For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“And with that he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’” | John 20.22, NIV In our capitalist system, we are prone to think that receiving is about getting. “Gimme” is the empire’s prayer response. We say, “more” as confirmation of receipt. The entitlement drips from our lips. We expect to have. We lay claim […]
Read More“Accept one another, then, just as Christ has accepted you.” | Romans 15.7, NIV Spawned by reports of the current American president’s remarks on immigration, which included speaking of Haiti and the entire continent of Africa (i.e. some 54 countries and two de facto territories) in terms unbecoming of a human being– much less a president, […]
Read More“Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.” | Romans 12.2 “‘Do not conform’ is difficult advice in a generation when crowd pressures have unconsciously conditioned our minds and feet to move to the rhythmic drumbeat of the status quo. Many voices and forces urge us to […]
Read MoreHappy New Year! Now, before all of confetti is accounted for and removed, before the balloons begin to deflate, returning to their natural state, before you and I lose the momentum of the moment and the newness of this year rubs off, I want to ask you to do something. I know that it will […]
Read MoreGod in the flesh, Christ- Child, mysterious majesty, today we remember the wonder of Your birth. We lower our gaze to look at God face- to- face. The beginning meets our start. This is the heart of the gospel. Because God has come to the lowly, to and through the least likely. What manner of God is this? […]
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The Raceless Gospel 