Throughout American history God has pressed the church to acknowledge and address the systemic brokenness of our society when it comes to race. We heard this call so clearly through Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he called us to “Remain Awake” in the 1960’s.
Since the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, many have experienced the church being challenged to hear and respond to the story of systemic oppression of people of color that still besets our country.
A couple of weeks ago my friend Michelle Higgins brought the delegates at Urbana into this story. Her talk at Urbana15 challenges us to hear this story and invites us to say, “Tell me more” and “What shall we do?”.