Welcome to the conversations, that matter podcast. My name is John Harris. We are going to talk today about a book that is very popular.

Maybe you've heard about it at your church or your small group it's called be the bridge by

Latasha Morrison and the subtitle is pursuing God's heart for racial

reconciliation now I've heard of Latasha Morrison before. I've even heard of the book. I did not realize though how influential and popular this book was and the organization that Morrison started.

Some of you may have actually heard of Latasha Morrison as well because during the crew 19 conference she said this I don't know if you remember this. I'm going to read this and then you say

we lament. Lord, we acknowledge that we have learned to do right. We did not seek restorative justice that benefits all. We have not defended the

oppressed. We have not taken up the cause of the fatherless or pleaded the case of the widow.

Instead, we have mocked and punished the poor

with our partisanship and our apathy.

Lord have mercy.

We lament that we stood by a systemic and institutional lies racism became

founding pillars and structures in America and within the church. Lord have

mercy.

We have allowed agendas of empire to become prominent within your church.

We understand the empire aims to take and oppress. We have replaced your kingdom with the empire mentality. Lord have mercy.

We have formed and developed church structures and denominations while excluding

divorce of your global church due to racism and racial segregation. Lord, have mercy.

We acknowledge the racial hierarchies and structures of privilege many have benefited from.

Many have been oppressed by, Lord have mercy. We have been oppressed by Lord have mercy. We have ignored the cries of children because

they were not our own. We have discounted the pain of mothers because they were not our own.

We have turned the blind eye to the affliction of

brown and black men because brown and black men and women because they were not

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