Sometimes, I feel like a motherless child

I served as the guest preacher at Village Baptist Church in Bowie, Maryland this morning. The pastor, Dr. Bruce Salmon, graciously provided me the opportunity to proclaim the message of Christ, a message that I can not share often enough. Each time that I share the good news of Jesus Christ, I get excited as […]

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In the beginning was…

I am often amazed at how quickly persons will rise to defend race as if I have offended a family member, a childhood friend or perhaps even a spouse when I question the authenticity of the relationship or the intentions of race for their life.  They take a sense of ownership in race, which ultimately […]

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Two

Yesterday, I discussed Du Bois’ concept of double- consciousness, this sense of two- ness that is created in the life of one who defines herself or himself as an American Negro, a Black American, an African American or any identity that is a combination of both country and color.  The identities do not support one another and can be mutually exclusive as one […]

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Double Consciousness as Double- Mindedness

“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” ~ James 1.8, KJV “It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels […]

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The Uselessness of Race

Race does more with us than we do with it and I have surmised today that it is useless. For what progress can we make with a belief that holds everyone back, including those it claims to elevate and empower?  What can truly be gained in utilizing a worldview that focuses on the external appearance of humanity to the […]

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