“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 […]
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Race is a battle behind me not ahead of me. It […]
Christ saved my life from stereotypes. “In Him, “I am a new creature and all things become new” (Second Corinthians 5.17). I am not more of the same old colored people, another addition to the racial group. I am not another number, added into the racial majority or minority. Christ saved my life from prejudice. […]
mis·rep·re·sen·ta·tion/ˌmisreprəzenˈtāSH(ə)n/, Noun 1. the action or offense of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something When we call ourselves racial beings, socially colored black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige people, we misrepresent our Creator. God is not a racial being or a Racial Being, a supreme among supremes, defined or confined […]
God of all bravery, of all triumphs and victories, of every success and accomplishment, God of guts and grit, of heroism and fearlessness, Give us the courage to trust in You, the unseen and yet visible, hidden in plain sight within us. Give us the audacity to believe that we need not search any longer, […]