Sentences with phrase «for racial reconciliation»

Not exact matches

What will establish Madiba's giant stature in history was not only his prolonged fight for social justice and racial equality, but his determination, following the end of the apartheid regime, that there would be reconciliation, not revenge.

While it's important for all of us to be engaged in the difficult, redemptive work of racial reconciliation, some people have made it their day job.

Today I am pleased to welcome Grace Biskie to the blog for a guest post on the difficult topic of racial reconciliation.

It really inspires me to think that maybe my generation will be the one to sever the marriage between evangelicalism and politics, end the culture wars, and redirect our efforts toward feeding the hungry, helping the homeless, advocating for the helpless, pursuing racial reconciliation, supporting single moms, rejecting the seductive pull of power and violence, and earning a repuation as peacemakers.

Find out how racial reconciliation is a «foretaste of heaven» — and what it might mean for white Christians given our country's history.

For some Christians within the North American evangelical tradition, the work of racial reconciliation can be boiled down to the idea that there is only one race, the human race.

He is also a board member of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) and the director of racial reconciliation pilgrimages for the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.

Judging by the #Justice4Janet hashtag from October, people are looking for true fairness and reconciliation between the two, in addition to bucking against what appears to be an example of racial and gender inequalities on display as a microcosm.

I highly recommend this tool as a starting place for understanding what racial reconciliation looks like beyond the flowery words, where we sometimes get stuck as churches.

Land, the longtime president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) who has been a key proponent of racial reconciliation in the SBC, has already apologized twice for his commentary on the controversial shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida.

Christopher Esposito - Bernard on how the basketball star and outspoken Christian has set the stage for a vital discussion about racial reconciliation.

Just because we aren't talking about debate questions or party platforms on Facebook doesn't mean we stop standing up for the unborn, raising our voices for religious liberty, caring for refugees, pursuing racial reconciliation, and more.

For many whites, the situation became a Catch - 22: they continued to hope for the spirit of racial reconciliation that had characterized the civil rights movement, but regarded blacks who actually behaved in conciliatory ways as untrue to the historic situation and destiny of their peopFor many whites, the situation became a Catch - 22: they continued to hope for the spirit of racial reconciliation that had characterized the civil rights movement, but regarded blacks who actually behaved in conciliatory ways as untrue to the historic situation and destiny of their peopfor the spirit of racial reconciliation that had characterized the civil rights movement, but regarded blacks who actually behaved in conciliatory ways as untrue to the historic situation and destiny of their people.

Yet many public spokesmen for the religious right now tell Evangelicals — including Evangelical women who have spent their lives teaching Evangelical girls and young women to resist the sexualization of their identity and worth in a hook - up culture, and Evangelical men who learned at Promise Keepers rallies that racial reconciliation is a moral imperative — to «grow up,» to stop being «panty - waists.»

After a few football anecdotes and a story about how he recently got his wife to forgive him for ignoring her needs for 32 years, McCartney describes the moment God spoke to him about racial reconciliation.

Dr. Tony Evans writes an op - ed for RELEVANT about Black History Month and why racial reconciliation and unity in the church matter.

This work, made by an African American artist, placed in the middle of downtown Milwaukee, could be a statement on the diversity, and segregation, of the city's population, as well as symbolize hope for reconciliation of racial tensions.

Lee steadfastly fights for racial justice and reconciliation with climate justice and caring for God's creation as a matter of stewardship.

together with initiatives announced at the time of its introduction and others agreed on by the Parliament from time to time, is intended, for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Article 1 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, to be a special measure for the advancement and protection of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders, and is intended to further advance the process of reconciliation among all Australians.