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Author Archives: mwolske
How do we know need?
In Perry Yoder’s book Shalom: The Bible’s Word for Salvation, Justice, & Peace, he speaks of salvation as physical liberation. His economics of shalom are based on need and contrast significantly from wealth economics that prize exchange for gain and value … Continue reading
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Dealing with Windows 8
The Dell Inspiron 14z laptop I bought for Angie in January when hers failed while I was on the road came with Windows 8. Angie worked hard to adjust to the new OS, but it was obvious it remained very … Continue reading
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Salvation, Atonement, and Shalom Justice
In his book Shalom: The Bible’s Word for Salvation, Justice, & Peace, Perry Yoder traces the concept of salvation throughout the Bible. In so doing, he states: “… we found a view quite different from our usual understanding of salvation. … Continue reading
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Lessons we learned from Frank
We took ski lessons from Frank C. while at Copper. Here’s a few lessons we learned from him as he tried to help us ski with “Elegant Power” down the steeps. This is mostly so that I can remember next … Continue reading
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Living with Privilege
Privilege is the unearned benefits and advantages assigned to certain identity groups that come because of institutionalized oppression. White privilege is the particular form of privilege that has been intentionally developed in the United States to resolve the conflict between … Continue reading
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Understanding White Privilege by Frances Kendall, Chps. 1 & 2
I’ve been reading through Frances Kendall’s Understanding White Privilege as part of a Christian formation class at Twin City Bible Church. Here are my notes and excerpts from the first two chapters of this excellent book that especially caught my … Continue reading
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Race, White Privilege, and the Christian
Those who would learn to serve must first learn to think little of themselves … Only those who live by the forgiveness of their sin in Jesus Christ will think little of themselves in the right way. They will know … Continue reading
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Is it really about race?
When the discussion is about race, it easily becomes about the problems people of color face. It’s also easy to slip into colorblind objectives unless we actively stress the systemic inequality that is part of our racialized society and institutional … Continue reading
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Two Explanations of White Privilege
I was looking for a good reading on white privilege for one of my classes and came across two interesting explanations. The first is by Tim Wise (full post at http://redroom.com/member/tim-wise/blog/this-is-your-nation-on-white-privilege-updated): For those who still can’t grasp the concept of … Continue reading
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Difference as a Resource
I’ve been thinking a lot about Virginia Eubank’s statement that a more just society requires that we begin treating difference as a resource. This is a more succinct rephrasing of something I’ve been saying for some time – diversity is … Continue reading
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