During our Ask Me Anything panel a few weeks ago, a young, Philadelphia-born-and-bred black man asked me , “How am I supposed to not demonize police officers after what happened in Ferguson?” I really did not know how to respond. I felt his anger and his confusion. I really loved how he was looking for how he could be like Jesus in the midst of yet another black person getting killed by police. It seems impossible to react in “Sermon on the Mount” fashion, turning the other cheek, not returning violence for violence, when our enemies are doing something so heinous.
How Jesus might respond to Ferguson
How Jesus might respond to Ferguson
How Jesus might respond to Ferguson
During our Ask Me Anything panel a few weeks ago, a young, Philadelphia-born-and-bred black man asked me , “How am I supposed to not demonize police officers after what happened in Ferguson?” I really did not know how to respond. I felt his anger and his confusion. I really loved how he was looking for how he could be like Jesus in the midst of yet another black person getting killed by police. It seems impossible to react in “Sermon on the Mount” fashion, turning the other cheek, not returning violence for violence, when our enemies are doing something so heinous.