In the act of prayer we follow Jesus into the hurt of someone else and in doing so we follow him into the light of true fellowship with God and others. The light isn't found in the absence of darkness, anguish and dirt it's found wherever Jesus chooses to be. And most often Jesus chooses to be crouched down in the middle of the darkness, anguish and dirt of his beloved children. It's from there that he invites us to follow him, because though it may be uncomfortable, though we may get mud all over our oh so clean selfs, though we may have to give up what we hold dear, it's there that connection lies. We get to be deeply connected to someone we know nothing about except their creator. We don't need to know what they look like, who their family is or what they do for a living to care about them because we are beloved by the same father. A father whose great care we can't fully comprehend but can get a glimpse of through prayer.
I AM RACIST AND SO, WHITE PERSON, ARE YOU
I AM RACIST AND SO, WHITE PERSON, ARE YOU But We Don't Have to Stay That Way Love Letter For My Sister Alright. Before we dive into this SUPER fun topic let me start with the fact that you are being made new every day. You're not going to be allowed to stay where you're at in your racism. You are beloved. For the first time -practically ever- I'm not being sarcastic. You are so beloved. I don't know who you are (hi Mom!), but that doesn't matter. I need you to know it and believe it before we continue. Because this is not actually fun. It's actually really shitty . If you don't believe beloved this could be dangerous. Don't get stuck. Please. Right now we're part of the problem, but we don't have to stay that way. How did this whole thing come about? I had one sentence in my head. I had to face my racism. Sitting cross-legged on my bed I put on a random Spotify playlist. ("Sum Me Up" case you...
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