Week Four
a guided learning path
Listening. Learning. Loving.
Welcome to your fourth week of our journey together.
Throughout the week, consider the interconnectedness among all the things you are reading, watching, hearing, and learning. With an open heart, search for ways you can continue to promote positive change within yourself and in the world around you.
Remember: this is a self paced study, so we invite you to engage with as many of these resources as you'd like. Challenge yourself to find at least three sources this week that are poignant for you.
Keep track of your progress and take time to reflect.
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Scripture & Prayer
Psalm 146
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God all my life long.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortals, in whom there is no help.
4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.
5 Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God,
6 who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;
7 who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;
8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord watches over the strangers;
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
10 The Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord!
Prayer
God of ages,
In your sight nations rise and fall,
and pass through times of peril.
Now when our land is troubled,
be near to judge and save.
May leaders be led by your wisdom;
may they search your will and see it clearly.
If we have turned from your way,
help us to reverse our ways and repent.
Give us your light and your truth to guide us;
through Jesus Christ,
who is Lord of this world, and our Savior. Amen.
Reprinted by permission from Book of Common Worship © 1993 Westminster/John Knox Press.
Act
• Learn the words to Lift Every Voice and Sing written by James Weldon Johnson; research why this song is important.
• Invite others to join this 30-Day Journey and email/post/share what you are finding impactful.
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Articles & Letters
Quick Videos
We Need to Talk About Injustice (24 min)
Visual Arts
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice (Montgomery, AL) which opened to the public on April 26, 2018, is the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved Black people, people terrorized by lynching, African Americans humiliated by racial segregation and Jim Crow, and people of color burdened with contemporary presumptions of guilt and police violence.
Learn more about the memorial and view a gallery of images at https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/memorial
Music & Podcasts
We Shall Overcome, Morehouse College Glee Club (2009)
Hidden Brain, NPR
Nov. 20, 2017 (23 min)
For Children
& Youth
& Youth
Understanding "White Kids" (Raising Equity)
White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America
by Maggie Hagerman