Roundtable Discussion – Ferguson, Race, & Privilege (Darrin Patrick)

December 17, 2014December 17, 2014Kirk E. Miller

These are helpful. We need more of these types of discussions.

“A Time To Speak” Live Stream Event (John Piper, Matt Chandler, Thabiti Anyabwile, Ed Steltzer, Bryan Lorrits, Etc.)

December 15, 2014December 19, 2014Kirk E. Miller

“In light of recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, Cleveland, and New York, 11 Christian pastors and leaders are gathering Dec. 16 at the historic Lorraine Motel and National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis for A Time to Speak, a live stream event focusing on race, the church and where to go from here.” [Source]

I highly suggest you “attend” this event.

Sign up and view the event from this link (<– this is the same link for the now archived video — updated Dec. 19, 2014).

RECOMMENDED: A Decision in Ferguson: How Should Evangelicals Respond? by Ed Stetzer

November 24, 2014November 25, 2014Kirk E. Miller

Read this article by Ed Stetzer: A Decision in Ferguson: How Should Evangelicals Respond?

Here are some of my thoughts (originally shared via Twitter) that I’d like to share with you.

Whether or not injustice occurred in this specific incident, #Ferguson‘s response is telling of a more systemic race problem in our country.

— Kirk E. Miller (@KirkMiller_) November 25, 2014

We have a race problem. To conclude otherwise is to ignore and discredit the experience of large sector of our population. #Ferguson

— Kirk E. Miller (@KirkMiller_) November 25, 2014

White evangelicals, be slow to criticize the “what” of the #Ferguson response and quick to ask the “why?” #Sensitivity

— Kirk E. Miller (@KirkMiller_) November 25, 2014

Js 1:19 – “Be quick to hear, slow to speak.” Ecc 3:7 – There is “a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.”

— Kirk E. Miller (@KirkMiller_) November 25, 2014