Dr. Chanequa wow and thank you for outstanding truth-telling. Your unapologetic quotes breathe refreshment to my wearied soul. As we have worked in similar circles over the years your words deeply resonate without compromise that the spirit of white supremacy must go!
Thank you for that which is flowing through you from Christ that is giving me the encouragement to continue to refuse to settle for anything less than the resurrection life of Christ that brings full freedom for all verses a false conciliation still fueled by lies and myths where power over through the spirit of white supremacy continues.
Thank you for clear insights that if applied could actually provide pathways for
TRUE RECONCILIATION rooted in the Jesus of the Bible.
Just saw Wicked in theaters last night. So your reflection is resonating even more in the call for liberation is demonized by those maintaining oppression as a vehicle for power. More demonized than the oppression itself. As you named. Yes to public solidarity. I am (still) not entertaining private expressions of anything.
I'm still trying to process the image of us being like the deer running to the lion whose mouth is still stained with our blood. I really resonated with your quotes. You are FIERCE! 🔥🔥🔥
"We don’t need your smiles and soft-spoken expressions of concern. We don’t need your apologies on behalf of other White people. We don’t need your private declarations of friendship that are not attended with public displays of action. We need solidarity."
Chanequa, We just finished up, in my SS class, a study on the book of Jonah. One of the things we took away from it was that Jonah's hatred for the people of Nineveh was so overwhelming that even God's word couldn't change his heart. Hatred in any form is so far from the teachings of Christ, that people build up their own beliefs to support that Hatred! Christ calls us to love them, but not the Hatred in their hearts! So how do we get started, that's the question!
Thank you Sister Dr. Chanequa for your honest reflections.
There is a season and a time for all emotions. I feel that if for us, Black and Brown, we have not acknowledge enough of our “groans, laments, anger, disbeliefs,..” there is an inability to move so quickly to contemplate reconciliation. Who is part of our table of shalom with Jesus? Whose shalom table are we invited to, where we can be our true selves? These are my pondering questions…Perhaps, a theme for a retreat(??)..
Dr. Chanequa wow and thank you for outstanding truth-telling. Your unapologetic quotes breathe refreshment to my wearied soul. As we have worked in similar circles over the years your words deeply resonate without compromise that the spirit of white supremacy must go!
Thank you for that which is flowing through you from Christ that is giving me the encouragement to continue to refuse to settle for anything less than the resurrection life of Christ that brings full freedom for all verses a false conciliation still fueled by lies and myths where power over through the spirit of white supremacy continues.
Thank you for clear insights that if applied could actually provide pathways for
TRUE RECONCILIATION rooted in the Jesus of the Bible.
We cannot settle
Just saw Wicked in theaters last night. So your reflection is resonating even more in the call for liberation is demonized by those maintaining oppression as a vehicle for power. More demonized than the oppression itself. As you named. Yes to public solidarity. I am (still) not entertaining private expressions of anything.
So well said.
Dr. Chanequa I feel ALL of this!! Thank you thank you thank you.
Dr. Walker- Barnes, I am not ready for reconciliation. I’m all for solidarity when it’s genuine. We’ll see…
I'm still trying to process the image of us being like the deer running to the lion whose mouth is still stained with our blood. I really resonated with your quotes. You are FIERCE! 🔥🔥🔥
"We don’t need your smiles and soft-spoken expressions of concern. We don’t need your apologies on behalf of other White people. We don’t need your private declarations of friendship that are not attended with public displays of action. We need solidarity."
Thank you for saying this. I am tired.
Chanequa, We just finished up, in my SS class, a study on the book of Jonah. One of the things we took away from it was that Jonah's hatred for the people of Nineveh was so overwhelming that even God's word couldn't change his heart. Hatred in any form is so far from the teachings of Christ, that people build up their own beliefs to support that Hatred! Christ calls us to love them, but not the Hatred in their hearts! So how do we get started, that's the question!
D J 💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Sister Dr. Chanequa for your honest reflections.
There is a season and a time for all emotions. I feel that if for us, Black and Brown, we have not acknowledge enough of our “groans, laments, anger, disbeliefs,..” there is an inability to move so quickly to contemplate reconciliation. Who is part of our table of shalom with Jesus? Whose shalom table are we invited to, where we can be our true selves? These are my pondering questions…Perhaps, a theme for a retreat(??)..
Amen. Thank you for this.