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Wind Posted onMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

The antidote to white fragility? Humility.

As if the invasion of Ukraine wasn’t horrifying enough, what has brought me unique pain as I observe the terror there, is that it wasn’t […] Read More

Wind Posted onAugust 25, 2021August 26, 2021

How individualism blinds us from our complicity in collective sin

Immigrants chasing the American Dream My parents emigrated from Egypt in part because they were looking for more opportunity and freedom from persecution. To us, […] Read More

Wind Posted onJuly 22, 2020June 9, 2021

How can we be soft on sin, when the sin is racism?

Why I’m OK being soft on sin Circle of Hope, in the 2000s, was often accused for being “soft on sin.” I partly think this […] Read More

Wind Posted onApril 24, 2019June 9, 2021

Sin is life diminishment. Give life instead.

Fundamentalists on both sides of the aisle “Sin” is a big word for a lot of Christians. Perhaps our ultimate temptation is to use someone […] Read More

Earth Posted onAugust 16, 2017June 9, 2021

When it comes to white supremacy, there is only one side for Christians: Jesus’

Curtis shared a moving story with me and others recently about his experience of white supremacy in Rhodesia, where he saw the horrors of racism […] Read More

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