July 16 Video

On July 16, Rev. Carolyn Raar’s message, “Restoring Eden to Madagascar” (based on Revelations 22:1-5), touched on the Catholic church rescinding the Doctrine of Discovery and the church’s responsibility for speaking out against the theft of environmental resources from impoverished countries.

Her message concluded with a lovely story about farmers and silk worms in Madagascar.

A few years ago, as a part of our dismantling racism effort, we looked at the video “Race, Trauma, and the Doctrine of Discovery” by Mark Charles, the son of an American woman (of Dutch heritage) and a Navajo man. It would be a great supplement to this message if you are not familiar with the Doctrine of Discovery.