For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Thomas R. Kelly writes in A Testament of Devotion, “We are trying to be several selves at once, without all of our selves being organized by a single, mastering Life within us. Each of us tends to be, not a single self, but a whole committee of selves. There is a civic self, the parental self, […]
Read MoreBefore I was born, I was prepared My father was added because he was the right color My ears were checked at birth to ensure that I was the right color Would they have put me back in the oven if I were not? My skin came out light My hair came out good […]
Read MoreColor is about lines And lines are about borders And borders are about belonging Mine and yours I need my space We must keep our distance And distance is about fear We draw lines around our communities, our commitments We will only go so far Lines around our conversations We don’t say what we mean or […]
Read More“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Saturday, October 16, 2011, thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the dedication ceremony of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. Like many children, one of the first persons that I learned […]
Read More“But someone will say, ‘How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come? Foolish one! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow– you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain. […]
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The Raceless Gospel 