An unpopular and uncommon topic, Racial Reconciliation, which needs to be talked about more commonly in society. According to author Rev. Mark Crear, racial reconciliation is “a commitment towards building cross-cultural relations of forgiveness, repentance, love, and hope. It’s about walking in peace with one another with God around us.” Crear’s book, Peace Be Still 978-1-950088-90-4, is based on the topic of racial reconciliation and healing. The book serves a single purpose, which is to help Black Americans to heal through encouraging racial reconciliation and racial unity. After suffering for centuries, living through slavery and segregation, the Black community has been traumatized for far too long and it has to stop with us. Racial Reconciliation is a step forward for both, the White community and the Black community in America. It is a call to come together and stand united, just as God has created all of us in His image and His words are for all mankind to listen to and to follow.
The topic of racial reconciliation is not a popular one. But in this time of need, it needs to be discussed and debated upon to help the Black community recover, heal, and move forward in life. There are a few ways that we can spread Crear’s message and start to foster and promote racial reconciliation in our homes, community, and country. To promote the thoughts that support racial reconciliation, there must be an environment set up to support it as well. The first step towards this is to spread the word of God. In the Bible, it says, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” (Galatians 3:28, English Standard Version)
The Bible tells us “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” (Matthews 22:39, King James Version), the two most important duties of a true Christian is to love God then it is to love our neighbor and the people around us. We must do this with a pure and clean heart, everyone should be encouraged to make an effort to get to know each other. Hold dinners and lunches, invite people of different backgrounds, and enjoy the things you love with them and ask them to do the same. Similarly, promoting confessions in churches can help people to see their faults clearly and ask God for forgiveness. People can ask God to reveal any ill intentions or thought in their hearts and mind, hoping God can forgive them and guide them on the right path.
About the Author
Reverend Mark Crear is a graduate of the University of Southern California and currently is an adjunct professor at the Houston Baptist University, teaching Multicultural Counseling online courses. Crear is a Motivational Speaker, Board Certified Professional Christian Counselor, and published author, Professional Certified Performance, Life & Business Coach, and a Two-time Olympic Medalist.
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