For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
I feel the need to say again and again that you are not made up of a color, that you cannot be summed up by your skin. There is more to you and this is a lesser part. Of all that God is created on your body, still we focus on the layer that covers […]
Read More“Unity has never meant uniformity.” ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Why We Can’t Wait It is American to group, to lump together, to form insider and outsider groups. It is essential for the machinery of capitalism to function properly. Our ongoing arguments keep its gears oiled. While fiercely declaring our independence and defending […]
Read MoreWhy is it so hard for us to live together in unity? Unity is a short word and such a nice word. Still, it really is easier said than done. No matter our good intentions and in spite of our best efforts, it’s difficult to maintain unity in our homes and communities. Working together at […]
Read MoreI read this interview on the Patheos website* and thought that you too will benefit from its insight and courageous truth. The Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson, president of Auburn Theological Seminary, and the venerable Rev. Dr. James Forbes, the first African American pastor of the famed Riverside Church, sat down to have a one-on-one reflection […]
Read More“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ~ Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell, an American writer and lecturer, had it right. Echoing the words of the writer of Proverbs, Campbell reminds us that there is a difference between the […]
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The Raceless Gospel 