Category: Race & Ethnicity

Are you curious on how to better love and support our hurting Black communities? Pastors Duke L. Kwon and Dr. Gregory Thompson build a  historical and theological case for reparations — and address the various thefts of white supremacy that continue to hurt our Black communities in their latest book: Reparations: A Christian Call for…

Most of the theology and church history that I’ve studied (and been exposed to) was passed along from the Western church tradition. And I’ve been blessed to learn a lot from various theologians and thinkers like Julian of Norwich, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Charles Spurgeon, Thomas Merton, C.S. Lewis, and N.T. Wright. However, I never knew about…

The topic of immigration is a huge theme in our Hebrew Bible & New Testament scriptures. Think about the story of Abraham being a foreigner in Egypt and Canaan, or Jacob moving his family to Egypt to reunite with Joseph, or the story of Israel being strangers in Egypt (and then being a displaced people wandering in the desert).…

We’ve been examining the ways our theology and personal faith evolves — and how oppression, disability, trauma and racism can shift the way we understand God, our scriptures and ourselves. Today, we’re going to be focused specifically on addressing the marginalization and oppression of our Asian American communities — and how living in a liminal space (sometimes…

As you know, we’ve been living in a tragic time in our country amid COVID-19, political turmoil, friends and family members losing jobs, domestic violence increasing, and we’re seeing more violent examples of xenophobia, racism, and white supremacy around us. A few weeks ago, we witnessed domestic terrorists invade our U.S. Capitol, people waving confederate flags…