{"id":1421605,"date":"2022-04-06T09:59:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421605"},"modified":"2022-04-06T09:59:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:59:56","slug":"chicago-church-announces-fasting-from-whiteness-during-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-church-announces-fasting-from-whiteness-during-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Church Announces &#039;Fasting from Whiteness&#039; During Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-church-announces-fasting-from-whiteness-during-lent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421605&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">First United Church of Oak Park has been \u201cfasting from whiteness\u201d during the season of Lent by abstaining from all music associated with white people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">In a post on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstunitedoakpark.com\/\">website<\/a>, the congregation said it will replace \u201cmusic or liturgy written or composed by white people\u201d with music from other minority groups.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor Lent this year, First United is doing a mix of \u2018giving something up\u2019 and \u2018taking something on.\u2019 In our worship services throughout Lent, we will not be using any music or liturgy written or composed by white people,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur music will be drawn from the African American spirituals tradition, from South African freedom songs, from Native American traditions, and many, many more,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Turning Point USA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpusa.com\/live\/first-united-church-fasts-from-whiteness-for-40-days\">reported<\/a>\u00a0the church also erected a sign that said it would be specifically \u201cfasting from whiteness\u201d throughout the season meant to honor Jesus Christ\u2019s walk through the desert for 40 days and 40 nights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Lent, we build our worship life around the voices of black people, indigenous people, and people of color,\u201d the sign read.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:\u00a0Turning Point USA reports from the church<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The church will also be \u201cfasting from whiteness\u201d with reflections called\u00a0\u00a0\u201cevotionals.\u201d One dated from March 29,\u00a0titled \u201cKindness and Privilege,\u201d said, \u201cWe honor our fast from whiteness this Lent by prioritizing the voice of Bruce Reyes-Chow through a chapter of his book, In Defense of Kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/fox17.com\/news\/nation-world\/church-commits-to-fasting-from-whiteness-during-lent\">Fox Nashville<\/a>, Reyes-Chow is \u201ca minority pastor and author who has written books such as, <em>Don\u2019t Be an Asshat: An Official Handbook for Raising Parents<\/em> and <em>Children and But I Don\u2019t See You as Asian: Curating Conversations about Race<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Church of Oak Park has been \u201cfasting from whiteness\u201d during the season of Lent by abstaining from all music associated with white people. 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