Race: How do you see it?

~ An author unknown Colored people.  Do we really see beige, black, brown, red, yellow,  and white people?  By this, I mean, do you see persons who’s skin is physically colored this way living with you, walking past you, standing in line or behind the counter at the grocery store? If the answer is no and I […]

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Will there be another?

Witnesses.  That’s what we need more of.  We need more persons to stand up and say, “I see change.”  And they can see change because they have vowed to be a part of it.  They see it in themselves. This starts with truth- telling.  It is challenging.  But, it is the only way that we […]

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And be a Christian

I am still surprised when I attend conferences with other Christians and the gathering is multicultural that the social construct of race still dictates our behavior, that believers of the God who “so loved the world” self- segregate though we have come together for a common purpose and goal for the same Lord in service […]

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Sticks and Stones: What race will never hurt

There is a childhood chant, a buffer against bullies that I was taught as a child: “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.”  The words came to mind yesterday but they had changed a little: “Sticks and stones may break my bones but race will never hurt me.” To […]

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Perfect Love

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.” ~ First John 4.18, NRSV Let love be perfected in us.  Let Him be made whole, complete, defining all the good that is possible.  We should not […]

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