Up until this point, my reconciliation work has been deeply concerned with how my message will be received by white people. I have tried to ensure that offense did not interfere with my message of diversity and harmony. I made my message easy for them to hear. But no more. I have come to realize that over the years, I was used by white-dominant culture, probably not maliciously or intentionally, but unconsciously, to make the conversation about racial reconciliation more palatable, understandable, and acceptable to them.
Promise keepers-styled individual-oriented, visual diversity that it was hoped would bring about both revival based on the holy spirit’s work as a result of that reconciliation, and a deeper reconciliation based on the close relationship between friends of different racial groups.
