For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.” | Romans 12.2 “‘Do not conform’ is difficult advice in a generation when crowd pressures have unconsciously conditioned our minds and feet to move to the rhythmic drumbeat of the status quo. Many voices and forces urge us to […]
Read More“Here is the church. Here is the steeple. Open the doors And see all the people.” Life in community is not as simple and straightforward as this children’s rhyme would lead us to believe. There is more to the church than the building and more to the building than its members. Instead, we gather each […]
Read MoreLet me see your hands. I am checking for splinters, proof of cross- carrying. Let me see your hands. I am looking for blood under your nails, proof of crucifixion. Let me see your hands. I am feeling for callouses, clues that that you have done the hard work of building the kingdom of God. No […]
Read More“Cross my heart and hope to die. Stick a needle in my eye.” Our promises use to mean something. As children, we took our commitment– no matter how trivial or time- sensitive– seriously. We meant what we said with our little mouths about a rumor we had heard or the score of last night’s game. […]
Read MoreInteresting title, huh? Well, I have a bit of good news to share. I learned this past week that my grant proposal for the Louisville Institute’s Pastoral Study Project was accepted. Woo- hoo! What does this mean? It’s means that I am going to Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia! I will learn in community the […]
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The Raceless Gospel 