Sisters, who exposed cruelty hiding in plain sight
Decades ago, sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké spoke out with compassion and courage. Their insights into a past culture show how cruelty hides in plain sight.
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Decades ago, sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké spoke out with compassion and courage. Their insights into a past culture show how cruelty hides in plain sight.
God wants to lift from our shoulders staggering burdens that generations have needlessly carried. He wants to show us the way to send away the past that binds.
A true story from the past it seems important to tell. Four questions about the present it seems important to ask.
Ultimately, collectively, the church quenched the Spirit’s voice in order to embrace the society’s values. The church began to preach - and to try to live - a righteousness unencumbered with justice. But. God.
What one bewildered, battered woman found, and dared to write, before patterns from the past began to replay in the present in such a visible, alarming way.
Abuse had begun to open my eyes to evils in my church culture. Then, God took me on a pilgrimage into the past, to show me what is happening now.
Shame that’s exposed hurts like hell. But only – only – when brought out into the light can shame be dealt with and sent away.
Mini-post: Thought-provoking quote from We Confess! The Civil War, the South, and the Church
"White men are not the secret weapon (to dismantling injustice in the church and beyond) ... but Jesus is."
Much as we may try to do so, we cannot buy ourselves “a pass from American history,” nor from the racist fallout still occurring today.