For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
While 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 […]
Read MoreJames Baldwin looked down at the red clay hills of Georgia and thought “that this earth had acquired its color from the blood that dripped down from the trees.” That lynching is a part of America’s troubled history cannot be overstated and yet it is not often talked about. Still, Billie Holiday sang of its […]
Read MoreHow shall we honor the fallen and our veterans? Patriotism and with it, nationalism are problematic words for they carry at least two meanings and several sides to the story of our democracy. We need only look to Frederick Douglass’ speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” to realize our differences of […]
Read MoreIn America, many of us have a long distance relationship with persons of other cultures. Attempts have been made to describe the nature of our interactions as a melting pot (used to describe a place where persons of different cultures, beliefs and practices are mixed together) or a salad bowl (used to describe a place where cultures reside together while maintaining their distinctions). […]
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The Raceless Gospel 