For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“How to share the gospel with a racist.” That’s what someone typed into a search engine, which then directed them to this website yesterday. The request surprised me but I also think that it makes for a great title. It’s edgy and it fits within the purpose of my work, that is to remind persons […]
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/ […]
Read More“Healing the racial divide in the nation will take the Church’s leadership,” says Bishops Harry Jackson and T.D. Jakes who are the leaders of a new attempt to position the church as a source of healing and reconciliation in matters of race. Their website features a letter to President Barack Obama, “Practical Steps Toward Racial […]
Read More“How long will we waver between two opinions?” ~ First Kings 18.21 Delivered on the steps of Montgomery, Alabama’s State Capitol, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech after a successful march from Selma to Montgomery on March 25, 1965. I was reminded of his words after hearing someone say, “We’ve come […]
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The Raceless Gospel 