Tag «Racism»

You are the Light of the World

At dusk, a candle has very little value; it’s at midnight when a candle is most effective. It’s for this reason Christians need to quit despairing about the fallenness of our culture. It is now, when our society is engulfed in moral darkness, that we, as lights to the world, can have our greatest impact …

Black Lives Matter

(This article is not about the “Black Lives Matter” ORGANIZATION, but it is about the TRUTH that black lives matter). In 2013, when the “Black Lives Matter” slogan started being used, I took offense. I immediately rebutted with, “All Lives Matter.” I felt that such a statement elevated one race above another, rather than acknowledging …

Racism Isn’t About Race

Don’t fool yourself; racism isn’t about race. If we were all to wake up in the morning with the same skin color discrimination wouldn’t end. How long do you suppose it would take until we found a new way to discriminate against each other? Would it be eye color, hair color, height, weight, or some …

Racism Is Learned

Just last night, a friend of mine told me of an incident that occurred many years earlier with his young daughter. They lived in Minnesota at the time and consequently, were fans of the Minnesota Twins baseball team. One day, this man handed his daughter a baseball card and told her it was a Kirby …