What to Do About Unconscious Bias… In Yourself
By Fred Oduyoye and Rick Lawrence This week we’ve had two epic examples of unconscious bias (“social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their
Category: Reachable Reconciliation
The Downside of MLK Day?
By Fred Oduyoye and Rick LawrenceIn the week of MLK Day, and on the precipice of Black History Month, Reachable Reconciliation Founder Fred Oduyoye offers up a challenge
The Slap- Recovering from a Harm You Caused
By Fred Oduyoye and Rick Lawrence As everyone in the world now knows, a little more than a week ago actor Will Smith walked onto the Oscars stage
Reachable Reconciliation: Baby Steps
By Fred Oduyoye and Rick Lawrence We are not typically “big step” people—real change and growth happens incrementally, through baby steps. And it’s no different in our growth
Honoring Others’ Reactions
By Fred Oduyoye and Rick Lawrence In counseling and in ministry and in life, we’ve been urged to see the damaging impact of our reactions and move, instead,
Building Relationships With People We Don’t Trust
By Fred Oduyoye and Rick Lawrence As we emerge from our underground bunkers into the dawn of post-pandemic life, we’re facing a host of new challenges. For so
Tackling White Privilege
By Rick LawrenceExecutive Director At the dinner table a few nights ago, my wife, my 18-year-old daughter, and I were talking about “white privilege”—a volatile term
A Block to Racial Reconciliation
Over and over, church leaders report that a daunting source of tension between church members is their vastly different reactions to the Black Lives Matter movement. In