[blockquote type=”left”]”In addition to sundown exurbs, another innovation threatens to maintain sundown suburbs, morphed into a new form: suburbs hypersegregated by social class.” (390)[/blockquote] Loewen goes on to talk about homeowners associations and gated communities. [blockquote type=”left”]”Gated communities epitomize defended neighborhoods, providing no amenities, not even streets, that are open to the public. Their walls…
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An Integrated Life – City Schools, Suburb Schools
[blockquote type=”center”]”In yet another way, elite sundown suburbs fail to pay their way: their zoning, lot requirements, and other restrictions force their maids, supermarket clerks, police officers, and even teachers to live elsewhere…Thus the property taxes paid by affluent whites in elite sundown suburbs do not help pay for the city services their employees use….
Day 16 – World Food Day
The needs of the world are too great, the suffering and pain too extensive, the lures of the world too seductive for us to begin to change the world, unless we are changed, unless conversion of life and morals becomes our pattern.” – William Willimon “{Cooking} connects us to nature: you’re working…
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
“Prosperity breeds amnesia.” You don’t need enough money to be ‘rich’ in order to be prosperous – just enough to pay the bills and then some. Just enough to insulate you from the reality of life for the most. ‘Having enough’ as we think of it means you can pay to cover the miles…
True Womanhood – Oppressing Women since Creation
3 years ago, I saw Andy Crouch, Skye Jethani, and Bethany Hoang, among others, talk in Chicago. It was part of the Lausanne Movement, an important part of evangelicalism, and justice was on the docket. I listened to a very pregnant Hoang talk about justice and the church and her work with IJM. Lately,…
Fasting….a Capitalistic Venture?
A Vocation of Obedience (A Guest Post)
I’m so excited to have D.L. Mayfield sharing her story here today. She is another one of those people who impresses me with her commitment to live out what she believes. Her willingness to follow God where he calls makes me look more closely at my own life. I have held many things in…
Guest Posting for J.R. Goudeau
This post was originally a guest post for Jessica Goudeau. It still sits over there, but I wanted to make sure I didn’t lose these words, and so I have the whole post below. ***** I am beyond excited to be posting over at Jessica’s place today. She has been such an inspiration, teacher and…
Seeing Faces, Not Statistics
The church was always cold. It had a high ceiling and a low budget. The faded carpeted floor sloped gently to the stage at the front, making it difficult to use the round tables in the back. The old white church, complete with steeple, looked as if it had been plucked from a small…