Just Mercy - Racism, Capital Punishment and Brokenness
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Matthew 25:40, KJV "Being broken is what makes us human. We all have our reasons. Sometimes we're fractured by the choices we make. Sometimes we're fractured by things we never would have chosen. But our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing. Our shared vulnerability and imperfection nurtures and sustains our capacity for compassion." - Brian Stevenson, Just Mercy With the recent tragic death of George Floyd, I have been reflecting about individual and systemic racism in America and came across a book recommendation for "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson . I quickly ordered a copy and could not put it down. It was a truly eye-opening and inspiring work that talks about Bryan Stevenson's founding of the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama in 1989 to help those in t...