For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
A few weeks ago, I was invited to speak to the graduates of Wayland Baptist Theological Seminary during their 212th Commencement and to my surprise, was given an honorary doctorate in sacred theology for my work as a public theologian. The short story is: I cried. Because I don’t do this work to be recognized […]
Read More“I’ve been called everything but a child of God.” The raceless gospel follows the longstanding Black Church tradition of affirming the personhood of bodies racialized as black despite dehumanizing and oppressive systems while centering the self- determination of persons of African descent in America. The Black Church offers a new headquarters for minoritized and marginalized […]
Read MoreFirst came this blog, then came The Raceless Gospel Initiative, then came The Raceless Gospel podcast, Take Me to the Water and the Wild Goose Festival. Or however that nursery rhyme goes! Since the publication of my first book, Take Me to the Water: The Raceless Gospel as Baptismal Pedagogy for a Desegregated Church, I’ve […]
Read More“Ain’t that the truth.” It’s an expression I heard often as a child. It was said to emphasize what someone knows to be the case based on lived experience. I sometimes wonder what foundational lies would come crashing down in our world if the truth be told. If all the dyads got together— black/ white, […]
Read MoreI have been leaving toxic environments since I was twelve years old. Prepared for the coming of Jesus as a new convert, I’m surprised my list now includes the segregated North American church. I leave stores when I am followed around under the suspicion of shoplifting. I leave in the middle of cyclical conversations because […]
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