All or None is a Deadly Mindset!

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haviors.We all do it.It’s so much easier to remain the same.We have been taught that everything is quite literally black and white. (I wonder where that phase comes from?)When will we stop accepting that A and B are the only right answers? There is a whole alphabet of possibilities out there. Choose different letters and make new meaning!It is public knowledge that I am a Christian, African American and female. I embrace all three because they are all parts of me. I am also a complex human being in a world where life is always evolving, and my faith in God is ever maturing. I have learned that my experiences or lack thereof don’t negate those of others. I can disagree with parts of what you believe and still love you. I can comfort others and pray for my enemies all at the same time.Many of you are doing this right now. You are not writing whole people groups off because the masses imply that’s what you should do. You are doing the hard work of loving and listening. You are rejecting blanket narratives and creating a new script.Thank you for stepping away from the chaos of insults and injury. Thank you for choosing to dig in with an unbiased heart and remaining open to new perspectives. Thank you for understanding that it doesn’t have to be all or none. We can and will rebuild, remake and rewrite our tomorrows.I often look to Jesus and his example of how I should behave. He ate with tax collectors, comforted those who were hurting and forgave those who would ultimately murder

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him. He spoke truth and reprimanded in love. He forgave sin and sacrificed his life for a group of complex people who hated him to the point of murder. He did the hard work of interjecting himself into our sin torn world so that he could be one of us; to better serve us.Are we even willing to interject ourselves into someone else’s perspective long enough to hear them?The hard work of reconciliation is time consuming and multi-layered. It is not black and white. It will require so much more of us. Maybe your response will be to pray and fast. Others will be called to speak, write, and share with our neighbors. The list could go on and on. The one thing I ask, the only thing I ask is for each of us to remain open to new possibilities. We can reject the polarity of an ALL or None mindset and together build a new thing.My this bit of ancient wisdom open your mind to greater possibilities. (Philippians 2: 1–4)“Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, (2) then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. (3) Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, (4) not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”AmiinaBy <a href="http://www.kimjagwe.com">Kim Jagwe</a> of <a href="http://www.sowlstudios.com">Sowl Studios</a></article></body>

All or None is a Deadly Mindset!

No one needs another All Lives Matter vs. Black Lives Matter Debate. Especially me! I’m exhausted from hearing them and I imagine many of you are too. We all have taken sides at this point and are hunkering down over our respective views for the long haul. Swap out the current subject and make it about law enforcement, masks, democrats & republicans, or vegans vs carnivores. It’s all the same. The value of real conversation among a complex people is drowned out and lost. And it’s heartbreaking.

The real enemy is confusion and polarity. If it continues to go unchecked, we all lose.

I have a question for you. Have you ever listened to someone speak on a topic and parts of what they say resonate with you? Not everything they said hit a home run, but you did learn something new and you did feel your perspective broaden. Moments later you hear or read a viewpoint that touches all your hot spots. They make you feel like they get you. Immediately you throw out those newly formed uncomfortable views you recently encountered and lean once again into old thoughts and behaviors.We all do it.

It’s so much easier to remain the same.

We have been taught that everything is quite literally black and white. (I wonder where that phase comes from?)

When will we stop accepting that A and B are the only right answers? There is a whole alphabet of possibilities out there. Choose different letters and make new meaning!

It is public knowledge that I am a Christian, African American and female. I embrace all three because they are all parts of me. I am also a complex human being in a world where life is always evolving, and my faith in God is ever maturing. I have learned that my experiences or lack thereof don’t negate those of others. I can disagree with parts of what you believe and still love you. I can comfort others and pray for my enemies all at the same time.

Many of you are doing this right now. You are not writing whole people groups off because the masses imply that’s what you should do. You are doing the hard work of loving and listening. You are rejecting blanket narratives and creating a new script.

Thank you for stepping away from the chaos of insults and injury. Thank you for choosing to dig in with an unbiased heart and remaining open to new perspectives. Thank you for understanding that it doesn’t have to be all or none. We can and will rebuild, remake and rewrite our tomorrows.

I often look to Jesus and his example of how I should behave. He ate with tax collectors, comforted those who were hurting and forgave those who would ultimately murder him. He spoke truth and reprimanded in love. He forgave sin and sacrificed his life for a group of complex people who hated him to the point of murder. He did the hard work of interjecting himself into our sin torn world so that he could be one of us; to better serve us.

Are we even willing to interject ourselves into someone else’s perspective long enough to hear them?

The hard work of reconciliation is time consuming and multi-layered. It is not black and white. It will require so much more of us. Maybe your response will be to pray and fast. Others will be called to speak, write, and share with our neighbors. The list could go on and on. The one thing I ask, the only thing I ask is for each of us to remain open to new possibilities. We can reject the polarity of an ALL or None mindset and together build a new thing.

My this bit of ancient wisdom open your mind to greater possibilities. (Philippians 2: 1–4)

“Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, (2) then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. (3) Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, (4) not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

Amiina