Ep. 12 - Am I Helping or Hurting?

This week I sat down with one of my best friends, David Beavis. It's actually because of David that we are as good of friends as we are. He is one of those kinds of people that are naturally great friends. The kind that is intentional and remembers most of the little things you tell them, check in on you consistently, support your dreams. It's kind of annoying. It's for these reasons and many more reasons why I chose him to be one of the best men at my wedding. That's why it sucked when David and Luara, his wife, moved up to Portland. 

David and I talk about his dream of being a pastor, what it means for him as a white man in America, and given all that has happened with equity and justice in the year 2020, I ask how his approach to his job as a Pastor has changed and he shares how he hopes the Church engages in this pivotal moment in history.

Resources:

• Incarceration Rates & Demographics by Pew Research
• Code-Switching Is Not Trying to Fit into White Culture, It’s Surviving It by Ida Harris
• The Costs of Code-Switching by Courtney L. McCluney, Kathrina Robotham, Serenity Lee, Richard Smith, and Myles Durkee
• May We Be One Pastors Joining together for a one year journey toward racial justice.

Book Recommendation:

• White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones
• The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby

Producer: Jonathan Dumas

Producer: Lindsay Dumas

Music: Tony Deras 

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