For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
The Christian Century initiates a conversation for pastors of predominately “white” congregations to talk about racial violence in general and Ferguson specifically in an article titled “How pastors talk about Ferguson.” C. Browning Helsel offers “A Word to the Whites: Preaching about Racism in White Congregations,” challenging those who identify as socially colored white to consider […]
Read MoreI don’t like race. I think that this is obvious by now. But, what I cannot understand is why so many people do, why they choose to accept it despite all of its bad words and behavior, why we give it so much power and allow it to tell us who we and others are […]
Read MoreWe are very spiritual people… in church. We make for great Christians between 11 a.m. and noon. It is so easy to share a hymnal, to forgive someone who steps on our toe as she slides into the seat next to us, to smile and greet a new visitor. We behave as if God only […]
Read MoreFor the past few weeks, I have been writing to my children, youth and young adult members, questioning why they come. We know that most children attend church because their parents bring them. I mean, they can’t stay at home by themselves. Teenagers attend because their parents make them. I’ve heard parents say, “If I’m […]
Read MoreChrist 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. […]
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The Raceless Gospel 