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Where White People Should Start

[blockquote type=”center”] I guess all we can really do toward racial reconciliation is work on our own selves, right? Prioritizing understanding over self-defense is a good first step (although a doozy). Being heard is THE prerequisite to healing conversations. If you try to understand me then I automatically want to try to understand you. Humility…

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Day 6 – #Ferguson

This is an excerpt from Issue 1 of Walking Brave.   #Ferguson has made it hard, if not impossible, for people to say ‘I didn’t know’.  Maybe before, white people hadn’t really paid attention to ‘systemic racism’. Maybe you know people who actually describe it as – raise those fingers – “systemic racism” – because they…

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Justice System, My Ass. #Marissa418

  “Prosecutors admit that they routinely charge people with crimes for which they technically have probably cause but which they seriously doubt they could ever win in court.  They ‘load up’ defendants with charges that carry extremely harsh sentences in order to force them to plead guilty to lesser offenses and – here’s the kicker…

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Carpe the Hell Out of Your Diem

  I was really depressed Saturday night.  I talked to myself like you shouldn’t talk to people. This is a battle, a war. And the casualties could be your hearts and souls. And then I had a glass of wine, and I got pissed.  I got a baseball bat and I broke some wine glasses…

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Knowing the Underside of History

  We are shaped by the stories we tell, by the unspoken plotlines that seep into us. Individually and collectively, the histories we know and the ones we don’t turn us into a specific kind of people. What do we choose to know? Why do we choose to remember? I’ve always loved history, especially American history. …

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Resources: Gays, AIDS, and the Church, Part 9

Here’s a list of various blogs, websites, organizations, books, and movies related to the church, being gay, and HIV/AIDS. Blogs Queer Theology Anarchist Reverend Justin Lee Steve Gershom Anxious Gay Christian Middle Ground Dr. Trista Carr Eliel Cruz Julie Rodgers Eve Tushnet A Queer Calling Registered Runaway Jonas Weaver Freed Hearts Tangentials Spiritual Friendship Sacred…

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The ‘Gay Agenda’: Gays, AIDS, and the Church, Part 7

  I’ve been hearing about the ‘gay agenda’ (and the boycotts) for as long as I can remember.  I’ve of course, never heard a word about the Christian agenda, even though it exists.  I think it’s worth examining this list, that is very typical of the Evangelical Christian Complex’s (ECC) feelings towards non-straight people. Look…

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