For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
I recently completed my final report for the Louisville Institute. These generous partners in ministry awarded me a grant to study the sociopolitical construct of race, Clarence Jordan’s Koinonia Farm and why persons fear Christian community. I visited Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia. It was Clarence’s “demonstration plot.” He would create his own world, challenging […]
Read MoreIt’s almost 11 a.m., that holy hour that is concentrated with our hubris, when the worship services are but a reflection of our preferences, when the pews are filled with the people we are most comfortable with. It’s almost 11 a.m. on this fine Sunday morning where people dress up or down and then sit […]
Read MoreWhat could the Church in North America do if it put its hands together across cultures, if it desegregated its pews and pulpits, if it reflected the changing community outside its doors? Who would we become and what witness could we offer the world if we chose our baptismal identity in Christ over and against […]
Read MoreHis book arrived in the mail yesterday. I must confess that it is one of forty books that I have ordered in recent weeks. New home, new bookshelves, I am creating a library to support my future work on the raceless gospel. I want to be surrounded by these conversation partners. I have also decided […]
Read MoreOur reconciler, Christ is the middle man. Our sacrifice, his body brings us together. Jesus shortens the distance between us and God. He paves the way, makes the way, clearing up any confusion about the way that we should go. His cross is our signpost. His hands pinned to a cross say, “This way. This […]
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The Raceless Gospel 