Resources
LIFT Resources for Walking in Love and Seeking a Justice Platform
“Reconciliation is an ongoing spiritual process involving forgiveness, repentance and justice that restores broken relationships and systems to reflect God's original intention for all creation to flourish. This definition, when applied to racial reconciliation, acknowledges the historical wounds that must be healed and transcends an individualistic view to include the need for systemic injustice to be addressed as well. However, it is also rooted in a biblical understanding of God.” - Brenda Salter McNeil
Books:
‘Stamped’ by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
‘The Cross and the Lynching Tree’ by James H. Cone
‘Between the World and Me’ by Ta-Nehesi Coates
‘The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race’ by Willie James Jennings
‘Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism’ by Drew G.I. Hart
‘White Awake: An Honest Look at What it Means to be White’ by Daniel Hill
‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ by Michelle Alexander
‘Roadmap to Reconciliation: Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice’ by Brenda Salter McNeil
‘The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism’ by Jemar Tisby
‘Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation’ by Latasha Morrison
‘I’m Still Here: Finding Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness’ by Austin Channing Brown
‘Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor’ by Layla F. Saad
Video/Film:
13th Documentary by Ava DuVernay (Available on Netflix)