The 2008 Seoul Foreign School alumni of the year award goes to … Chris Rice!
This man – a missionary kid and former student at the international school where I work in Korea –
wrote an amazing memoir called Grace Matters
based on his own experiences living in a deliberately interracial faith community
in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1980’s and 90’s.
wrote an amazing memoir called Grace Matters
based on his own experiences living in a deliberately interracial faith community
in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1980’s and 90’s.
* Check it out at your local library or bookstore or buy it on-line.
These white and black Christians wanted to
practice what Jesus preached
in the Sermon on the Mount .
In addition to growing closer in their relationships
with the Lord
and with each other,
they were better able to minister to their inner-city neighbors.
They knew first-hand that
reconciliation wasn’t easy,
but it wasn’t impossible either.
The intentional efforts of this community to treat each other with GRACE
inspired me when I first heard about it,
and their struggles and successes both will continue to encourage me
during my year on the World Race.
inspired me when I first heard about it,
and their struggles and successes both will continue to encourage me
during my year on the World Race.
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