Sermon: Don’t Make It Their Problem • March 21, 2021
- Identifying and working to overcome explicit and implicit bias in the life of the church.
- Drawing on the ministry of Jesus Christ to confront justice and oppression.
- Focusing on the superscription from Psalm 51—the lectionary text for the day—which is regarding King David and his non-apology for his misconduct with Bathsheba to discuss the ways in which patriarchy protects men like King David and Robert Aaron Long, the man who opened fire in three Atlanta-area spas earlier in the week.
Letter to the Editor: ‘Let’s talk about white privilege’ • The Fresno Bee, August 14, 2017
A letter to the editor in response to the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, NC in August, 2017. Includes an invitation to the community to attend a 6-week series of workshops using the UCC’s “Let’s Talk” curriculum and resource.
- Drawing on the ministry of Jesus Christ to confront injustice and oppression.
- Serves as an educator, advocate and community organizer in an area of social justice work.
- Engaging in mission and outreach.
- Accesses resources provided by the United Church of Christ for education, advocacy, and empowerment, and promotes their use among constituents and the Local Church.
Social Location Project • Contextual Thinking, Fall 2019
The reflection on the social location project as assigned in RS-1827, a class that critically examines the context of race and racism in various settings. Video link provided upon request.
- Identifying and working to overcome explicit and implicit bias in the life of the church
- Reflects self-critically on one’s social location and areas of privilege.
- Helps others learn and practice intercultural competencies.
- Understands the impact of racism, sexism, classism, and cis-normativity, ableism, cultural imperialism, and other forms of oppression on the Church and the World, and engages in sacred conversations on these topics.
A blog post about making it a goal to acknowlege whose land I am on when I travel in an effort to be more mindful of empire and colonialism.
- Preaching the radical hospitality of God
- Practices forgiveness and reconciliation, and works toward restorative justice.
- Identifying and working to overcome explicit and implicit bias in the life of the church
- Understands the impact of racism, sexism, classism, and cis-normativity, ableism, cultural imperialism, and other forms of oppression on the Church and the World, and engages in sacred conversations on these topics.
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