Tag Archives: Racial Reconciliation
Father and Son Reflect on White and Black in South Africa
These are some touching stories of two South Africans now living missionally regarding being white and black: Cobus Van Wyngaard: Read his Journal starting on February 22 Arnau Van Wyngaard: Read this post on his Black Heart, then his story … Continue reading
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A Gentle Wind of God: The Influence of the East Africa Revival
Richard K. MacMaster and Donald R. Jacobs masterfully recount the genesis and on-going life of the East Africa Revival in “A Gentle Wind of God: The Influence of the East Africa Revival” (Find on Amazon). The significance of this revival … Continue reading
Filed under Books, East Africa, Revival
God is Bigger than Race!!!
Jena, LA, is going from this…. to this… What the national media is not covering demonstrates our nations lust for disunity and discord. Ironically, the one thing that people marched for “unity” and “justice” is being fulfilled in Jena, … Continue reading
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Jena Revival Continues
Baptist Press just released this article today–”This Time Around, Jena is Making Spiritual Headlines.” Who knows if the national media will return to Jena, LA. But God has been working there even through the toughest times. The article reports that … Continue reading
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Race and Revival–Revisiting Jena
I was looking at the RSS feed from Baptist Press and came across the article “Jena Revival Heads into Week 4“. Immediately I was intrigued. You probably remember, I hope, the racial tension budding from Jena across the nation back … Continue reading
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Nine Marks and Race
Check out Nine Marks roundtable of pastors, posted September 2007, on the issue of race in America here. I was alerted to the Nine Marks Roundtable while browsing on Quincy A. Jones’ blog Truth in the Innermost.
A Christian Perspective on Race Relations from a Brother who is also African American
Pastor Lance, at Blaque Tulip.com, in a post entitled The Little Rock Nine 40 years later gives his answer on how we can handle race problems in a way that leads to unity. First, he believes the church has to tackle this issue … Continue reading
Whites, Blacks, Slavery & Reconciliation
Several weeks ago, in response to thoughts I had over the racial problems we have in our country, I posted on recapturing the Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Find that post here. I also offered some suggestions for doing … Continue reading
Have we lost the “Dream…”?
In the past two years, three, at least three major incidents have revealed that we have deep racial divides in our country. Last year, the Duke Lacrosse Case struck close to home for me. I attend church in Durham and … Continue reading
