St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
A Place to Call Home at the corner of Suffolk and Norfolk
***Content Warning*** Author Layla Saad suggests a content warning as one shares the next few weeks as the material that is dealt with may be triggering for BIPOC. We are moving from concepts and reflections on one’s personal experience to the very real acts of racism that BIPOC face all too often.
This week – What is Color Blindness?
Here’s Week 6 of The Me and White Supremacy Virtual Pilgrimage.
The question for the Church to consider:
How does White Exceptionalism show up in the Church?
Here’s Week 5 of the Virtual Pilgrimage.
The question for The Church to consider is:
How does White Superiority show up in the Church?
Here’s Week 4 of the Virtual Pilgrimage.
The question for The Church to consider is:
How does White Silence show up in the Church?
Here’s Week 3 of the Me and White Supremacy Virtual Pilgrimage.
This week, Rev. John asks the question:
How does tone policing show up in the Church?
Here’s to doing what is right and not what is easy ~ Layla Saad
Here’s Rev. John’s personal reflection from Week 2 of the Me and White Supremacy Virtual Pilgrimage.
Question for The Church:
How does White Fragility Show Up in Church?
If you have comments or questions for Rev. John, please reach out to him at revjohn[at]standrewsguelph[dot]com.
Here’s Rev. John’s personal reflection from Week 1 of the Me and White Supremacy Virtual Pilgrimage.
Question for The Church:
How does White Privilege Show Up in Church?
If you have comments or questions for Rev. John, please reach out to him at revjohn[at]standrewsguelph[dot]com.
If you haven’t watched the first video that introduces the Me and White Supremacy Virtual Pilgrimage, you can find it at our website here. Each week, starting the first week of May, Rev. John will post a short video offering his personal reflection on the material he is engaging in Layla Saad’s book, Me and White Supremacy.
In this short video, Rev. John unpacks the term “White Supremacy” as defined by Layla Saad and asks a question for us to consider.