“To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda, nor even in stirring people up, but in being a living mystery.  It means to live in such a way that one’s life would not make sense if God did not exist.”- Cardinal Suhard

I’m in the middle of reading a book called The Warmth of Other Suns.  It’s the most engrossing non-fiction book I’ve read in a long time.  It details the migration of blacks from the South to the North during the 20^th century, and why they left.  The ‘why they left’ part is, needless to say, pretty horrific.

I happened upon that book when I read an article in The Atlantic recently about why we should really address this national history of racism we have.

Now, as a white person, I don’t need to read those things.  I can lah-dee-da my way through life just fine without ever having to think about my privilege.

But as a person who follows Jesus, I need to be drenched with the facts of the world.  I need to be confronted with a reality that I have not experienced.  It is my responsibility to not be a Jackass for Jesus.

Click over to Mihee’s to read the rest!