For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“We are symbols and inhabit symbols.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson It appears that the Confederate flag will not rise again at least not above government buildings in South Carolina. In a final vote of 94 to 20, the State House of Representatives decided to remove the flag. Recently associated with Dylann Roof, a 21 year […]
Read MoreThis morning, I learned of a seventh African American- led church set ablaze. The cause for the burning of Mount Zion AME church in Greeleyville, South Carolina is still under investigation. But, before the smoke signal of this latest burning reached the news, six others in Florida, Tennessee, North and South Carolina were struck with […]
Read MoreThe recent murder of nine church members to include the pastor, the Reverend Clementa Pinckney, at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina has hurt me deeply. I am aching in places I cannot touch and for which I don’t believe that there is a salve on the market. It is one thing to […]
Read MoreWhere can we go and be safe? Safe from hatred and prejudice, from oppressive ideologies and violence? Is the cross of Christ not a white flag, a symbol of ultimate sacrifice and a place of surrender? Does it not remind us that the war for our souls is over and won, that we have the […]
Read MoreYesterday, during our morning worship service, I read the names of the nine people murdered at Emanuel AME Church last Wednesday by suspected killer 21 year old Dylann Roof at Emanuel AME Church last Wednesday. I am still at a loss for words that would capture all of the feelings and thoughts that are running […]
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The Raceless Gospel 