Not too long ago I taught a seminary class on racial reconciliation and the Church. At the end of the semester, one of my most endearing and engaged students approached me and told me that while he had greatly enjoyed the class and thought that this “racial reconciliation stuff” was interesting, he didn’t believe that [...]
In this series called Diversity Repellent I’m sharing brief observations on the subtle but powerful things that we do and say that make diverse people think twice about building community with us. These are just observations, so I encourage you to share your own thoughts, questions and suggestions. Also, if you have a “diversity repellent” [...]
I did a short series on listening well as a person of privilege because I often encounter privileged people who sincerely desire to stand in solidarity with oppressed people but don’t really know how to go about it in an honoring way. As a result, their well-intentioned attempts to listen well often result in clumsy [...]
Note: Today’s post comes from my friend and pastor, Jeff Heidkamp. About 18 months ago, we formed a multiethnic preaching team that gave voice to diverse people while drastically cutting the number of Sundays that Jeff occupied the pulpit. In this post, Jeff talks about what he’s learned in the process and offers some advice [...]
Note: This is the 6th and final post in a series on Listening Well as a Person of Privilege. If you’ve been energized by this series, I encourage you to be on the lookout for my book “The Priesthood of the Privileged” which I hope will be out at some point in 2014! One of [...]
Note: This is the 5th post in a ongoing series on Listening Well as a Person of Privilege. If you’ve been energized by this series, I encourage you to be on the lookout for my book “The Priesthood of the Privileged” which I hope will be out at some point in 2014. Privileged people who are [...]
Note: This is the 4th post in an ongoing series on Listening Well as a Person of Privilege. If you’ve been energized by this series, I encourage you to be on the lookout for my book “The Priesthood of the Privileged” which I hope will be out at some point in 2014. Privileged Christians almost [...]
Note: In honor of MLB Opening Day, I’m taking a short break from my series on Listening Well as a Person of Privilege. I’ll continue it next week About halfway through my grad school program, I decided that I wanted a career in Major League Baseball. As a lifelong baseball fan – it’s such a [...]
Note: This is the 3rd post in an ongoing series on Listening Well as a Person of Privilege. If you’ve been energized by this series, I encourage you to be on the lookout for my book “The Priesthood of the Privileged” which I hope will be out at some point in 2014. I’ve talked with [...]
Note: This is the 2nd post in an ongoing series on Listening Well as a Person of Privilege. If you’ve been energized by this series, I encourage you to be on the lookout for my book “The Priesthood of the Privileged” which I hope will be out at some point in 2014. Privileged folks are [...]
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