For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“All who believed were together and had all things in common…” |Acts 2.44, NRSV These past few weeks, I, along with my Young Adult Sunday School class, have been in conversation about what Christian community looks like– not in appearance but application. We don’t just want to talk about it; we want to experience it. […]
Read MoreWhile there is debate as to whether or not now is the time to talk about gun control, I am sure that the authorities have not recovered all the bullet casings after an excruciating 72 minutes of gunfire. In fact, we are still learning about the lives lost. We are now learning names and […]
Read More“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” | Rosa Parks “There’s a lot of racism in this country disguised as patriotism.” |Colin Kaepernick The NBA’s Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum sent an email on Friday reminding its players that they are required to stand during the national anthem. But, they […]
Read MoreAt a recent campaign rally in Alabama, the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, called African American football players who kneeled during the national anthem “sons of b—.” Who he was endorsing and for what position is irrelevant now. His candidate lost but a kind of radical patriotism has gained newfound momentum and energy. Political pundits […]
Read MoreDuring my junior year of high school, I couldn’t bring myself to say the Pledge of Allegiance. I had been following the footnotes on African American history for awhile now as the history unit only addressed slavery and a few key leaders from the Civil Rights Movement. The end read more like “to be continued” because there was no happily […]
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