Author: Starlette Thomas, Race Abolitionist

Seeking to lead words and people to their highest and most authentic expression, I am the principal architect of a race/less world.

Praying in the Dark

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If you are feeling your way through life, seemingly trapped in a tunnel with no end and consequently, no light in sight…  If you, like Joseph, find yourself in a pit, pushed down by those who were supposed to love you and help you make your dreams come true…  If you, like Jesus, were in […]

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Debate over Confederate Flag in South Carolina is Over

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“We are symbols and inhabit symbols.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson It appears that the Confederate flag will not rise again at least not above government buildings in South Carolina.  In a final vote of 94 to 20, the State House of Representatives decided to remove the flag.  Recently associated with Dylann Roof, a 21 year […]

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Soong-Chan Rah on the Racialization and Nationalization of the Image of God

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Soong- Chan Rah talks about the strengths and weaknesses of a transcendent imagination, exceptionalism, the racialization and nationalization of the image of God at Wheaton College.  Let us think more deeply about the impact of the social construct of race on our theology and anthropology.  

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Praying with Howard Thurman: Lord, open unto me

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Open unto me — light for my darkness. Open unto me — courage for my fear. Open unto me — hope for my despair. Open unto me — peace for my turmoil. Open unto me — joy for my sorrow. Open unto me — strength for my weakness. Open unto me — wisdom for my […]

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Burning Churches Again

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This morning, I learned of a seventh African American- led church set ablaze.  The cause for the burning of Mount Zion AME church in Greeleyville, South Carolina is still under investigation.  But, before the smoke signal of this latest burning reached the news, six others in Florida, Tennessee, North and South Carolina were struck with […]

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