The Good and Necessary Work of Unpacking Racial Privilege

A decade ago, I was content with where I stood in terms of race and ethnicity. I’d been a consistent advocate for diversity in my white and male-dominated ministry contexts. I actively supported those adopting interracially. My bookshelves contained texts about multiracial ministries and families. One of my favorite passages was the portrait of the new earth in which “saints from every tribe and language and people and nation [have been made into] a kingdom and priests serving our God” (Revelation 5:9-10). It still is.

But some things happened that rightly unsettled my ease.