For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“The doors of the church are open.” This reminder needs to scroll below news reports of border walls constructed to protect against the “alien invasion” of our neighbor. Because there are no illegal human beings, no one smuggled from the mind of God to earth and our humanity requires no paperwork. Because “the earth is […]
Read MoreIn 1939, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in Life Together, “Christian brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate. The more clearly we learn to recognize that the ground and strength and promise of all our fellowship is in Jesus Christ […]
Read More14 “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may […]
Read More“Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!” But, not so fast. Before we move on to the next thing on our liturgical to- do list, let’s take in this moment. Jesus has done more than defeat death but has won the salvation of the world. He is the only Undefeated Champion, claiming the victory of […]
Read More“For thus says the Lord to the people of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.” {Jeremiah 4.3, NRSV} An agrarian reference familiar to the farmers who heard the prophet Jeremiah’s message, the call to “break up your fallow ground” might be far removed […]
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The Raceless Gospel 