Preparing for Worship - Mark Wingfield. This week I asked a friend a question that once upon a time saved my life. “Will you promise me that if you intend to harm yourself you will call me first and give me a chance?” Silence on the other end of the phone. “I...
Videos and written resources from Wilshire George Mason on death of George Floyd and protests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i3Y6MU5V8k George Mason: Racism is America’s original sin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DnBQh_Ag04 Mark Wingfield: Bible study on...
“America’s Racial Contract is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer, The Atlantic (May 8, 2020) The 1619 Project (all articles), New York Times Magazine “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston, Vox (May 28, 2019) “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Ibram X. Kendi, The...
Follow these organizations on social media: Antiracism Center (Twitter) Black Women’s Blueprint (Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook) Color Of Change (Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook) Equal Justice Initiative (Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook) Families Belong...
1619 (New York Times) 1865 About Race Code Switch (NPR) Intersectionality Matters! Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast Seeing White
BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, 2018) Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989) Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017) Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016) If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins, 2018) Selma (Ava Duvernay, 2014) 13th (Ava Duvernay, 2016). When They See Us (Ava...
Recommended Books Nonfiction Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindedness. Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Brown, Austin Channing. I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a...
The pious among us will say they had to be in worship this week. The events of recent days have been so overwhelming as to drive them to their knees in prayer. The less pious among us will wonder how they could muster the courage for worship this week. The events of...
This is the second report to the congregation from Wilshire’s COVID-19 Advisory Task Force. We are seeking to keep the congregation informed as we continue our work of evaluation and recommendation. First, the task force expresses its gratitude to the 344 congregants...
This is a season of transitions for me, and I know I’m not alone in that. In worship this Sunday, we recognize our graduating high school seniors, who also find themselves in one of life’s most important transitions — playing out in the most unusual of times. Others...