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Day 13: The Ultimate Sacrifice

Recently at a Black Lives Matter symposium, I was challenged to voice what I wanted, needed and recommended from white people who aspire to become co-conspirators in the dismantling of white supremacy.

Day 12, Second Sunday of Lent | Transfiguration: Jesus is all Colors

In the Transfiguration, Jesus appears dazzlingly as all colors. White light is a mixture of all colors. His disciples saw him for who and what he really was, and is. Jesus is all colors. Jesus speaks with Moses and Elijah, something like a presidential candidate being visited by George Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr. A theophany thunders: “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”

Day 11: Lord, Who is My Enemy?

African Americans are intimately familiar with the directive from Jesus to love our enemies. Oftentimes, we ask: "Lord, who is my enemy?" This happens in both the best and worst of times. Right now we have an African American president, black and brown Supreme Court justices, and black and brown CEOs. But it is also an era of increased racial discrimination: unwarranted stop and frisks of young people of color by the police, and morally unjustified police killings of young men of color, women, and even innocent children. Furthermore, black and brown people are often incarcerated for offenses that actually warrant medical treatment, not imprisonment—in many cases leading to a lifetime of disenfranchisement—never being able to vote, apply for good government jobs, or secure affordable housing.