Tenets of Christianity

Recently, Ms Stephens wrote about “…asking God to take resentment out of my heart over letter writers trying to make me look like a racist.” Stephens writes that she felt better until she read my letter.

Stephens writes: “Mr. White’s talk about racism is generally something like “all white conservatives are racist.” I want him to talk about how we can all work together to make life better for poor people of every race. That is my view of talking about racism.”

This month happens to be my 30th year of writing to this newspaper. I will be writing more about this in the future. Out of the letters that I have read, Ms. Stephens is the first writing about prayer.

About prayer: “We’re often so anxious to get out of difficult, painful, or challenging situations that we fail to grow through them. We’re so fixated on getting out of them that we don’t get anything out of them. We fail to learn the lessons God is trying to teach us or cultivate the character God is trying to grow in us. We’re so focused on God changing our circumstances that we never allow God to change us!

“What Is The Purpose Of Prayer?” https://www.faithgateway.com/

The Bible tells Christians to “…put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” Ten African-Americans were killed due to a racist act in New York, but Ms. Stephens spends time praying about her resentment instead. What about family members who lost their loved ones?

Letters from Stephens allege writers label her a racist when there is no evidence.

Stephens fails to see the fact that God might be using me to write about my experiences to help white people understand racism. Stephens’ letters lack compassion. That goes against the tenets of Christianity.

Vincent White Lancaster