An Inkling
I could go on at length about Ferguson. We all could and have. But today, as a white man, it’s time for me
to shut up and listen. And so I offer no
pontifications, but only three hints to my white friends about listening.
First, make an opportunity to listen to our black
friends whom God has brought to be part of St. Giles. We’re in a covenant relationship with some
folks who have the eyes to see what we can’t.
Shut up and listen.
Second, listen to the voices we ordinarily muzzle with
our contempt, people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. It’s been long years since I actually
listened to them. Today, repenting for
my contemptuous heart, it’s time to shut up and listen.
And third, listen to the voices of some black
evangelicals. I just today discovered a series that’s been running on Christianity Today
since the initial Ferguson events. These
are friends with similar biblical commitments, but with a different set of
eyes. Shut up and listen.
Then pray,
Keith
