This is the second of three presentations recorded during the JustLove Summit hosted at La Sierra University. In this episode, Garrison Hayes gives a keynote presentation on the second day of the event, exploring what is needed to repair past social wrongs.
Read MoreJohn Webster joins Maury Jackson and Nathan Brown to discuss John’s conclusion to the book, A House on Fire: How Adventist Faith Responds to Race and Racism. Drawing on his experience in South Africa at the end of Apartheid, John speaks to the two dimensions of “confession.” The work of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission provides the context for this final installment in the series.
Read MoreAndy Lampkin discusses the American racial caste system as well as the teachings of Adventism that should speak to and counter these themes.
Read MoreNewbold College and Church recently spent two weeks focusing on forgiveness. The featured speaker to end the Forgiveness Project was Jo Berry, whose father was killed in an IRA bombing in 1984. Berry now travels with the very person responsible for the bombing, speaking about forgiveness, reconciliation, and community healing.
To learn more about Berry’s powerful story and the the Forgiveness Project, see:
REAL-LIFE FORGIVENESS IS MORE THAN JUST A WORD (Helen Pearson, TED News, 4 April 2018)
[THANK YOU to Helen Pearson and Victor Hulbert for publishing such important stories and making sure our community is aware of them!]
The Haystack has funded and distributed an important film on racial justice in American Adventism.
Read MoreThe Adventist Review posted a story recently about the Centerville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The congregation is a church plant focusing on the needs of refugees from Africa. Excerpts:
Most of the refugees come from Rwanda, with some from Burundi and Congo. The majority do not yet know English but are making efforts to learn.
“Many in the group have never lived in a setting like the one they are experiencing [in the US], because many of them have spent 20 years in refugee camps, living only in tents,” [senior pastor Winston Baldwin] said.
“As you can imagine, the physical needs of these refugees are great,” said Baldwin. “They need everything from clothing and household goods to washers and dryers.” Many Centerville members have donated clothing, appliances and even provided plumbing repairs.
The complete article is available online: "US Africa Refugee Church Plant Brings Reconciliation, Growth" (Heidi Shoemaker, Adventist Review, 27 July 2017).