Real, Spirit-empowered faith in God manifests itself in acts of mercy toward the poor, naked, and hungry that address their physical needs.

If Freire and Aquinas are right, teaching against oppression-sustaining myths that render people socially blind is an act of mercy.

Human mercy requires feeling the sufferings of others.

Let us plead with the Father, Son, and Spirit to multiple our resources and give us mercy-saturated discernment to use them to advance King Jesus and his merciful Kingdom.

“[C]hrist is either neglected or honored in the person of those who need our assistance. So then, whenever we are reluctant to assist the poor, let us place before our eyes the Son of God, to whom it would be base sacrilege to refuse anything.”—John Calvin

Like the Exodus prophets, Jesus’s ministry reveals that mercy threatens unjust systems and people, and that people respond to this threat with violence.

“The shards of heartbreak cannot simply be thrown away. They have to be reworked.” -Imani Perry

It is not enough, then, to champion race-conscious justice. Christians must also champion the mandate for race-conscious mercy.