For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings, the Associate Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School, wrote in his book The Christian Imagination: The Theology and Origins of Race: “In truth, it is not at all clear that most Christians are ready to imagine reconciliation.” I had to pause there. Not only was it […]
Read MoreGood Morning America’s (GMA) Amy Robach is not a having a good morning right now. She said the wrong word during an on- air show. To be sure, it was a racial slur: colored people. I know, I know. It’s really close to the word now being used: people of color. But, not really. People of […]
Read MoreWhile I may be able to talk about race and write about its effects from week to week without a panic attack, I know that this is a difficult conversation for much of America. There are so many sides to this story that it is exhausting to think about all that we need to say. […]
Read MoreIn April, I talked about the ways in which being a multicultural church is easier said than done. How I wish that our faith would be enough to bring us together. Because it is more than enough if we would allow it. Our shared relationship with Jesus Christ is enough to bring us to the Lord’s table if we would […]
Read More“However painful it may be for me to accept this conclusion, I am obliged to state it: For the black man, there is only one destiny. And it is white.” ~ Franz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks “This contradictory longing to possess the reality of the Other, even though that reality is one that wounds […]
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The Raceless Gospel 