A Christ-Centered Approach to Antiracism with Michelle T. Sanchez
Why Colorblindness Isn't the Best Approach to Racism
“I’m colorblind. I don’t see race.” Is this really the best, most biblical approach to the realities of racism in our country? Or is there a better way? Today’s guest, Michelle T. Sanchez, refers to that better approach as “color-courageous discipleship” and joins Patrick on the pod this week to discuss. Hear her explain her own story growing up in the colorblind generation and the moment she attributes to her own awakening. Michelle also makes the distinction between the terms, race and...
Read More“I’m colorblind. I don’t see race.” Is this really the best, most biblical approach to the realities of racism in our country? Or is there a better way? Today’s guest, Michelle T. Sanchez, refers to that better approach as “color-courageous discipleship” and joins Patrick on the pod this week to discuss. Hear her explain her own story growing up in the colorblind generation and the moment she attributes to her own awakening. Michelle also makes the distinction between the terms, race and ethnicity, citing why one is in the Bible and one isn’t. And speaking of, does the Bible have anything to say about our racialized consciousness? What are some color-courageous spiritual practices that Christians of all ethnicities should exercise? And how have terms like “woke” and “antiracism” been weaponized? Should we use those terms or leave them behind? Listen now!
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Michelle Sanchez
Michelle T. Sanchez has an MDiv and ThM from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and spiritual...
Read MoreMichelle T. Sanchez has an MDiv and ThM from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and spiritual direction training at Boston College and field studies on the life and times of Jesus at Jerusalem University College. Michelle serves as executive minister of make and deepen disciples for the Evangelical Covenant Church, a multiethnic denomination of over 900 congregations throughout North America. Michelle is the author of Color-Courageous Discipleship (2022) and the picture book God’s Beloved Community (2022).
Michelle has a passion for discipleship and also for racial reconciliation, and in this conversation she shows how the latter is an essential part of the former.
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