God's Politics Blog » Multiethnic http://blog.sojo.net A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Christian Heroes in Black History http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/24/christian-heroes-in-black-history/ http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/24/christian-heroes-in-black-history/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:00:09 +0000 Edward Gilbreath http://blog.sojo.net/?p=16168 HeroesBlackHistorycover240x.jpgAs far as African American history books go, Heroes in Black History is unique. First of all, it was written by a white couple whose passion for their subject matter leaps off the page. Second, the book places the spiritual lives…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/24/christian-heroes-in-black-history/feed/ 4 Who’s Succeeding at Making Churches More Multiracial? http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/02/whos-succeeding-at-making-churches-more-multiracial/ http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/02/whos-succeeding-at-making-churches-more-multiracial/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:30:49 +0000 Michael O. Emerson http://blog.sojo.net/?p=15550 A recent Time magazine article traced the racial transformations of Willow Creek Community Church, one of the five largest congregations in the United States. Remarkably, in a span of just ten years, Willow Creek has gone from being 98% white to what…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/01/08/asian-%e2%89%a0-white/feed/ 25 In My Community: Equal at Birth, but Incarcerated at Adulthood http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/25/in-my-county-equal-at-birth-but-incarcerated-at-adulthood/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/25/in-my-county-equal-at-birth-but-incarcerated-at-adulthood/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:00:18 +0000 Alex Gee http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13743 Dane County, Wisconsin, is an amazing community for African-American babies to be born into.  It is a horrible community in which to live if you are an adult African-American male.  As an African American who is both male and a…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/25/in-my-county-equal-at-birth-but-incarcerated-at-adulthood/feed/ 8 Christianity Today and Cultural Captivity http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/02/christianity-today-and-cultural-captivity/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/02/christianity-today-and-cultural-captivity/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:15:55 +0000 Soong-Chan Rah http://blog.sojo.net/?p=12996 Last month’s Christianity Today featured an article on the state of evangelicalism by CT’s managing editor, Mark Galli.  In the middle of the article was the following:

Dealing with Cultural Captivity

Another wonderful development is our increased awareness of the variety of…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/02/christianity-today-and-cultural-captivity/feed/ 20 The Next Evangelicalism: Interview with Soong-Chan Rah, Part 2 http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/07/the-next-evangelicalism-interview-with-soong-chan-rah-part-2/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/07/the-next-evangelicalism-interview-with-soong-chan-rah-part-2/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:00:51 +0000 Edward Gilbreath http://blog.sojo.net/?p=9853 [continued from part 1]

You offer a blistering critique of the emerging church movement, suggesting that it is overhyped and lacks diversity. Is diversity possible in the “emerging” or “emergent” churches? It seems as if Christians involved in that movement are extremely…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/07/the-next-evangelicalism-interview-with-soong-chan-rah-part-2/feed/ 17 The Next Evangelicalism: Interview with Soong-Chan Rah, Part 1 http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/06/the-next-evangelicalism-interview-with-soong-chan-rah/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/06/the-next-evangelicalism-interview-with-soong-chan-rah/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:00:09 +0000 Edward Gilbreath http://blog.sojo.net/?p=9850 The Next EvangelicalismYou can’t do church in the 21st century without a vision for cultural diversity, says author and theologian Soong-Chan Rah.

If spiritual renewal breaks out in a forest and no American Christians are around to witness it, does that mean it…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/06/the-next-evangelicalism-interview-with-soong-chan-rah/feed/ 11 Eric Holder on America and Race: ‘A Nation of Cowards’ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/02/19/eric-holder-on-america-and-race-a-nation-of-cowards/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/02/19/eric-holder-on-america-and-race-a-nation-of-cowards/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:45:46 +0000 Eugene Cho http://blog.sojo.net/?p=6391 Are you a coward? Chicken? When it comes to the issue of race, why are Americans [including Christians] so reticent and reluctant to engage in honest conversations? What are we scared of? This is a thought provoking and honest assessment…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/02/19/eric-holder-on-america-and-race-a-nation-of-cowards/feed/ 22 Letter to the Man Who Yelled at Me http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/20/letter-to-the-man-who-yelled-at-me/ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/20/letter-to-the-man-who-yelled-at-me/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:33:53 +0000 Jeannie Choi http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=3083 Dear Sir,

I am writing you this letter after much internal debate to inform you of the many realizations that erupted within me after our very brief encounter yesterday. I am writing you this letter because there is a lot I…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/20/letter-to-the-man-who-yelled-at-me/feed/ 41 Cross-Cultural Intimacy Isn’t ‘Unrealistic’ – It’s My Reality http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/06/cross-cultural-intimacy-isnt-unrealistic-its-my-reality/ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/06/cross-cultural-intimacy-isnt-unrealistic-its-my-reality/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:59:15 +0000 Jimmy McCarty http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=2682 My mother is an immigrant from Korea who has worked as a janitor in a hospital and waitress in a Korean restaurant. My father is a white guy from a small town in Tennessee who has been a soldier and…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/06/cross-cultural-intimacy-isnt-unrealistic-its-my-reality/feed/ 18 The New Monastics and Mosaic Leadership: Otra Voz http://blog.sojo.net/2008/09/09/the-new-monastics-and-mosaic-leadership-otra-voz-by-gabriel-salguero/ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/09/09/the-new-monastics-and-mosaic-leadership-otra-voz-by-gabriel-salguero/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:10:02 +0000 Gabriel Salguero http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=2015 [Click here to see all posts in this conversation on New Monastics and race.]

I've been following the recent online conversation about racial reconciliation and the New Monastics rather closely. Why? Because it is a conversation whose time has come.  I honestly believe that [...]]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2008/09/09/the-new-monastics-and-mosaic-leadership-otra-voz-by-gabriel-salguero/feed/ 2 New Monastics and White Privilege http://blog.sojo.net/2008/09/08/new-monastics-and-white-privilege/ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/09/08/new-monastics-and-white-privilege/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:35:19 +0000 Eliacín Rosario-Cruz http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=2184 [see all posts in this conversation on New Monastics and race.]

 

Las Caras Lindas de mi Gente Negra,
Son un desfile de melaza en flor,
Que cuando pasan frente a mi se alegra,
De su negrura todo el corazón 

-Tite Curet Alonso

I was delighted to be asked to participate in this conversation, even though I am not a leader or spokesperson for the New Monastic movement.  I am using the…

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