For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
He is making a living, chasing pigs and bringing home the bacon to squealing children. We scream, “Daddy! Daddy! What did you bring me?” We pick his pockets for candy and loose change. He goes down easily, conquered around the legs. He gives in easily, worn out from work or worn down by our kisses. […]
Read MoreI looked at their faces this morning and sighed. “God, help us.” One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Lives. They say a cat has nine lives. But, how many lives does hate have? Why won’t it die? How does it continue to live after this? How can we let it live on […]
Read MoreThe church is often not the new community that Christ died for us to live in to but organized factions working around each other and the needs that really matter.
Read MoreWhile I write on a variety of subjects and interests, recently, I have narrowed my theological focus to community. I have been walking with several words and ideas for years now. They have only had a place in my head though talking it out on paper has been my practice. Honestly, I am waiting for […]
Read More“Names have always been a problem for black people in America… our names bespeak the tangles of American culture—miscegenation, issues of property and ownership, the peculiar violence of our past—in the same way our skins do.” ~C.S. Giscombe, Into and Out of Dislocation, 2000 First a noose is found at the National Museum of African […]
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The Raceless Gospel 