14 Quotes by Curtiss Paul DeYoung

As long as there is one single child on the cross of pain, and indignity, of suffering, and futurelessness, I will stand up and I will fight for that child – a crucified child is my child. That is what solidarity means: every child on a cross is my child.

Unjust systems appear normal to those in power, and any change will produce feelings of loss. True reconciliation, through the cross of Jesus, will affect the lives of the privileged. The colonizer has to completely leave the confines of power and privilege and join with those who are colonized. Of the colonizer Memmi declared, “let him adopt the colonized people and be adopted by them; let him become a turncoat.

This book is a call for reconciliation in society that is radical, that goes to the roots.

Reconciliation for the powerful and privileged means trusting those who have lived under oppression and even following their lead in becoming one new humanity.

Reconciliation: Our Greatest Challenge – Our Only Hope.