Holy Anger
"As a Black woman, I’m glaringly aware of how my anger will be perceived. I considered tempering it. But this is a holy anger. And if I silence it, I harm not only myself but all those who are harmed by this grotesque falsification of what it means to be a refugee." The Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu, Priest Associate at All Saints’ Church Atlanta
I hear this comment occasionally from Black women, like they're perceived as being especially hysterical and irrational. It makes me want to lean in and listen more carefully.
There was a 2-3 year period when we worshiped regularly at Christ CHurch Cathedral, Episcopal, in Nashville. The Rev’d Naomi was on staff there then and was in the preaching rotation. Hearing her was an amazing blessing.