The North American Church Needs to “Wade in the Water”

January 16, 2024.Reading time 9 minutes.

Wade in the water Wade in the water, children Wade in the water God’s gonna’ trouble the water Except we get in the water, and it doesn’t seem to trouble us that the North American church is still segregated, that there is a Black and White Church, that we remain divided over American chattel slavery, […]

“Your ‘Kin-dom’ Come”: An Advent Podcast Series

December 6, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

“Your ‘Kin-dom’ Come” moves listeners from a Sunday morning prayer to a practice of relating that says we are ready—not just for Jesus, but for each other. Gathered around the story of Jesus’ birth, the Advent series from The Raceless Gospel podcast invites listeners to remember our relatedness and reconnect as family. The title is […]

Take Me to the Water Offers a Raceless Gospel to the Segregated Church

November 9, 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

“Take Me to the Water”: The Raceless Gospel as Baptismal Pedagogy for a Desegregated Church is the newest release from Nurturing Faith Books and marks a turning point for the raceless gospel. Take Me to the Water offers a critical look at baptism, the rite of passage meant to signify new birth, and the segregation of […]

“Take Me to the Water” Takes a Deep Dive into Baptismal Identity

October 31, 2023.Reading time 8 minutes.

“Ours is a world dry with injustice, hatred, and ongoing racialized terror that limits not only the flourishing of minoritized persons, but all of us. Starlette Thomas calls us back to the refreshing, revolutionary waters of baptism. What identity will define and order our lives together? Starlette Thomas may indeed convince us that centering our […]

From Blog to Book: “Take Me to the Water” Will Be Released in November

September 30, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

I began this blogging journey in March of 2011 and a few days ago, I submitted edits for the proof of my first book, Take Me to the Water: The Raceless Gospel as Baptismal Pedagogy for a Desegregated Church. I should have told you sooner but I was kept away by writing deadlines and check […]