(Cross-posted from the Healing Minnesota Stories blog)
Part I in a series on Restorative Actions
There’s a growing understanding and desire among mainline U.S. Protestant churches to make repairs – acts that go beyond mere words – for their role in the theft of Indigenous lands and the stolen labor of African slaves.
Today follows the end of Christmastide, a season that began with a choir of angels singing about peace on earth. Yet last year on this date you might recall feeling that the future held anything but. On January 6, 2021, we watched a thousand people who believed they were following righteous orders when they assaulted police officers at the U.S. Capitol.
The Rt. Rev. Craig Loya, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, said the Episcopal church has been dying for more than 50 years. It needs to die and return to its roots in Jesus’ teachings.
The church, he said, has been co-opted by the state.
The fire hose of injustice, white supremacy, and institutional oppression continues to be penetrating and fierce.
The need for courageous listening and learning has never been greater.
We must bridge the gap of injustice.
[Cross-posted from Healing Minnesota Stories blog]
First in a two-part series.
While Minnesota Council of Churches continues to resettle individuals with refugee status, in September we also expect to receive numerous families evacuated from Afghanistan. Most will be coming to Minnesota having been granted "humanitarian parole," which means that they won't be eligible for all the same financial and program supports as refugees.
[cross-posted from Healing Minnesota Stories blog]
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