Welcome to part two of Wayne's conversation with Arnita Taylor, coauthor of A Language of Healing for a Polarized Nation. They continue to look at White Fragility and why it is hard for white people to talk about racism, drawn from the book of that name by Robin J. DiAngelo. In this episode they talk about As they continue their conversation they talk about why we all tend to avoid the uncomfortable conversations, how the movie Blind Side reinforced racial stereotypes, and why so many white people didn't even recognize them, and they end with actions we can take to help heal the racial divide in our country.

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This is our continuing Tuesday series where Wayne explores the process of transformation of moving us from "glory to ever-increasing glory".  Drawn from the book of John, Wayne unveils how Jesus did this in a relational engagement with his followers, and how he wants to do that in us as well.  This week he talks about beholding Jesus—the perfect union of grace and truth, and how exploring that fuels the process of transformation. 

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“Is it possible that because I am white, there are some racial dynamics that I can’t see?” That's one of the eye-opening questions Robin J. DiAngelo poses in her book, White Fragility: Why It's so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism. This is not an easy book to read, but it does help unpack why many whites are racially unaware of the dynamics of racism that underscore our culture and why they can be so defensive when it comes up. It also shows how differently people are using the same terminology which adds to the complication of discussing race. 'White fragility' is actually a form of bullying because it makes it difficult for people to engage us in a conversation we al need to share. This is the first of a two-parter that will conclude on July 10.

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Wayne's Recent Blog on Conversations about Race

A Language of Healing

Previous Podcasts with Arnita

Email Arnita

If You Can Help Us in Kenya

This is our continuing Tuesday series where Wayne explores the process of transformation of moving us from "glory to ever-increasing glory".  Drawn from the book of John, Wayne unveils how Jesus did this in a relational engagement with his followers, and how he wants to do that in us as well.  This week he talks about how the pursuit of false glory bears witness to the echo of Eden in our heart that glory is what we were destined to have. 

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"What does it mean to raise up a man, especially in these racially charged times?" The question comes from a listener who got into this discussion with an African American Dad while driving him in his Uber. Wayne invites his daughter Julie back to the podcast to explore this question with him. What does it take to raise a boy in this culture? They find themselves talking about character and how parents best do that, and do you need to instill anything differently in a young man than you do a young woman?  What does morality mean anymore in a world that rarely rewards it?

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This is our continuing Tuesday series where Wayne explores the process of transformation of moving us from "glory to ever-increasing glory".  Drawn from the book of John, Wayne unveils how Jesus did this in a relational engagement with his followers, and how he wants to do that in us as well.  This week he talks about how we had that glory at the beginning, and how we lost it in the preference for our wisdom above the Creator's. 

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If you want more on the wrath of God as the curative power of Gods' love, see Transitions

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He's back!  Brad Cummings, one of the founders of The God Journey, is back during the coronavirus to catch-up with Wayne and then help him process a blog comment from someone who took offense at the recent podcast about "If You..."  He felt we were trying to mix law and grace simply because were were talking about some of the conditional statements Jesus used. It turns out both Brad and Wayne have been a bit confused by those who want to claim "the finished work of Christ" as an excuse not to actually follow Jesus through that grace into a transformed life.  It's kind of like finding the trailhead, but then not following the trail to the fullness of his life.

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This is our continuing Tuesday series where Wayne explores the process of transformation of moving us from "glory to glory"  from the book of John how that early believer saw Jesus doing that in his own life and how he wanted us to be part of it as well. This series will continue on Tuesday mornings for the next dozen weeks or so, Lord willing. This week we talk about what is God's glory? How do we think about it, and how did Jesus seem to think about it when he asked the Father to give us his glory?

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He Is Not Hiding from You - the January podcast that inspired this series

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Last Sunday a number of folks from The God Journey audience gathered for an open dialogue After-Show on Zoom.  You can watch the video version here, or you can listen in via audio. We covered a potpourri of themes from previous podcasts including the prayer, "What is it about your love I don't understand, that if I did I would trust you here",  God's care for his kids regardless of the outcome, following him is simpler than we believe, and some thoughts on the racial awakening around the world.

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Video version of the After-Show 

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This week, Wayne begins Embracing His Grace, a new Tuesday morning series with Wayne sharing how God lets us experience his glory in our and then how we reflect it to the world around us. Paul wrote that, "...Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.  But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit." Wayne has been freshly exploring from the book of John how that early believer saw Jesus doing that in his own life and how he wanted us to be part of it as well. This series will continue on Tuesday mornings for the next dozen weeks or so, Lord willing.

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Hie Is Not Hiding from You - the January podcast that inspired this series

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