TWIR 8.13.17 On Fear and Walking on Water

In this episode, Margaret Ernst journeys through Matthew's telling of Jesus and Peter walking on water. What does this story have to teach us about white fear and the work we must do as white folks to name our fears, confess them, and move into liberation, even when we're afraid? "Since we’re here in this story with Peter’s fear, and Jesus’, I want to zoom in particular on fear. Because what I know from doing work with lots of white folks, both in faith settings and not in faith settings, from being alongside friends and family in processes of waking up to racism and seeking to act against it, and, in working with the person I see every morning in the mirror: I see that it’s true. White folks operate with a lot of fear." As always, resources for the call to action, references, and copyright/permissions info can be found in the transcript, which can be found here: http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/the-word-is-resistance.html