For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
The ministry of reconciliation is not one for which our hands go up easily or quickly. There seems always to be a shortage of willing participants. We are not standing in line to talk about the hurts and wounds, to have hard conversations, to pick away at our stony hearts. And finding leaders is just […]
Read MoreThe first to be tried in the untimely and tragic death of Mr. Freddie Gray, Baltimore police officer William Porter, leaves the courtroom and dumfounds some. The mistrial is being described as a miscarriage of justice, a missed opportunity and even a misunderstanding. There are those who believe that while it is unfortunate, no crime […]
Read MoreI believe in partnerships, in hand- holding, of walking and working together. While it is not always easy or pleasant and there are certainly cases for which it might seem impossible, the ministry of reconciliation requires such action and movement, crossing the tracks, the social color lines and the aisle. And it not just coming together. […]
Read MoreI am in a place that I had not anticipated and certainly could not have prepared for. It is the same feeling that I had after the shooting of nine bowed heads at Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2015. Dylann Roof, the alleged shooter, had hoped to start a race […]
Read MoreThis year’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s Leadership Summit featured author Trillia Newbell. Her book United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity is discussed and she offers practical steps for reconciliation in relationship.
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The Raceless Gospel 