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A Letter to the Church

7/5/2020

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We need to learn to talk about things.
As much as we wish it, the world doesn't stop at the church doors.
Worldly, horrible acts seep into the crevices of the church: from incest to rape to sexual assault to embezzlement to domestic violence.
And yes, even racism and prejudice.

We've become so concerned with not offending people that we don't even wonder if we are offending the Lord as a result.
Seriously, we've gotten so good at not talking about it.

Yet, just because your church sponsors missions to black and brown countries doesn't exempt you from these conversations.
Just because you love the Lord does not mean that you are not prejudiced. Neither does it mean you have not unwittingly hurt someone with your privilege.
David loved the Lord, yet he murdered a man and stole his wife.
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Y'all, we are supposed to be better than this. We are supposed to be the light of the world.
We should be at the forefront of the fight of all things darkness: racism, rape, domestic violence, sexual assault, and so on.
Instead, for far too long, we have hidden the sins in the church, posturing ourselves as perfect while our light grows dimmer and dimmer.
But no more.
We have an opportunity here. We have a chance to do better.
To make Jesus proud. To do what He would.
To talk with those hurt by the unspoken racism and prejudice of the world.
To repent of our own prejudices.
And to heal together with the love that Jesus died to prove.
Y'all, we have a choice. To make black lives matter. The way the Lord created them to.
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  • Home
  • About
    • About The Jane Review
  • Blog
  • Books/Stories/Thoughts
    • The Perfection in Love
    • Short Stories >
      • The Other Woman
      • Easier to Run - Sade's Story
      • Shorter Stories
      • One-Sentence Stories
    • Spotlight
    • Dear Dialog >
      • Back Here, Again.
      • Please help
      • I Don't Understand
      • Ranting
      • Wanting and Waiting
      • First Love Letter
      • Not enough
      • Not a Why
      • What Then Shall We Say
      • Broken, Doubting and Destroyed
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