For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Happy anniversary! I celebrated four years of writing about the social construct of race, America’s social parables and the ways in which they influence and inform our Christian faith… yesterday. Obviously, it is a belated celebration but a noteworthy milestone nonetheless. It is a cause for appreciation for and reflection on my writing life as […]
Read MoreThe question of race is one that I use to wrestle with. For a long time, it won because I thought that its answers to my identity were stronger and better trained. Looking back, I think that I let race win because I did not perceive it as an enemy but more like a coach, […]
Read MoreWhen I speak of the social construct of race, its prejudicial view and stereotypical identifiers and our leaving it behind, persons get nervous. They seem to ask, “Where do we go from race?” Or, “If we get rid ourselves of race, there will be something else to replace it?” So, let’s just stick with this […]
Read MoreThe conversation I entered into with the attendees of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s ChurchWorks this week picks back up and concludes here: I suppose that it is a matter of pride and it’s a mind game. James uses the descriptor “double- minded” when speaking of the doubter who prays[i] but this two-ness is found both in […]
Read MoreThis week, I was in Decatur, Georgia and presented at ChurchWorks, a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship conference for ministers of spiritual formation and education. I, along with several others, spoke about the theological rumblings and ruminations of our shared ministry with Christ. I will present part one of the message here: “Jesus loves the little children/ […]
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The Raceless Gospel 