Making space
I shared this picture a while ago on my Facebook page and said that maybe later I would share the thoughts behind it. So here goes: These words are certainly true on an individual level in our own lives, but that’s not where my heart and mind were when I wrote them. I wrote these words after we discussed the first chapter of T he Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism . This book examines the history of the church in the United States and the ways that it has enabled racism both actively and passively. This isn’t the first book I have read on this topic. I also recently read Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation . As I’m reading these books and learning more about our history, I am left wondering what we are losing by burying it instead of acknowledging, repenting, and reconciling from it. That is my heart behind these words: There is no redemption without mess. There is no miracle without brokenness. There is no resurr