TWIR 8.11.19 The Promise of Things Not Seen

In Arkansas, a mother is radicalized into a Neo-Nazi group when the group pledges support to her son who is in jail. In Tennessee, a neighborhood joins arm in arm to block an ICE raid to prevent their neighbor from being deported. Reading Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 in the aftermath of yet more white supremacist terrorism, Margaret Ernst talk about these stories through the lens of choices white people can make in this moment towards drastically different ends in how we mobilize relationships and resources of love, hope, and faith: either towards collective liberation and racial justice, or violent white identity politics and genocide. "You don't have to join the world of the lynchers. You have a choice." -Anne Braden Transcript with action links here: https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/the-word-is-resistance.html