Lies My Teacher Told Me is a book for this moment. American history comes at a cost. Right now, we’re paying the price of our false narrative because we’ve refused to look hard in the mirror, see the truth and our flaws, and find the courage to address them. The cost of rebuilding American history on the true narrative will be an honest critical examination of our past and making the necessary changes to address the current injustices.
Read MoreLast fall, I participated in a cohort with some of my co-workers where we read and discussed Just Mercy together. It was our first round of these learning cohorts and really, for me, a first step into intentional community that involved education about racial injustice. It was shocking, eye-opening, and hard. We often sat in the room with no words to say. But it was important to take the space and time and truly it was transformative for me.
Read MoreAs Summit learns more about truths obscured from their sight, there is an opportunity to expand the depth of how we live out and are steeped in the gospel. How we love our neighbors changes as we see them more fully. We’ll love more completely. When they are in pain, we won’t be able to choose to look away and abandon them. As we learn about others, we’ll learn about ourselves. We have to honestly reflect on how we got here and if we are part of making things better.
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