Dolphus Weary builds bridges at Corban
By Krystin Johnson
J-Lab Staff Writer
The students at Corban were not only attentive to the words Dolphus Weary had to say at his visit to the campus February 4th-6th but, they also fell into admiration with the person that he is.
“Dolphus brought with him a vibe that automatically makes you like him,” said Marcie Smith. “When you first meet him, you like him and once he starts talking, you like him even more.”
In his book, “I Ain’t Coming Back,” Weary talks about his childhood of and his experiences growing up as an African American child in Mississippi—how he was treated with the same level of respect as a doormat.
“It’s time for racism to go in the body of Jesus Christ. Let heathens be heathens, let Christians be Christians,” said Weary during one of his talks in chapel. “Racism is one of the areas that Christians haven’t acted like Christians.”
His life has incredibly impacted the lives of those around him. Weary has had to deal with the struggles of being ridiculed for his race and has had to fight hard for what he believes in: equality.
“What hurt me the most over the years were not the words or the names that people called me,” said Weary. “The thing that hurt me was not being treated like I was a human being. In their eyes I was ‘non-human’.”
The biggest concept that Weary brought up in all of his lectures was that it is our job now to build bridges–bridges between families, friends, and God.
“I believe with all of my heart that God wants us to be in the business of building bridges,” said Weary during his talk on Tuesday night. “There are circumstances that I couldn’t change. Being a black man in Mississippi taught me to be a second-class citizen. My redemption is to see that God has made me who I am and I am part of His redemption.”
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