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The New Monastics and Mosaic Leadership

A brilliant and truth-filled post by Gabriel Salguero as part of the conversation about New Monastics and Race at God’s Politics blog.
 The New Monastics and Mosaic Leadership: Otra Voz by Gabriel Salguero
A Historical-Contextual Perspective: This is no small point. Often in the public presentations, books, and conferences of these aforementioned movements, they are presented [...]

New Monasticism and White Privilege

This is a post I wrote for God’s Politics blog as my contribution to the current conversation on Racial Reconciliation Challenge to New Monasticism initiated by Jason and Vonetta Storbakken from Radical Living Community in NYC. 
What I wrote may sting a bit, this kind of stuff always do. So I am expecting some heat to come [...]

… that one day

[HT- Bob Carlton}

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How to tell people they sound racist

 
[HT -Jordon Cooper]

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diversity is more than sprinkling a bit of black and brown here or there

Mark does it again with this new satire piece at the Jesus Manifesto. While funny, it is true and very sad.  This part in specific touch very close to home -
These young men, though all around the age of 30 and white, are
diverse in other ways. “We value diversity. In fact, we’re
theologically diverse. We’re all [...]

From Little Things Big Thing Grow

This powerful video is about the official Australian Government apology to the Aboriginal People early this year. Thanks to my friend Jarrod McKenna for posting yesterday at God’s Politics blog.
 

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Economic Exploitation

Many white americans of good will never have connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They have deplored prejudice, but tolerated or ignored economic injustice. But the Negro knows that these two evils have a malignant kinship.
Dr. Martin Luther King

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Generation Illegal

You’ve heard of the:

Great Generation
Baby Boomers
Gen X
Gen Y
Net Gen

How’bout Generation Illegal - Listen podcast here.

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St. Martin Luther King

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NPR : Redefining What It Means to Be Black in America

NPR : Redefining What It Means to Be Black in America

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