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How Can White Parents Help Black Children Embrace Their Identity?

NERDINESS:

I'm white and have an adopted black son who is nine years old. How can I help him embrace his identity as a person of color when he has and does grow up in a white world? I have made a lot of effort to expand his experiences but it is difficult since he was adopted from birth and only knows two white parents. 
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How Do I Respond to a Family Member Who Tells Racist Jokes?

NERDINESS:

We have a situation at our family gatherings where one particular family member consistently makes racist comments or jokes. As a Kingdom person, how should I think about balancing love and empathy for this family member while also wanting to address the inappropriateness of this pattern? What would a christ-like response look like?
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What about Evolution?

NERDINESS:

At Woodland we believe that God created all things. But we do not hold to one “official” perspective on how and when God created.
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Should Christians Eat Meat?

NERDINESS:

Let’s start with the biblical data related to this question. On the one hand, it appears that God initially gave humans (as well as the entire animal kingdom) plants to eat, and in the vision of the future Kingdom revealed to Isaiah, it appears that humans, as well as all animals, will return to eating only plants.
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What Should Christians Do about Abortion?

NERDINESS:

Woodland does not endorse any particular political position or politician on the issue of abortion. Based on Scripture, we affirm the preciousness of life in the womb, and we commit to encouraging and assisting women to go through with their pregnancy, while also committing to graciously assisting in the healing process of women who have chosen otherwise.
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