For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“For a child has been born to us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” | Isaiah 9.6, NRSV Jesus has many names. To be sure, he is first Mary’s baby and Joseph’s boy. They will raise him together […]
Read More“and hope does not disappoint us…” | Romans 5.5, NRSV It is okay to hope even when there are reasons for which we could or even should feel hopeless. There is nothing wrong with holding out for hope. Jesus comes as an expression of God’s hope. God was and is holding out hope for us. […]
Read More“And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory of a father’s son, full of grace and truth.” |John 1.14, NRSV “We are called to prove in our own lives that Christ is born, that God is with us. But we are constantly in danger of going […]
Read MoreChristmas does not come just once a year. Jesus is not unpacked with the ornaments, apart of the tangled mass of colored lights. Christmas does not begin when we put up the Christmas tree. Neither pine needles nor the smell of cinnamon make it a reality. Jesus cannot be hung up and taken down like […]
Read MoreGod in the flesh, who reigns from a lowly manger, not draped in fine robes but wrapped in milk rags, who calls into question our lavish lifestyles, our lust for power and the images we create of it. God in the flesh, who came not flanked with angels, who brought not the might of heaven […]
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The Raceless Gospel 