TWIR 10.22.17 Say Unto Caesar: Whiteness is Not God

"Is it lawful to pay taxes to the Emperor?" In this week's podcast, Margaret Ernst draws on the gospel of Matthew and Psalm 96 to stretch our imaginations about what it means to "Give to God what is God's" and to turn away from the idol of whiteness in the context of colonization and white supremacy. "This text intends to question our allegiances in all places. It intends to not let us be satisfied. I think one of the major ways it pushes us in our empire context today, is to help our people, to help White Christian folk, to turn away from worship of whiteness." Transcript here: http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/the-word-is-resistance.html