The pastor of one of the nation’s largest churches told CNN Friday that Americans must start listening to one another and see others as image bearers of God in order to heal the current divide.
Miles McPherson, the pastor of the Rock Church in San Diego, said the “us-versus-them culture” impedes unity and progress. McPherson made the comments on Anderson Cooper 360 amid nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd.
“Everybody’s trying to get their way. And you’re forced to pick a side – you’re either for or against the police, for or against blacks or whites, [but] the third option is that we honor what we have in common,” McPherson said. “We have more similarities than differences, and if we were to focus on that – all of us are on a journey. We all bleed red … [and] we all want to get along and have peace. And so we’ve got to take steps to bridge that gap.”
One strategy toward unity, he said, is to “acknowledge that we have blind spots.”
“A blind spot is you not knowing what you don’t know,” he said. “There are a lot of times we don’t even know when we’re offending somebody. … When you say ‘I don’t see color,’ [you may be] trying to build a bridge but in fact the person of color just feels like you invalidated everything that they are. And when you say you don’t see color, you’re telling someone you don’t…
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