For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
We don’t mind waiting on the latest and greatest technology. We don’t mind standing in long lines for an item on sale, for a good deal. We don’t mind playing the waiting game on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But, Sundays are treated a little bit differently. We don’t have time to wait for God, […]
Read MoreChristian contemplative, pastor, theologian, mystic and my personal favorite, graduate of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, my alma mater, the Reverend Dr. Howard Thurman offers these words and this sacred work done after Christmas, after we have changed seasons and the music has changed in local department stores and shopping malls, when the commercials change […]
Read More“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…” ~ Jeremiah 1.5, NRSV I had a rigorous and thought- provoking conversation with a friend and mentor in ministry yesterday. Over a couple of Peruvian dishes, we debated our positions on race. But, after awhile, I decided to just listen and when I did, I […]
Read MoreI greet you in the victorious name of Jesus the Christ, Wednesdays can be fight days. We fight to get out of the bed, fight for time in the bathroom, fight with our bodies to look better, feel better, fight with our closets when we can’t find the right outfit. Okay. Maybe the last one […]
Read MoreMy family and I were out at a local Chipotle restaurant and I saw a European American police officer standing in line. I had the unction to hug a police officer last week while standing in line at Panera Bread. I questioned myself and his potential reaction. While I was questioning the impulse, he walked […]
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The Raceless Gospel 