tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060859478026871153.post4190398131662069472..comments2023-06-01T09:32:44.265-04:00Comments on Blaque Tulip.com: The Most Segregated Hour of the Week?Pastor Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06332221019537547577noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060859478026871153.post-6787213382458254082007-05-09T13:42:00.000-04:002007-05-09T13:42:00.000-04:00hey all, thanks for checking in. Lord willing we'l...hey all, thanks for checking in. Lord willing we'll be able to dialog in an encouraging way about the pertinent issues that affect the church and culture. <BR/><BR/>thanks for the greeting jim and keep checking in. <BR/><BR/>flickerfly, good question. i didn't start keeping mixed company until i left an all black church for a mainly white one. I also wonder if patterns of living factor into the equation. it seems that many neighborhoods are overwhelmingly one flavor or the other. <BR/><BR/>graham, good point concerning the issue of culture as it impacts ethnicity. and I'm sorry about what happened to you and your family that was uncalled for. hopefully the power of the gospel is transforming all of us in this area. <BR/><BR/>keith, good to have you check and I'll fix that oversight as soon as i can. btw please give Pastor Leach my greetingsPastor Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332221019537547577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060859478026871153.post-9387103259216369522007-05-08T20:09:00.000-04:002007-05-08T20:09:00.000-04:00Pastor Lewis, you left out All Saints Redeemer Chu...Pastor Lewis, you left out All Saints Redeemer Church (Pastor Michael Leach) of you Kingdom Outposts. I'm sure it was just an overdsight. <BR/><BR/>Welcome to the blogosphere!<BR/><BR/>Keith L. Tolbert<BR/>www.insubmissiontosovereignty.blogspot.comKeith L. Tolberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636990625200355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060859478026871153.post-27092845376337437862007-05-08T10:22:00.000-04:002007-05-08T10:22:00.000-04:00I'm excited to hear what you have to say in forthc...I'm excited to hear what you have to say in forthcoming posts. I'm eager to learn from the Reformed Black community.<BR/><BR/>To answer your question: As a young white father, having lived and taught in a public school in a black (except for my family), urban neighborhood, I'm convinced that we don't separate on ethnic lines, but on cultural ones. The lines look ethnic because the cultures often play out along ethnic lines, but culture is the binding force. Furthermore, the values of each culture are a potential threat to other cultures.<BR/><BR/>For example, last week I was walking down the street in a predominantly black (but gentrifying) neighborhood with my 3 year old daughter on my shoulders and pushing a nine-month old friend in a stroller. A large black man whom I had never met before walked straight up to me and yelled, "F--- you!" Clearly, not everyone is 'making nice.'<BR/><BR/>To answer your second question: The young black and minority folks that I know who value integration fall in one of two categories: (1) They've embraced the [white] culture of power in order to 'make it', or (2) They're Christians who realize that in the Gospel the culture of power is called to repentance just as much as the black street culture - and so the common ground is not mainstream culture, but the Gospel.Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585689737078160693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060859478026871153.post-90516539320198823712007-05-08T09:05:00.000-04:002007-05-08T09:05:00.000-04:00I came by here at the recommendation of my former ...I came by here at the recommendation of my former prof and blogger, Pastor Redmond of A Man from Issachar.<BR/><BR/>As a white Christian raised in a very white environment, I was excited about going to Washington Bible College because of the opportunity to rub elbows with different cultures. WBC has a strong african american population that hovers around 1/2.<BR/><BR/>Having had that experience certainly gives me a stronger world view, and heaven view. I'm excited to see the people of the world unite in praise to our God in all our unique ways. Sadly having left College and entered full-time ministry, I find myself yet again surrounded by white folks, or more accurately, white culture. I miss the mixing of cultures.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if we all truly experienced it God's way, if we wouldn't more actively pursue the mixing of communities.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300912881153252992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060859478026871153.post-12802431878470127222007-05-08T08:46:00.000-04:002007-05-08T08:46:00.000-04:00Thanks for joining the blogosphere! Hope to meet f...Thanks for joining the blogosphere! Hope to meet face to face this side of glory.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/><BR/>JimJim Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16293365670414183317noreply@blogger.com