White supremacy isn’t just those people who belong to the KKK, or say racial slurs, or outright say and believe that white people are superior… White supremacy is the centering of white people: our stories, our feelings, our perspectives, our well-being, our image, they all are the norm, the center, the measure. If Jesus is on the margins, and white supremacy creates and perpetuates the margins, then white supremacy separates me not only from my neighbor, but also from God.
Read MoreIn the life of Jesus, we saw how God enters into our world and meets those who are marginalized, suffering, oppressed, and rejected. He doesn’t disregard them as impure or unworthy, even though that is what his culture says about those who have diseases, are possessed by evil, or who are Gentiles. In story after story, we see Jesus breaking boundaries, confronting evil, and showing God’s love is stronger than anything sin and death can muster in our world.
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