Post tagged: racism

Mar
17

God to Jim: “Poverty isn’t my problem – you fix it …”

By James E. Copple Occasionally, I have a crisis of confidence that undermines my faith; challenges my optimism; and generally leaves me grumpy and deflated. It was several weeks ago, in the silence of my home and looking over various projects mostly dealing with the poor and disenfranchised, when I wept (truly) and begged God […]

Justice Achieved with a Fist

Nov
22

It was 1958 and I was 8 years old. The United States was still a nation divided. The racial conflict found its expression in Jim Crow laws. In the South, you could still see signs of Whites Only and separate water fountains for Negroes and Whites. It was in this environment that I found myself in Tupelo, Mississippi with my father, […]

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James E. Copple is the Seeker. Copple was born in Kansas City, Missouri, raised in Seattle, Washington and graduated from College in Boston. He has a Masters of Divinity degree and doctoral work in the history of education and Christianity. He has published in the fields of substance abuse prevention, treatment, crime prevention, education and global HIV/AIDS. Read More

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