Comments on: Welcome to the Marathon! http://consumingjesus.org/2008/06/11/removing-the-blinders-of-prejudice/ Beyond Race and Class Issues In a Consumer Church Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:52:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: David Swanson http://consumingjesus.org/2008/06/11/removing-the-blinders-of-prejudice/comment-page-1/#comment-123 David Swanson Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:50:22 +0000 http://consumingjesus.org/2008/06/06/removing-the-blinders-of-prejudice/#comment-123 First, thanks for the effort going into this blog. I think this is a very helpful forum for those of us who read and were challenged by <i>Consuming Jesus</i>. Second, as a white pastor on staff at a multi-ethnic church I appreciate this post about passive and invisible forms of racism. It can be difficult for those of us in the majority culture to listen with humility as our family from minority cultures explain what this type of racism looks like. Perhaps even more challenging is providing safe places where folks can feel safe describing their experiences of racism to those of us who have often not been interested in knowing about these realities. It sounds like the "School of Theology" is a great means to provide that type of safe space. Our church is currently going through a sermon series and small group curriculum called "Race Matters" which is part of our ongoing attempt to deal directly with the complexities of race and racism. Keep up the great work! http://thenewcom.com/ First, thanks for the effort going into this blog. I think this is a very helpful forum for those of us who read and were challenged by Consuming Jesus.

Second, as a white pastor on staff at a multi-ethnic church I appreciate this post about passive and invisible forms of racism. It can be difficult for those of us in the majority culture to listen with humility as our family from minority cultures explain what this type of racism looks like. Perhaps even more challenging is providing safe places where folks can feel safe describing their experiences of racism to those of us who have often not been interested in knowing about these realities. It sounds like the “School of Theology” is a great means to provide that type of safe space. Our church is currently going through a sermon series and small group curriculum called “Race Matters” which is part of our ongoing attempt to deal directly with the complexities of race and racism.

Keep up the great work!

http://thenewcom.com/

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