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Introduction Below, I will summarize who Martin King, Malcolm X, and Ella Baker were and what they did, and respond with what I have learned from them, and how I hope to follow their examples. I will compare and contrast how Martin, Malcolm, and Ella opposed white supremacy, which Martin describes as an untrue beliefContinue reading “Learning from Martin, Malcolm, and Ella”

“Too often the price exacted by society for security and respectability is that the Christian movement in its formal expression must be on the side of the strong against the weak.” My name is Lowell Taylor, and I am a white evangelical. Here, I will comment on how I have seen white evangelicals in NorthwestContinue reading “The Price We Pay”

“When America saw the death of George Floyd with their own eyes on a video played millions of times, it changed something,’ said Ronnie Floyd. ‘I really believe it will be a watershed moment for this country.’ But Floyd, who pastored a church for 35 years, said many local pastors are simply overwhelmed and oftenContinue reading “Love Is Action”

I wrote the below remarks for a panel discussion about the question, “What does healing mean?” hosted by the IDEALS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, Leadership Development & Strategic Supports) Institute at the University of Arkansas on the National Day of Racial Healing.[1] In my answers to the questions – which were shared with me previousContinue reading “What Does Healing Mean?”

He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice. Proverbs 13:23 The opposite ofContinue reading “A Parable”

In April 1963, King was jailed for leading a march without a permit to protest segregated businesses in Birmingham, Alabama. King was also leading a boycott of white-owned stores to protest segregation. On April 12, eight moderate white Christian and Jewish clergymen wrote a statement in The Birmingham News opposing King, the march, and theContinue reading “Reflection on Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

In the final episode of The R Word, we hear from Black Christian leaders Rev. Suzanne Bridges, Rev. Stephen Ivey, Dustin McGowan, and Chris Seawood, along with host Lowell Taylor, recorded at a live community conversation, Thursday, July 28th at The Historic St. James Missionary Baptist Church in Fayetteville. This is Part 2 of aContinue reading “The R Word: A Community Conversation Part 2”

In the final episode of The R Word, we hear from Black Christian leaders Rev. Suzanne Bridges, Rev. Stephen Ivey, Dustin McGowan and Chris Seawood, along with host Lowell Taylor, recorded at a live community conversation, Thursday, July 28th at The Historic St. James Missionary Baptist Church in Fayetteville. The panel addresses the question ofContinue reading “The R Word: A Community Conversation Part 1”

On the third episode of The R Word, Lowell speaks with Jemar Tisby, founder of The Witness Foundation, on his two books, How to Fight Racism and The Compromise of Color: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism. Jemar speaks to the American Christian Church’s history of complicity in racism, his call for Black Christians encountering racism withinContinue reading “The R Word: Repair and Reconciliation Through the Pursuit of Justice with Jemar Tisby”

In Episode 2 of The R Word, Lowell talks with Greg Thompson, co-author of Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair. Greg discusses why reparations are necessary in racial, social and economic justice and healing and why the Christian Church plays an important role in leading the way. https://www.kuaf.com/podcast/the-r-word/2022-07-18/the-r-word-2