Week Two
a guided learning path
Listening. Learning. Loving.
Welcome to your second week of our journey together.
This week, continue preparing your heart to be open to vulnerability and change. Read, watch, and listen with an open mind. 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
Matthew 5:43-48
You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Prayer
Yes, Jesus,
I want to be on your right side
or your left,
not for any selfish reason.
I want to be on your right side
or your best side,
not in terms of some political kingdom or ambition,
but I just want to be there
in love and in justice and in truth
and in commitment to others,
so we can make of this old world a new world. Amen.
—Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reprinted by permission from Book of Common Worship
© 1993 Westminster/John Knox Press.
Act
• Reach out daily to a different Black friend or colleague with love and support.
• 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
Why "I'm not racist" is only half the story (7 min)
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (10 min)
This video is the first episode of a series on YouTube.
Visual Arts
"George Floyd" by Eamon White
licensed for unrestricted use by artist statement to CBSMusic & Podcasts
The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
by Joel Thompson, sung by The University of Michigan’s Men’s Glee Club conducted by Dr. Eugene Rogers
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