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A writer focused on equipping Christians to engage more lovingly and effectively across societal divisions
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Church As a Community of Enemies
Community is a word we throw around in church circles – a buzz word that conjures up images of people talking and laughing together over a meal. In the 25 years I’ve been a follower of Jesus, however, I have… Read More ›
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Lament: An Act of Worship or An Indecent Display?
Out of the 150 Psalms in the Old Testament, 68 are psalms of lament. In fact, there are more psalms of lament than of any other genre, including thanksgiving, hymnic, liturgical, and community. And yet, in (upper)middle-class, dominant-culture churches in… Read More ›
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How can we learn to see each other in the face of racialized pain?
It happened 3 months ago. As my daughter and I exited the car and started walking toward the pool entrance, I heard it. “Konnichiwa!” It was a strange thing to hear in the middle of our area of Atlanta, where… Read More ›
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A Prayer on 9/11 Remembrance Day
At least three generations of my family have born the scars of war and political instability. We were and continue to be politically insignificant people caught between the oppression of Japanese imperialism and the unmatched destructive capacity of U.S. military might, casualties… Read More ›
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Discipleship: Aiming For the Heart
Judy Wu Dominick – Discipleship- Aiming for the heart from Cru Inner City on Vimeo. I had the opportunity this week to speak at the Creating Options Together 2016 Conference for Cru Inner City in St. Paul, Minnesota. I discussed… Read More ›
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Between Two Worlds
As a second-generation American who’s bilingual in English and Mandarin and barely conversational in Taiwanese, I’m not that far removed from Taiwan, my parents’ home country. However, my sense of conscious connection to Taiwan is just now emerging. It began after my… Read More ›
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No Love, No Freedom
My friend and colleague Latasha Morrison, who started the non-profit Be the Bridge, got a call from a friend yesterday. Her friend’s friend – we’ll call him James – was on his way to another friend’s house in Baton Rouge when… Read More ›
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PTSD: It’s Not Just a War Disorder
PTSD: A Mini-Primer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, has become a familiar term now because of its prevalence among men and women returning from war. We’ve seen it portrayed in movies and on TV: a returning soldier has intrusive flashbacks… Read More ›
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What’s Playing on Your Station?: The Racialized Messages that Shape Our Identity
Most of us don’t spend time thinking about the fact that we’re surrounded by invisible communication signals. They travel largely unnoticed through the air we breathe in the form of radio frequencies, infrared signals, microwaves, and other kinds of electromagnetic… Read More ›
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Mourning the Departed Among Us
When you hear a person talk about “losing someone,” death is likely the first thing that comes to mind. There are, however, significant ways of “losing” a loved one to something other than death – something that feels an awful lot like a death, but the… Read More ›
Life Reconsidered - Judy Wu Dominick 