For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“Make your attitude that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage. Instead, He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men. And when He had come as a man in […]
Read MoreGet Back (Black, Brown and White) Big Bill Broonzy. Chicago, 8. November 1951 This little song that I’m singin’ about, People, you all know that it’s true, If you’re black and gotta work for livin’, Now, this is what they will say to you, They says: “If you was white, You’s alright, If you was […]
Read MoreOccupy Wall Street has now entered its twenty- seventh day and I must confess that except for an article that discussed the spiritual nature of the movement, I have not been following the demonstration that began on September 17, 2011 in New York City’s financial district. Said to have been inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir […]
Read MoreI am presently reading Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky. It, along with Samuel Wells’ Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics, are required reading for Duke University’s Foundations of Christian Leadership program. I will return at the end of this month to the Avila […]
Read More“Don’t assume that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of […]
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The Raceless Gospel 