Colored by the number

  Many of us see ourselves as a colored person.  We are black people, white people, red people, brown people, yellow people, beige people.  Well, maybe the first two are true.  The color wheel doesn’t turn beyond black and white for much of America.  Instead, much more of American society and even other parts of […]

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How Race Haunts Us

We are ghost people: ghosts of the past, ghosts of the present, ghosts of the future.  We are the thoughts that we are afraid of.  What we hope does not happen, we create.  We put on sheets and say, “Booooo.” We believe that we are going to be afraid so we live life with the […]

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Living From Offense to Offense

“So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.  When Christ who […]

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Let’s Talk About the End of Race

Last week, I wrote about why the church doesn’t talking about race.  I listed the excuses that we make, which include: “It’s too hard.”  “It’s too sad.”  “It’s been too long.”  And, “I didn’t do it.” Talking about the end of anything, whether good or bad, can be difficult.  It can even cause anxiety as […]

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A Prayer for the Healing of Racial Wounds

“Prayer heals all wounds.” ~ Author unknown Dear God, Word of all words, and the Mystery that makes sense of us all, I believe that I am not a racial being, that I am made in Your image and not that of stereotypes, that I am part mystery and consequently, cannot be solved by race. […]

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