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.
Isn’t it time to leave the past behind?
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.
Can we talk about shame?
It’s not a little thing to face into something as painful as shame. It takes courage, and trust. Yet to experience the abundant life and rest and favor our Lord holds out to us, it’s vital to let him show us when we’re feeling shame, and how to walk free from it.
Tell us about past events
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.
How do I tell you?
Shame that’s exposed hurts like hell. But only – only – when brought out into the light can shame be dealt with and sent away.
Cotton I picked, (c) GollyGForce
We need to see
Mini-post: Thought-provoking quote from We Confess! The Civil War, the South, and the Church
Forgive us
Review of "Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith" - a book that offers compelling histories of some of the church's greatest shortcomings, along with heartfelt confessions and reasons for hope.
“The Christians of the South adopted a beguiling code of ‘chivalry’ drawn from fictional accounts of the Dark Ages. They promoted as biblical a view of women heavily influenced by Arthurian romance novels.” – We Confess
Jesus, white men and me
"White men are not the secret weapon (to dismantling injustice in the church and beyond) ... but Jesus is."
“My family never owned slaves”
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.
Confederate Memorial Day and cataclysmic storms
In April 2011 and again in April 2014 – on the date when the most state celebrations of the former Confederacy converged – major storms spawned deadly tornadoes and record-breaking…