TY - BOOK AU - Meeks,Catherine TI - The Night is long but light comes in the morning: meditations on racial healing SN - 9781640655973 AV - BT 734.2 .M44 2022 PY - 2022/// CY - New York PB - Morehouse Publishing KW - Race relations KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Meditations KW - Reconciliation KW - Healing KW - United States N1 - Contents; pt. 1 An invitation to a new way to see; Searching for inner truth; The shadow is calling: exploring the inner community; We wear masks; Be not afraid; Let's talk about rage; Can I get a witness; pt. 2 Now that I see; Loneliness; What has to die; Courage; Faith and race; Loss; Can I walk this path; pt. 3 Unweaving the web; Facing the wounds; Racialized trauma; Look in the right place; The search for remedies; It is not magic; Why black people are still talking about race; pt. 4 What's love got to do with racial healing; Whose love is it, anyway; Whose love is it, anyway; Is there any love here; Stop talking until you have love; No cheap love, please; Reimagining love and racial healing; pt. 5 Going below the surface and creating new space for healing; No trespassing; Invisibility blues; Looking for more than an ally; Trust; Visibility; Don't get too weary; pt. 6 Brokenhearted; The system killed my little brother; Can we have a word? victims want to be heard; Reflection on integration; Killing fields; Broken hearts cure illusion; The gift of being brokenhearted; pt. 7 The outer world needs you; Let me tell a story that I like; Quit worrying about critical race theory; The media need to stop being racism's press agent; Colorism and Ubuntu; Disappeared communities: Where are they now; Reclaiming hope though remembering; pt. 8 It's a journey, stay ready to travel; On the road again; George Floyd Died, so you need to stand still; COVID-19 Invited us; Do you really want reparations or not; Sick and tired of being sick and tired; Our Island home needs us ER -