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Jun 17, 2020
The Ministry Cabinet (governing board) of South Elkhorn launched a Healthy at Church Task Force to recommend requirements for healthy worship and safely reopening the church building. Learn more about the team here. On Tuesday, June 16, the Ministry Cabinet approved the following "Regulations for Building Reopening" recommendations from the Healthy at Church Task Force, including the following highlights: Worshipping outdoors in-person, in-car, and online as a safer alternative to indoor, in-person worship. Learn more [...]
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Jun 15, 2020
Their names are too-often forgotten and skipped over. Moses gets all the attention. But without them, there is no Exodus.
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Jun 13, 2020
Racism and white supremacy are modern diseases that disciples of Jesus are called to bravely heal.
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Jun 12, 2020
I was grateful for Acts of Reconciliation resources provided by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). My heart is hurting and my spirit is stirred by the cries of black and brown people who are facing the crushing weight of structural racism. And not only those who are featured in television interviews and news articles, but also those I know personally: friends, colleagues, and siblings in Christ. I'm listening. I'm learning. I'm praying. I'm sitting with the [...]
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Jun 5, 2020
Growing up, "whiteness" was mostly invisible to me. I knew that I was white, that others were not, but I mostly didn't think about race. And if I'm honest, when I did think about it, it made me really uncomfortable. I quickly retreated to "colorblindness" (choosing not to see race, and pretending race had no impact on how I treated people). Maybe that's why I still remember when I was shocked by "whiteness"... it was when [...]