Dan’s blessing (Genesis 49:16-18) was to provide justice and deliverance for his people. A disciple obtains a yellow jasper stone when they partner with God to restore the world.

The Teaching

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Memory Verses

• He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you? But to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)
• Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Matthew 5:9)
• Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of out God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. (James 1:27)
• “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” (Luke 4:18-19)
• Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:18)

The Steps

• Relationship – Intentionally develop a friendship with a person of a different ethnicity and/or socio-economical level than you, with the intention of you being a learner.
• Education
  • Assess your own cultural values using The Cultural Values Debrief.
  • Educate yourself on social inequity. This can be completed through books, articles, videos, podcasts, and classes. Talk to your discipleship mentor to get suggestions on resources that would be inciteful and transformative for you. Here is a small sample of resource locations:
    • Anti-racism resources
    • Wesleyan Multiethnic Ministries
    • Wesleyan Immigrant Connection
    • Mosaix
• Action – Engage in a work of reconciliation, relief, or restorative justice. Some of our local partners are:
  • Tubman
  • New Life Family Services
  • Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf

Other Resources

Books

• On Racial Reconciliation
  • Divided by Faith by Emerson and Smith
  • The Trouble with Racial Reconciliation by Kenneth Young
  • Multiethnic Conversations by DeYmaz and Okuwobi
  • Bridging the Diversity Gap by Alvin Sanders
• On Economic Justice
  • When Helping Hurts by Corbett and Fikkert
  • Making Neighborhoods Whole by Gordon and Perkins
  • The Economics of Neighborly Love by Tom Nelson

Podcasts

• Code Switch by NPR

Videos