Post by Josh on Jan 16, 2021 13:19:06 GMT -8
Dear White Christian sisters and brothers,
When the prodigal son was finally restored to his father’s household, the father threw a special party for him, lavishing the best of what he had in celebration of a restored relationship.
But the older brother sulked and complained outside refusing to join the party because the spotlight wasn’t on him.
The father had these words to say to his older son:
31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
Luke 15:31-32
Doesn’t countering “black lives matter” with “all lives matter” seem a lot like the older brother complaining that he wasn’t receiving fair treatment? Rather, let’s be the first to embrace our brother and not be satisfied until he has a place at the table.
And before someone fires back something about the Black Lives Matter movement’s leader’s philosophical views, I am simply speaking about the lower case idea that “black lives matter”.
Originally posted June 27, 2020
If you disagree with the formal movement, fine. But instead of saying “all lives matter”, why not say “black lives particularly matter to God in this cultural moment” and work toward a Christ-like solution to the lingering racism and inequities in our country?
When the prodigal son was finally restored to his father’s household, the father threw a special party for him, lavishing the best of what he had in celebration of a restored relationship.
But the older brother sulked and complained outside refusing to join the party because the spotlight wasn’t on him.
The father had these words to say to his older son:
31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
Luke 15:31-32
Doesn’t countering “black lives matter” with “all lives matter” seem a lot like the older brother complaining that he wasn’t receiving fair treatment? Rather, let’s be the first to embrace our brother and not be satisfied until he has a place at the table.
And before someone fires back something about the Black Lives Matter movement’s leader’s philosophical views, I am simply speaking about the lower case idea that “black lives matter”.
Originally posted June 27, 2020
If you disagree with the formal movement, fine. But instead of saying “all lives matter”, why not say “black lives particularly matter to God in this cultural moment” and work toward a Christ-like solution to the lingering racism and inequities in our country?