For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
As many of us gear up for summer vacations with flip flops, sunglasses and sunscreen, I want to remind us of the journey offered in books. Words can take us places. Within their pages are invitations to journey not just to distant and magical lands but to places closer to home, to undiscovered holy sites […]
Read MoreShe has a way with words, soft- spoken or stern, we know she means business. Still, open to compromise, she trades in sweets, recants her belief in punishment and concedes though she could have won the argument. Because the relationship is more important, because that’s her baby. And we will be her baby even when […]
Read MoreRecently, there has been a push to remove symbols of America’s racial past, specifically those related to American slavery. In 2015, the Confederate flag came under scrutiny in North Carolina after the murder of nine worshippers at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church by 21 year old Dylann Roof. Roof wanted to start a race war and the flag seemed […]
Read MoreI was invited again to share in the National Day of Prayer with Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, other clergy and government officials. Praying for our nation or any other is a part of the biblical narrative and our faith tradition. Though marked on our calendar, this practice of interceding, of talking to God on behalf […]
Read MoreEvery Sunday, I lead our congregation in a time of intercession. I create sacred space for persons to share their joys and concerns. And I don’t take the task lightly. I am certain that I am facilitating a dialogue, starting a conversation for which some cannot find the words, that I am helping persons open […]
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The Raceless Gospel 