58: David Swanson on Rediscipling the White Church

How do we talk about race and ethnicity as a discipleship issue and not a partisan issue? David Swanson talks about his book, Rediscipling the White Church and creative possibilities for this moment in time. Join us for Season 4 as we consider hot-button issues alive and well in our world today: Living Faithfully in an Upside-Down World.

LINKS

David’s book, Rediscipling the White Church: https://www.ivpress.com/rediscipling-the-white-church

David Swanson’s site: https://dwswanson.com/

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”Every congregation gets to be a part of reconciliation for the body of Christ for the glory of God.” @davidswanson

“What Jesus accomplished on the cross includes justice as well.” @davidswanson

“By pursuing racial justice, we’re alerting our communities that the kingdom of God has come near. There is a new way of living.” @davidswanson

“Politically we’re often more aligned with people of our same race than with Christians of other races.” @davidswanson

“As Christians, we don’t have to content ourselves with American optimism.” @davidswanson

“Race detaches us from place.” @davidswanson

ONE SMALL STEP

Use your internet scrolling time to do a little research project: take a few minutes to do a google search about your place. Who were the first inhabitants? What were housing laws like? Did an indigenous people group live there? Find out about the land underneath your feet and bring those findings to a God, in whose image we all are made.

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