Elevated (1 of 2)
Series: Let's Talk About the Elephant in the Room
Jeff Geyer
Mark 7:24-30
Big Idea: Jesus saw the things we are seeing and elevated the things we need to be elevating.
Intro: Over the next couple of weeks I want to build off of the statement I made last month in the light of an injustice, which led to racial tension in our country. For some the statement went too far and for others the statement didn't go far enough. My intention was to be clear and centered on Jesus.
Honestly, it's been the worst I've seen it. Friends of different hues are no longer friends because of different views. Friends of the same hues are no longer friends because of different views. People have shared with me their social media feed and the things I've seen has made me sad. The conversations that I'm hearing other people having is like the one I had almost 13 years ago in The Home Depot in Dallas, TX.
I was working PT overnight in the receiving department to help cover the cost for graduate school. It wasn't the first time I worked in an environment where I was a minority (skin color) but it was the first time I had this conversation. A co-worker of several months and I got in an argument about something work related (can't remember what it was). After several minutes into the argument, it suddenly changed to ''you people need to apologize to my people for the years and years of oppression your ancestors have done to my ancestors.'' I had no idea what to do with that other than, ''What are you talking about? We're arguing about that and you want me to apologize for this?'' He reasoned that my ancestors enslaved his ancestors and I'm trying to do the same to him. I quickly responded that my family immigrated from Germany well after the Civil War and when they did arrive at Ellis Island they traveled to Pittsburgh and worked as bricklayers. Then our manager interrupted us to get back to work.
Tension: Like with the statement I wrote last month, my in ...
Series: Let's Talk About the Elephant in the Room
Jeff Geyer
Mark 7:24-30
Big Idea: Jesus saw the things we are seeing and elevated the things we need to be elevating.
Intro: Over the next couple of weeks I want to build off of the statement I made last month in the light of an injustice, which led to racial tension in our country. For some the statement went too far and for others the statement didn't go far enough. My intention was to be clear and centered on Jesus.
Honestly, it's been the worst I've seen it. Friends of different hues are no longer friends because of different views. Friends of the same hues are no longer friends because of different views. People have shared with me their social media feed and the things I've seen has made me sad. The conversations that I'm hearing other people having is like the one I had almost 13 years ago in The Home Depot in Dallas, TX.
I was working PT overnight in the receiving department to help cover the cost for graduate school. It wasn't the first time I worked in an environment where I was a minority (skin color) but it was the first time I had this conversation. A co-worker of several months and I got in an argument about something work related (can't remember what it was). After several minutes into the argument, it suddenly changed to ''you people need to apologize to my people for the years and years of oppression your ancestors have done to my ancestors.'' I had no idea what to do with that other than, ''What are you talking about? We're arguing about that and you want me to apologize for this?'' He reasoned that my ancestors enslaved his ancestors and I'm trying to do the same to him. I quickly responded that my family immigrated from Germany well after the Civil War and when they did arrive at Ellis Island they traveled to Pittsburgh and worked as bricklayers. Then our manager interrupted us to get back to work.
Tension: Like with the statement I wrote last month, my in ...
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