“Specifically, What Should the Church Be Doing in the Face of Evil?” - Andy Nixon, Brandi Horton, Donyale Fraylon, Anthony Rogers & Ben Wyman

“Specifically, What Should the Church Be Doing in the Face of Evil?” - Andy Nixon, Brandi Horton, Donyale Fraylon, Anthony Rogers & Ben Wyman

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The group take a moment to reflect on their experiences at the downtown march for George Floyd. Bloomed from our Ahmaud Arbery episode, today’s question searches for specific guidance on what the church can do to combat evil and what we as individuals can do.

Below is more information on the book recommendations mentioned in this podcast.

-Divided By Faith, by Michael Emerson -Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson -The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander -Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman -How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi -The Post-Racial Negro Green Book by Jan Miles -So you want to talk about race by Ijeoma Oluo

Books for Kids: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor White Flour by David LaMotte Monster by Walter Dean Myers

  The UMC is already helping us talk to our kids.  These are books that lift up the sacred worth of every human, no matter their gender, race, ability level, or sexual orientation. https://www.umcjustice.org/sacred-worth-books?fbclid=IwAR20VyKJ3ILh21SXuf5WE_RiboNC6M6LKcMoo0BdxqDtMSrOIMF2TH20ETM

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Andy Nixon

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Brandi Horton

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Donyale Fraylon

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Anthony Rogers

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