To further our Lenten theme, Love At The Center, we invite you on a journey toward racial justice. Each week we will provide readings, videos, podcasts and prayers to help you explore your feelings, understandings and knowledge about your role in moving toward racial justice in our church community and beyond. Please choose which resources you feel are most helpful to you. Each devotional begins with "Words to Ponder" and ends with a prayer. We hope each weekly reflection provides a depth of rich resources for you to choose from.
Today’s Words to Ponder:
“Our only chance at dismantling racial injustice is being more curious about its origins than we are worried about our comfort. It's not a comfortable conversation for any of us. It is risky and messy. It is haunting work to recall the sins of our past. But is this not the work we have been called to anyway? Is this not the work of the Holy Spirit to illuminate truth and inspire transformation? It's haunting. But it's also holy.”
― Austin Channing Brown
This week we are learning from the words and works of Austin Channing Brown. Austin Channing Brown is a media producer, author, and speaker providing inspired leadership on racial justice in America. She is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of :
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made For Whiteness.
“Austin Channing Brown’s anti-racism work is critical to changing our world, and her ability to talk about what is good and true about love, about our faith, and about loving each other is transformative. She is a writer, a speaker, and a media producer providing inspired leadership on racial justice in America.”
~ Brené Brown
Our Daily Prayer:
God, in our search for racial justice and equality, help us listen to everyone. Help us to have courageous conversations about racism. Give us the courage to speak up, to stay engaged, to be ok feeling uncomfortable, and to keep an open heart.
Amen.
