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How we talk to our kids about race

July 17, 2020 By Elizabeth Bentrup 5 Comments

“As soon as you’re a parent, you have this fear that you’re going to f*ck it all up.” —Dax Shepard, Armchair Expert, episode 215 Boy, […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, conversations, parenting, race

A short family guide to supporting racial justice now

June 18, 2020 By Wendy Claire Barrie Leave a Comment

As I write this, tens of thousands of people have gathered for a tenth straight day from New York City to San Francisco, in every state and at least 11 nations, to protest racism and police brutality.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: parenting, race, racial justice, racism, Wendy Claire Barrie

And right the day must win.

February 16, 2020 By Drew Bunting 1 Comment

I used to live on Quintard Road. It’s named for Charles T. Quintard, one of the patron saints of Sewanee, Tennessee.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Bishop and Missionary, forgiveness, race, reconciliation, seminary, Sewanee, Star Wars, Tennessee

Separate is (still) not equal in public schools

May 17, 2019 By Miguel Escobar Leave a Comment

Earlier this year, I met a friend for a remarkable lunch. A relatively new church goer, she had heard a sermon on the beatitudes and wanted to speak with me about whether we Christians were really serious about trying to live that out.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints, Uncategorized Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, race, school

Low Clearance

March 27, 2019 By Miriam McKenney 1 Comment

In the fall of 2017, I learned about the American Heart Association’s Heart Mini. The race featured a half marathon, a 15K, 5K race, and 5K walk. I thought to myself, hmmm…. 15K… that seems like a big goal, but doable.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Health, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: race, running, spiritual practice, walking

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