Christopher,

You have challenged me in a most difficult way so I have taken several days to consider your words before speaking. I try to live the love of God and be fair and just in my dealings with all people regardless of race, so reading a claim of inequity within the church that is a recitation of currently-popular divisive racial and political charges leaves me wondering whether you want a substantive discussion about points not mentioned, a fight, or just a chance to voice your fears. I don't want to fight with one who is my brother in Christ. I see your words and sense your fear, so I am having a difficult time understanding or quantifying the basis for it as a first step in finding a way to communicate substantively and find solutions. How can we find ways to work together to advance the Kingdom of God so long as you are screaming about what is dividing society and promoting those concepts inside the body of believers?