Obery Hendricks on Valley & Mountain Fellowship
Each week, the people of Valley and Mountain Fellowship recite this offertory prayer: “Wellspring of life, help us to use our offerings to make peace in our community. Set us free from fear, hoarding, and hostility, and renew in us the desire to become open-handed and open-hearted. Teach us to know what is enough so that all may not just survive, but thrive.” Nevertheless, the fear of the Other continues to a driving force in United States. Our political discourse is rife with dog-whistles and outright hostile to the othered. There is a belief that the other has gained too much power and is undermining traditional values.
As the Jan 6th hearings continue to shape political discourse and the rise the Neo-Nazi organizations in our region, the mid-term election are proving to be as contagious as ever.
Claims of Christian values forward fear, undermined elections, and more pointedly an attempt to return the United States to a pre-Civil Rights movement status quo. Simultaneously, white supremacist ideas in our traditions and individuals in our congregations are to be contended with, faithfully.
Learn more about this event here: 11/6/2022: Valley and Mountain – Christian White Supremacy A Dialogue with Dr. Anthea Butler and … & 11/6/2022: Valley and Mountain – Christian White Supremacy A Dialogue with Dr. Anthea Butler and …
