Thanks for listening to the Passion City Church podcast.

Before we dive into this week's message, titled The Beloved Community, Pastor Louis

Gaglio has a message straight from his heart that he'd like you to hear.

Thanks again for listening.

I just wanted to come directly to you today and sincerely apologize for the use of the phrase on Sunday,

white, blessing. And I extend that apology today to every single person who is listening to me right now,

but most importantly, I extend that apology to my black brothers and sisters.

I like so many. I'm so burdened about what is happening in our nation right now.

And I'm heartbroken about where we are as a nation. And one of the things that I'm most heartbroken

about is trying to help myself continue to learn and to help my white brothers and sisters understand

that white privilege is real. And in trying to get that sentiment across on Sunday, I use the phrase

white blessing for which I'm deeply sorry, horrible choice of words. Does not reflect my heart at all.

I don't, to be clear, believe there's any blessing in slavery, to the contrary.

I'm trying to understand and help people see is that I, my white brothers and sisters, we sit in

large part where we are today because of the centuries of the pro-Singjustice done to our black brothers

and sisters. So this is my heart. This is what I want to more fully understand because I believe

this will help us stay engaged in this conversation so that we can all move forward together.

So thank you for just letting me open my heart to you today. Thank you for letting me apologize

directly to you today. And I ask that you would pray for me and possibly even join me as I just

desire to continue to learn, to understand, to stay engaged and to be a part of all of us moving

forward together to the place that God wants us to be.

I know a lot of you are joining in from around the world, different continents, a lot of different

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