{"id":75,"date":"2017-09-29T08:12:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T14:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/?p=75"},"modified":"2017-09-29T08:12:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T14:12:35","slug":"journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journey to Right  Relationships&#8230;a Christian Response  by Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>New Free Resource on Race Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Journey to Right Relationships \u2026 a Christian Response<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to race relations, those of us who follow Christ have a responsibility and calling to be engaged with others in significant conversations about race relations. But where do we begin?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Race Relations: The Journey to Right Relationships <\/em>is a new, free online resource which promotes change\u2014a re-formation of heart, mind, attitude, and behavior. Designed for facilitator-led small groups, the 4 Bible-based conversations can be used in a weekly series or a 4-hour mini-retreat.\u00a0 Go to ELCA.org<em>\/RaceRelations <\/em>to find this free resource.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the approach?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Christians, we confess God has created every person in God\u2019s image. No matter the color of our skin, you and I are made in the very image of God.\u00a0 That core Christian belief is intended to shape how we treat others. Jesus himself taught us to love our neighbor as ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if all Christians would treat others\u2014no matter the color of their skin\u2014with respect and dignity. Imagine the ripple effect if this core belief became lived out in daily behavior.\u00a0 Imagine the impact on our policies and practices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We do not know what we do not know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This resource also begins with another simple reality.\u00a0 We do not know what we do not know. We do not know what it is like to experience life with a different color of skin.\u00a0 We do not know what doors might open or be closed\u2014all because of the color of skin. And so we listen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Greek Orthodox priest Rev. Anthony Monteleon believes the section titled <em>Entering into the Lament<\/em> is the heart of the conversation. After finishing the series, his question was simple, \u201cHow did you think to invite people into the lament? That seems to be the core of everything!\u201d As the author, I replied, \u201cThe question seems to be, \u2018Do I love God enough to enter into someone else\u2019s lament?\u2019 Just as God is present in my lament, am I willing to be present with others in their lament?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In regards to the lament concerning race, there are questions to ask.\u00a0 Is the lament too loud? Is it not loud enough? How might God be stirring each of us to enter into the lament of race relations? What are the opportunities to show up, learn more, network, speak the truth to power, challenge institutional racism, and advocate for change of policies?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Field tested in Baton Rouge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over 150 people from over 22 different Baton Rouge congregations have tested this resource. Participants have included Baptists, Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodists, Unitarians, Greek Orthodox Christians and others. People are hungry to be part of a significant faith-based conversation.\u00a0 There is a deep cry to better understand each other. There is a fervent desire for talk which leads to action and change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Writer:<\/strong> Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade serves as Executive Director of the Interfaith Federation of Greater Baton Rouge. For over 30 years, the Interfaith Federation has been cultivating unity, justice, and peace.\u00a0 She and her husband Rev. John McCullough Bade have written over 300 lectionary-based Bible Studies for the ELCA using a small-group conversation format.\u00a0 All these resources are free and online. \u00a0See below for more information:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/09\/Robin-Bade.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Journey to Right Relationships:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ELCA.org\/RaceRelations<\/p>\n<p>Bible Studies on Gospel Lesson: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ELCA.org\/DailyDiscipleship<\/p>\n<p>Bible Studies on Second Lesson: \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 ELCA.org\/DailyFaithPractices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Free Resource on Race Relations The Journey to Right Relationships \u2026 a Christian Response &nbsp; When it comes to race relations, those of us who follow Christ have a responsibility and calling to be engaged with others in significant conversations about race relations. But where do we begin? &nbsp; Race Relations: The Journey to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Journey to Right Relationships...a Christian Response by Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade - ELCA Racial Justice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Journey to Right Relationships...a Christian Response by Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade - ELCA Racial Justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Free Resource on Race Relations The Journey to Right Relationships \u2026 a Christian Response &nbsp; When it comes to race relations, those of us who follow Christ have a responsibility and calling to be engaged with others in significant conversations about race relations. But where do we begin? &nbsp; Race Relations: The Journey to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ELCA Racial Justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-29T14:12:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/09\/Robin-Bade.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Racial Justice Ministries\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Racial Justice Ministries\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Racial Justice Ministries\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/41cd1a238ccd1d1b962468817f2c4eb6\"},\"headline\":\"The Journey to Right Relationships&#8230;a Christian Response by Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-29T14:12:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":584,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/59\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Robin-Bade.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Post\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Journey to Right Relationships...a Christian Response by Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade - ELCA Racial Justice\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/59\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Robin-Bade.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-29T14:12:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/41cd1a238ccd1d1b962468817f2c4eb6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/59\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Robin-Bade.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/59\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Robin-Bade.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Journey to Right Relationships&#8230;a Christian Response by Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/\",\"name\":\"ELCA Racial Justice\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/41cd1a238ccd1d1b962468817f2c4eb6\",\"name\":\"Racial Justice Ministries\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a5424cbf06620d4bf105fd77b0cb08e8b72f76c90025cf871d132bb7429cbfcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a5424cbf06620d4bf105fd77b0cb08e8b72f76c90025cf871d132bb7429cbfcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a5424cbf06620d4bf105fd77b0cb08e8b72f76c90025cf871d132bb7429cbfcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Racial Justice Ministries\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcaracialjustice\\\/author\\\/jroberts\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Journey to Right Relationships...a Christian Response by Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade - ELCA Racial Justice","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Journey to Right Relationships...a Christian Response by Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade - ELCA Racial Justice","og_description":"New Free Resource on Race Relations The Journey to Right Relationships \u2026 a Christian Response &nbsp; When it comes to race relations, those of us who follow Christ have a responsibility and calling to be engaged with others in significant conversations about race relations. But where do we begin? &nbsp; Race Relations: The Journey to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/","og_site_name":"ELCA Racial Justice","article_published_time":"2017-09-29T14:12:35+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/09\/Robin-Bade.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Racial Justice Ministries","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Racial Justice Ministries","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/"},"author":{"name":"Racial Justice Ministries","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/#\/schema\/person\/41cd1a238ccd1d1b962468817f2c4eb6"},"headline":"The Journey to Right Relationships&#8230;a Christian Response by Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade","datePublished":"2017-09-29T14:12:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/"},"wordCount":584,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/09\/Robin-Bade.png","articleSection":["Post"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/","name":"The Journey to Right Relationships...a Christian Response by Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade - ELCA Racial Justice","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/09\/Robin-Bade.png","datePublished":"2017-09-29T14:12:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/#\/schema\/person\/41cd1a238ccd1d1b962468817f2c4eb6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/09\/Robin-Bade.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/09\/Robin-Bade.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/journey-right-relationships-christian-response-rev-robin-mccullough-bade\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Journey to Right Relationships&#8230;a Christian Response by Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/","name":"ELCA Racial Justice","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/#\/schema\/person\/41cd1a238ccd1d1b962468817f2c4eb6","name":"Racial Justice Ministries","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5424cbf06620d4bf105fd77b0cb08e8b72f76c90025cf871d132bb7429cbfcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5424cbf06620d4bf105fd77b0cb08e8b72f76c90025cf871d132bb7429cbfcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5424cbf06620d4bf105fd77b0cb08e8b72f76c90025cf871d132bb7429cbfcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Racial Justice Ministries"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/author\/jroberts\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}