Responsively Yours: We Are Not Helpless

United Methodist Women members have talked about, learned about and worked to address racist attitudes and institutional racism for a long time. We know that racist personal beliefs, cultural incompetence and prejudice hurt people of color and do not reflect God’s love. Far too often, “Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world” is something we teach children but not something we try to bring to life through our actions and policies as adults.Our efforts to improve our understanding by reading, listening and participating in workshops are important. Our commitment to allow the Holy Spirit to work in our hearts to address the sin of racism is fundamental, and our work with others to make changes in the church and in our own organization must continue. However, during this time of pandemic, we have seen and heard in excruciating ways that racism and the systems that support it are killing people of color all across our country. We must do more, and we must do it urgently.- - -This episode originally appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of response, the award winning magazine from United Methodist Women.Visit www.UnitedMethodistWomen.org to find out more.