For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Jeff Brumley wrote in August of 2012 “Pastors forsee a raceless church.” But, before I celebrate this word of encouragement, I must say that Brumley’s definition of a multicultural church: “(socially colored) black and white church members” is incorrect. Two cultures is bicultural not multicultural. And though this is a great triumph for American Christianity, […]
Read MoreThe root of the word question is the word quest, which is defined as “the long and arduous search for something.” In my questioning of the social construct of race, what am I hoping to find? I am hoping to discover more of myself, to go deeper into the spiritual reality that is me, to see […]
Read MoreDuring this Lenten season, many Christians seek to draw nearer to God by walking more closely with Jesus the Christ in his sufferings, rejections of appetites and the allure of popular appearance (Matthew 4.11). It is the spiritual discipline of self- denial. After foretelling of his death, burial and resurrection, Jesus shares with the […]
Read MoreYou call yourself a Christian. Well, how can you be a Christian and … It is so easy to ask this question of others. We are good at observing and judging the behavior, sitting in the bleachers of life pointing out the mistakes of others and what we would have done if we were in […]
Read MoreSovereign God, we confess that You are not controlled by race, that You are the God of all nations and people, that You are not confined to our prejudices. We confess that You cannot be convicted of our judgments, that You are not trapped in our history. You are the boundary of existence, our Judge and […]
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