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Friendship in Black and White

 How two women with conflicting views forged an unlikely friendship

When Monique Duson and Krista Bontrager first met, it was unlikely they would become friends.

Monique had been brought up in South Central Los Angeles by a mother who told her, “The only two things you have to do in this world are be black and die.”

Krista was a seminary-trained expositor and apologist who believed she couldn’t possibly be racist.

Friendship
in Black and White

 How two women
with conflicting views
forged an unlikely friendship

When Monique Duson and Krista Bontrager first met, it was unlikely they would become friends.

Monique had been brought up in South Central Los Angeles by a mother who told her, “The only two things you have to do in this world are be black and die.”

Krista was a seminary-trained expositor and apologist who believed she couldn’t possibly be racist.

 The catalyst for their friendship was daily two-hour walks together.

Each entered the relationship with hard words and harder emotions.

Their heated conversations frequently required time-outs.

But they persevered, believing the other was worth it.

In this series, Monique and Krista tell the story of their friendship that led to co-founding the Center for Biblical Unity and writing their latest book Walking in Unity.

It will give you encouragement that robust friendship between blacks and whites is genuinely possible.

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