For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“Change your racial habits and you change the way you see the world.” These are the words of Jonathan Wilson- Hartgrove. They are from his most recent book Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion. In stunning language, Wilson- Hartgrove writes of the internalized arrangement that socially colored white people must make in order to […]
Read More“16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. 17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! […]
Read More“Life in community is no less than a necessity for us— it is an inescapable ‘must’ that determines everything we do and think. Yet it is not our good intentions or efforts that have been decisive in our choosing this way of life. Rather, we have been overwhelmed by a certainty— a certainty that has […]
Read MoreWhat did he look like? What culture does he represent? Forget the nails, let me see the social coloring of his skin? Yes, I will accept him; he can come in now. Because Jesus has to be one of us. We have flipped the expectation and it does not matter our personal relationship with him. […]
Read MoreApril 4, 1968. Fifty years ago, a dreamer died. His “I have a dream” speech remains one of the most memorable to Americans. His life and its witness are unforgettable. Engaging faith and civil disobedience, he turned the world’s understanding of church upside down. Putting his body on the line, he became a martyr for […]
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The Raceless Gospel 