Today we’re chatting with Mako! In this episode, Mako shares his experience traveling the world as a (white, male) Christadelphian before spending the years following his baptism serving in Jamaica as a missionary. After marrying his (Jamaican) wife and settling in America, his eyes were opened to racism & sexism among the Christadelphians when it became directed towards his family and as Christadelphians grappled with the Black Lives Matter movement. Mako also shares the story of how his small ecclesia split, how white Christadelphians online refused to even acknowledge racism in the Christadelphian community, and how he struggled to get distance from the Christadelphian community when they held the memorial service in his house every week! We also learn about his epic baptism, that time a Sunday School teacher crushed his dreams, and about his enduring love for the beach and ocean. Towards the end of the episode we also get philosophical as we speculate about ghosts, the Kingdom of God, and on the impact on society if everyone simply decided to “let God fix it”.

Please join us for another episode of fellowship among the heathens!

Listener discretion advised.

White Savior Complex:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_savior

https://www.health.com/mind-body/health-diversity-inclusion/white-savior-complex

Microaggressions:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microaggression

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/08/872371063/microaggressions-are-a-big-deal-how-to-talk-them-out-and-when-to-walk-away

Black Lives Matter Movement:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter

https://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/BLM

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

Pascal’s wager

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager#The_wager

Barbie Movie (2023)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/

Mako’s exhortation on Love: 

Available on our Facebook Page (too long for the show notes!)