Mark Wingfield honored for 16 years on staff This Sunday, June 28, Wilshire will express gratitude to Mark Wingfield as he departs the church staff after 16 years as associate pastor. The online worship service will feature a time of recognition and presentation of...
Faith-based media resource listIf you’d like to keep up with the latest news and updates about the issues of faith and life that matter most today, here’s a list of our ministry partners engaged in publishing everything from news and features and opinion piece to...
Last week I had the privilege of helping to record some of the songs that will be used for our take-home Vacation Bible School happening this week. The theme this year is Who Is My Neighbor? Several of the songs I already knew, but one was brand new to me and was...
Since the COVID-19 shutdown started, YouTube has swelled with virtual choir and band videos done by schools, churches and professional groups. Two Wilshire ensembles have now undertaken virtual performances. June 14 saw the debut of Sanctuary Choir’s virtual rendition...
How do we prepare for worship with a pandemic on, routines out of place, lots of folks — or not enough folks — underfoot, and America’s whiteness problem staring us straight in the face? That is the question we are facing today. Except, are we reading this Saturday...
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...