If It Was Us, We Would’ve Been Shot! by Bishop Yehiel Curry
Last Wednesday afternoon, after a day of virtually meeting and planning with Metro Chicago Synod (MCS) pastoral staff, I closed the Zoom window on my computer. Satisfied with our collective work, I took a deep breath, grateful for a wonderfully...
When I Broke by Regina Banks
You remember the story of Jonah and the whale, right? God commands Jonah to preach repentance to his foes in the city of Nineveh. But Jonah wasn’t down with being God’s little messenger. Not about that. Not to them. So,...
White Supremacy Has a Body Count by Elle Dowd
On June 17, 2015, a white man named Dylann Roof entered a historic Black church in Charleston during a prayer meeting and opened fire, killing 9 people and wounding 3 more. Roof did not leave his motive in this...
The Broken Ones by Shari Seifert
White folks – we need to get past the idea that we need to fix white supremacy for other people – that we can be white saviors coming in to save the brown and black folks in our church. The truth...
Hiding in the Open: White Supremacy on the Great Plains by Kelly France
The ELCA recognizes June, 17 as day of Commemoration of the Emanuel 9 and a Day of Repentance of Racism. This blog is featured as part of a series to call the ELCA to address white supremacy and racism. To...