Saint George and the Dragon: This medieval painting shows a white-skinned knight on horseback, slaying a dragon, to the delight of a white-skinned damsel in distress.
“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."

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In the center of the frame, between a rough wood-plank fence in the front and a green forest backed by blue mountaintops in the rear, is the cornfield at Antietam - the site of a fierce Civil War battle and the single bloodiest day in American history.
Cornfield at Antietam

Redeeming the past

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  • Post last modified:March 16, 2024

Mini-post. Image of the cornfield at Antietam, where my great-great-grandfather fought. Quote about repeating the past and redeeming the past, from We Confess! The Civil War, the South, and the Church.

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