For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
It’s happening in Duluth, Georgia on February 15, 2018. Inspired by Mark Hearn’s book Technicolor: Inspiring Your Church to Embrace Multicultural Ministry, he is a featured speaker along with many others. Their vision: “Promoting unity and diversity in the local church throughout the city, across lines of race, class, and culture; advancing the common good and […]
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 […]
Read More“Of two possibilities,” my mother loved to tell me, “choose always the third.” She is a Benedictine nun. I found the words of Sister Joan Chittier in a collection of writings on community titled Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People. I have been carrying it around for a couple of months […]
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The Raceless Gospel 