For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“Take up your bed and walk” (John 5.8). “Do you want to be made whole” (John 5.6)? “Where are your accusers” (John 8.10)? Jesus demonstrates time and again that our faith is to be engaged, pondered, questioned. Jesus requires buy in. We are not simply called to follow his instructions, and this is not discipleship […]
Read MoreYesterday, Roseanne Barr, star of the reboot of the 90s sitcom Roseanne, tweeted a comparison of former Obama adviser, Valerie Jarrett to an “ape.” Jarrett has since responded during an interview with MSNBC, calling it a “teaching moment” as has the president of ABC Entertainment Group, Channing Dungey and Disney CEO Bob Iger. He also called Jarrett. After the cancellation […]
Read MoreNobody’s perfect. No church, no body of believers is perfect. “How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity” but also, how hard (Psalm 133.1). The church has never been picture perfect; there has always been a problem getting all believers in the same room for a single shot or […]
Read MoreI am tired. Worn out, worn down, worn thin by stories of racialized abuse, bias, bullying, harassment, hatred, mistreatment, misplaced vindictiveness, the continued willful ignorance of the pain and suffering of persons socially colored other than white, the choice to not engage. Because it is more important to be our “race’s” keeper. It is hard to […]
Read MoreRecently, the news has covered incidents involving African American persons being physically and verbally assaulted, bullied, disturbed, falsely arrested, harassed and questioned for doing things considered normal in any other context or culture, that is, barbecuing, eating, shopping, sitting on one’s porch, sleeping, vacationing. Persons would argue that there is an increase in such episodes. […]
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The Raceless Gospel 