Bloodlines

With Octavia Spencer winning so many awards for portraying Minnie in The Help- conversations continue in my mind....one sided conversations that will never be. See they're with my grandmother, Virginia Dickens. She was a tiny little woman, not even 5 feet, but she was full of life. Living in Holly Hill, SC for most of her life, I wonder what she'd say about this book, this movie- these ideas, these themes. How would she feel now, in 2012, to watch a movie that portrayed her life.....would she sympathize with the help?

At the same time so many I love have adopted or are adopting cross-culturally. There is a lot of conversation as well as to how these children will grow up- will they feel divided? Will they feel cared for?

I read a book recently, The Color of Water, that tells the story of James McBride, an African American writer, one of 12 black children born to a Jewish mother. Its about his constant struggle to know where he belonged. Hard to put down, this book is a tapestry of racism and love. The threads of pain and redemption run throughout.

And now this morning I sit at my desk, mug still warm from coffee, and watch the trailer for John Piper's new book Bloodlines. My brother sent it to me...he sent it to many. I wonder if he would have sent it to Gran. Would she have watched? What would she think?

Please watch this. Its a short 20 minutes but the message is timeless. Children are made in the image of God. Racism is a systemic dysfunction that the gospel alone remedies.

Lord, redeem this world.