Faith seeking understanding– without race
I love to talk about race. It is a practice of discipleship; I pick up my cross with race nailed down to it. I love to drag race. For me, it is normal, natural and healthy. Talking about race, what it has done to me and to Christianity help me to expel its toxins. I […]
Read MoreI have been reading and writing about race since I was a freshmen in college. It is the time when most if not all young adults ask the question, “Who am I?” Like Howard Thurman, I asked, “Who am I really?” It would set me on a path to understand why my human being was […]
Read MoreWe need new words. I need new words, ones that roll off my tongue. The colored ones get caught in my throat. New being in Jesus Christ, these racialized ones don’t work for me. They didn’t go down easily. They didn’t stick to me. I cannot make them a part of me, just take […]
Read MoreEvery Sunday, I lead our congregation in a time of intercession. I create sacred space for persons to share their joys and concerns. And I don’t take the task lightly. I am certain that I am facilitating a dialogue, starting a conversation for which some cannot find the words, that I am helping persons open […]
Read MoreYesterday, I shared a message with the congregation titled, “Costly Obedience.” Unpacking the well- known hymn recorded in Philippians 2.5-11, I invited listeners to consider again the price that Christ paid for our sins. It was a costly obedience because he was obedient to the point of death– not obedient for personal gain, not agreeable […]
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The Raceless Gospel 