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The most freeing thing

The work of exile – the work God wants to do through it – is to free you from bondage that masquerades as relationship, to draw you to himself, to show you what is and is not love. Perhaps the hardest thing you can do in exile – and by far the most freeing – is to stay there until it has done its work.

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#SilenceIsNotSpiritual – except when it is

I believe in breaking the silence of secrecy that abusers impose. I also believe that, for a survivor, silence is sometimes the most spiritual choice.

From the cover of Pondering Privilege: White dove holds an olive branch in its beak, over the book's subtitle, "toward a deeper understanding of whiteness, race, and faith."

A call to cultural humility

This book is a call to cultural humility by a woman who writes with a lot of humility. It's a call to us who are white to press in to see that what we count "normal" may not be others' normal at all.

From the front cover of Forgive Us: White wooden church roof and steeple, beside names of the book's four authors: Mae Elise Cannon, Lisa Sharon Harper, Troy Jackson, Soong Chan-Rah.

Forgive us

Review of "Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith" - a book that offers compelling histories of some of the church's greatest shortcomings, along with heartfelt confessions and reasons for hope.

Silhouetted in front of a large window and a view of distant mountains, members of a young orchestra hold their instruments high. Every voice counts.

Listen to the whole Body

It's crucial that we humbly receive what the Lord Jesus wants to pour into our lives through others who love him but look and think differently from us.

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Profound forgiven-ness

“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves ... then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

Our time and season to fight back

Prayer from Qualities of a Spiritual Warrior Father, thank you that this is our time and season to fight back – to war against a religious spirit that has bound…