For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Why does the Church of the God “who so loved the world” struggle with embracing a multicultural, multiethnic community (John 3.16)? Why does the church of the Christ who commanded us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves and who commissioned us to “go and make disciples of all nations” often confine the good news of the […]
Read MoreFor the next few weeks, I will feature videos that discuss the plight of the Church in North America, which remains segregated– unlike the military, retail stores, hospitals and cemeteries, restaurants and movie theaters, bathrooms and water fountains, libraries, schools, buses and other modes of transportation. While there are enclaves, it is illegal to discriminate and prevent persons […]
Read MoreBad skin. Good skin. A larger problem than pimples, blackheads and an oily T- zone, the social coloring of skin and the meanings we associate with it are important. We talk about our flesh as if we expect it to behave or perform in a certain way, as if it represents our character and can somehow let us down. Ah, […]
Read MoreThis week, I served at a conference for ministry leaders and their families in the mountains of North Carolina. During one of the nightly sermons that was going really well, the preacher decided to use a sports analogy to make a theological point. He began with the Dallas Cowboys and turned the sacred space into a man cave. […]
Read MoreI am often discouraged by the nature of our fellowship, by the obvious hypocrisy of the Church in North America. We claim to be the body of Christ while socially coloring in his hands and feet so that he is one of us– and not them. Black Jesus. White Christ. Emmanuel, God is with us– and […]
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The Raceless Gospel 