At the second class in the series on Racial Justice: Bending the Arc, Pastor Harry led the group in a difficult discussion of an unsettling scripture. Rev. Dr. Amantha Barbee selected Mark 7:24-20 and posed the questions that probed privilege and race.

View the video of this class: Race Related Scripture. Also in this class we focused on one scripture provided by Rev. Barbee. Some attendees have asked to see the other scriptures and focus questions for their own reflection, and so we have included this download of all the scripture references and guiding questions: Racism and the Bible Guiding Questions.

Read more about this series on our post: Bending the Arc, and see videos of other classes in the series.

This series is part of our ongoing exploration of The Radical Christian Alternative.

The next two classes in our series are:

• February 19. Racial History of the Church. PC(USA) and other Christian churches have mixed histories regarding race in America. Church members present some of the history—good and bad.
• February 26. Bend the Arc. What can we as individuals and as a church do to help bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice? A remote guest speaker challenges us with some thoughtful questions.

Join us at 8:30 am on Sunday mornings in person in the McFarland Chapel or on Zoom.