here.
The $64,000 Question
I have been really enjoying Ed Gilbreath’s Reconciliation Blog and encourage you to check it out. He recently posted this question and the discussion has been excellent:
Why should we pursue racial reconciliation? Why would we be
better off with a more diverse congregation or ministry staff,
especially if things are humming along pretty well the way they are
now? [...]
Reconciliation Blog
Ed Gilbreath, author of Reconciliation Blues (see my post the other day for a link to a sample chapter) has a blog that will devote itself to racial reconciliation.
