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Today is the birthday of John Wesley, founder of #Methodism. Here are his reflections on #BlackLivesMatter
John Wesley, Founder of Methodism, died 3/2/1791. To slave-traders: "Are
you a man? Then you should have an human heart. But have you indeed? What is your heart made of? Is there no such principle as compassion there? Do you never feel another's pain? Have you no sympathy? . .
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Vincent Lloyd and Andrew Prevot, eds of "Anti-Blackness and Christian Ethics" (@OrbisBooks) asked the contributors to comment on our current situation. Their powerful replies here (including Bryan Massingale, M. Shawn Copeland, @DeanKBD). politicaltheology.com/anti-b…
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The master, who fancied himself something of an inventer, showed off a delicious new use for road kill. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Five years ago on June 17 2015 a young white man, hoping to “ignite a race war,” interrupted a prayer service in “Mother Emanuel Church” in Charleston SC, one of the oldest African American churches in the country, drew a gun, and began shooting. His violence took 9 lives.
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In the days that followed, the country learned more of the faith and goodness of those murdered that day—guilty of nothing more than “praying while Black”—and of how, in different ways, their faith had inspired them to lives of service and ordinary decency.
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Five years later, the question resounds: “How long, O Lord, how long?” #BlackLivesMatter
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I have always had a hunch that Aristotle was a gateway to Trump but it is fascinating to see that confirmed by an actual philosopher and Student for Trump. Knowledge! ⚡️💥👨🎓💡💡
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The Soweto uprising began on June 16 1976 when Black schoolchildren in the township of Soweto protested against the introduction of Afrikaans as the language of instruction. Hundreds were killed and wounded. The repression signaled the ultimate downfall of apartheid in 1994.
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Today is the centenary of writer John Howard Griffin, born June 16 1920. Thanks to @americamag for asking me to reflect on his life of radical empathy in this time of #BlackLivesMatter. americamagazine.org/faith/20…
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Intending to preserve all his conversations for his authorized novelist, the master insisted to all he met—staff or family—that all his words were “off the record,” or simply “jokes.” As he liked to say, “What happens on the estate, stays on the estate.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Here is my take on the centenary of John Howard Griffin: Remembering John Howard Griffin at 100: Catholic Convert who wrote ‘Black Like Me’ americamagazine.org/faith/20…
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A surprise awaited the master in his birthday cake this year. The baker had been fired for harboring nihilistic sympathies, but none of the master’s staff, who were in on the joke, thought it fit to warn him. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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What the Bible Has to Say About Black Anger nytimes.com/2020/06/14/opini…
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My latest @OrbisBooks publisher’s letter features #JamesCone and other voices of #BlackLivesMatter. Read the rest at Orbisbooks.com.
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