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![]() ![]() But how is my “we” heard when I am on the power end of the power divide, when the call to justice is for some a call to repentance and for others an affirmation of place in the human family? I am lesbian, so I am sort of somewhat maybe able to relate to the ones outside the power structure, not in an “oppression olympics” kind of way, but in a way that says the lines are blurred and no one is only one thing. White is an overwhelming identity, suggestive of very much privilege and power, a system that work for me, for us, a general ability to go along and get along. I know this, and I adapt or listen as best I can. But, for all the work I’ve done to learn, teach and embrace racial justice, I remain hampered and aware of my hampered-ness, in at least two ways:įirst, “we” is more than one thing. We are intentional about our expansive welcome, and I think we get it right a lot of the time. I preach in and among a multi-racial, multi-situational church. ![]() White preachers are faithful when we are able to say “we” are the problem. Preachers rant, lament, beg, raise hell, console, sing praise, celebrate, and point to the fixations of humanity that continue to undermine the cause of God. “We” is not a royal we, so much as it is an incarnate we, recognizing the divine spirit among us and trying to express that as the primary voice among a people. ![]() Preachers are at their best when they identify with their congregations. ![]()
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