What Are You Getting Good At? Part 2- Getting Practical

My last post discussed the fact that we’re all getting good at something.  The only question is, “Are you doing it on purpose?”  We get better at whatever we spend our time doing.  The problem is most of us spend

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What Are You Getting Good At?

For a long time I used to consider myself talent-less because I didn’t have an exceptional skill and boring because I didn’t have any hobbies to speak of.  But it turns out I actually had lots of talents and several

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The “R” Word: The Use and Misuse of the Term “Racist”

You might call it dropping the “R” bomb.  But no matter what you label it, few words in our culture cause as much controversy as the “R” word: Racist. I talk and write about race-related matters a lot–mostly in regard

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Educating All God’s Children: An Interview with Dr. Nicole Baker Fulgham

Sometimes it can seem like evangelical Christians have pressed the “mute” button when it comes to public education reform.  Who is talking about the Christian faith and how it compels us to work for justice in education?  What resources  are

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“Is It Safe There?”: Code Words for Racism?

A seemingly harmless question about safety can mask deep-seated racism.  Sometimes “Is it safe?” or “That’s not a good part of town,” are code words for “I’m afraid of [insert black or brown-skinned minority] people.” I recently came across an

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Posted in African American, Relationships

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