Race and Misrepresentation

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 […]

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Why the Church doesn’t talk about race

“I can’t think of a clever sermon title.”  “What words rhyme with race?”  “I don’t know where to begin.”  I’m not an expert.”  “It’s too sad.”  “People won’t come to church to hear that.”  “People will leave.”  “I will never forgive them for what they did.”  “It will make people angry.”  “It will hurt.  It’s […]

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Ann Voskamp’s “When You’re Trying to Live Faith & Grace in a Black & White World

“We like to buy certainty and take home our little boxes — because we like to check out people andcheck off our little boxes.  But the thing is: Truth isn’t found in trite boxes — Truth’s found in the richness of Christ. Truth doesn’t come marked as simplicity — Truth comes marked with the fullness of grace, or it isn’t Truth. Truth is a Person and He […]

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Ten things you won’t hear in a conversation about the Ferguson shooting

“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment. But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, “Raca” is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But […]

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Let There Be ___________

We see no change in terms of the social construct of race and certainly in other areas of our lives because we speak no change.  We repeat our personal and limited histories with our mouths and then, we live it again and again.  We have no faith in a future without race; we cannot see […]

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