“We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us.” These are the words of well- known pastor and translator of The Message, Rev. Eugene Peterson. It is a fair warning though not considered frequently enough. I use to pride myself on the number […]
It’s Sunday, both my favorite day of the week and my weekly reminder that we have a lot of work to do. Believers around the world will gather to sing and pray, testify and fellowship, all drawn by the unconditional love of God. But, we will drive to churches that do not reflect the height […]
“I had a change of heart.” We’ve all heard or said these words before. It is a changing of our disposition, our perspective on a situation or person. It has happened over time, a fews days, weeks, months or even years. The changing of one’s heart does take time. And a change of heart is […]
There is more to be seen of you and me than what has been thought visible and thereby obvious. There is more to who we are. In fact, we are quite literally scratching and picking on the surface of our humanity when we only look at the social coloring of skin. We can’t move past […]
A couple of days ago, I posted a documentary on whiteness created by MTV. However brief, it demonstrated whiteness as a socially constructed reality as there is no white country or place of origin for white people. Even the designation of a Caucasian is a misnomer and so is Caucasoid thought it sounds more scientific. […]