Good news regarding the Deadly Viper controversy that has occupied a lot of our attention this week. Here’s the beginning of Soong-Chan Rah’s blog post from this morning:
On Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 4th, several folks gathered on a phone call to talk about the various postings related to the Deadly Viper’s book. The people in the conversation were Mike Foster and Jud Wilhite (Authors), Chris Heurtz (Director, Word Made Flesh), Soong-Chan Rah (Prof., North Park), Kathy Khang (InterVarsity Multi-Ethnic Ministries Director), and Eugene Cho (Pastor, Quest Church). The conversation was facilitated by Nikki Toyama-Szeto (Urbana 09 Program Director).
Check out the rest of the joint statement at Soong-Chan’s blog. And read his reflections on the meeting at Sojo.net. A copy of the joint statement can also be found at the Deadly Viper blog here, where the text is found under a simple but encouraging headline: “Toward Reconciliation.”
Reconciliation Blog 
Wow, this entire discussion, from initial confrontation to ongoing discussions to the phone call referenced above is fascinating. I have spent the last couple of hours wading through much of the background.
I work in a place where diversity is very intentional. Yet even there, on rare occasions, unspoken assumptions lead to actions and decisions which are well-intentioned but ignorant.
Thank you Ed, as always, for being a voice that is both strong and reasonable when it comes to racial reconciliation. Blessings!
[By the way, it’s Barby. apparently I’ve logged in differently this time!]