I’m choosing to ignore the state of this blog at the moment (I’ve been attempting to clean up errors, edit some wacky php, and organize it better), and write about something that has been on my heart all day long and is quite time sensitive.
Today is the deadline for adding your name to the open letter being sent to the leadership of Bob Jones University in regards to their past racial policies. I signed this letter several months ago and I sincerely urge you to sign the letter.
There are many of us who have differing views on BJU right now. Some completely hate anything and everything to do with the University. Others are nonchalant. And some are quite pleased and grateful to be apart of the BJU circle right now. No matter what your current relationship with the school is like, I believe you have an obligation to view the documents, learn the story, and weep for those whose only view of the Christian faith has been through these particular stories of racism.
Even since I’ve moved to Pennsylvania, I’ve met a few people who immediately upon hearing that I graduated from BJU questioned me harshly on whether I was racist. That’s really heart-wrenching to experience.
All we are asking the University to do is to simply acknowledge the mistakes that were made so there can be reconciliation.
If you simply “don’t want to get involved” or don’t want your name to publicly be attached to a criticism of the University, then spend some time pouring through the archives of Please Reconcile and read the stories of how racial discrimination has broken hearts even after the ban was lifted.
Here are others who have written a considerable bit more than I have:
A Time to Laugh
Karagraphy
Broken Silence
Where do the Mermaids Stand
And So It Goes
Unmeasured Grace
The Savage’s Lair
Also, the Facebook group.