We’ve attended and loved our church for many years. I recently volunteered in the nursery and found they had painted it and stenciled the words to various children’s hymns on the walls. Lines from songs like “Now I lay me down to sleep” etc. now adorn all four walls. The one I had a problem with? “Red, and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight.”
Hmmm. We have an Asian daughter, and she is totally mystified at knowing that Asian people were sometimes referred to in the past as being “yellow. ” Should I say something to the church? Then I start to wonder, “Well, it seems to be OK to call someone black or white. But it’s not OK to call someone red or yellow. What’s the difference really?”
Is this something I should bring to the attention of someone in authority at the church? Or should I embrace the message of the line, which is “it doesn’t matter what color you are, you are loved.”
Terri Urban