Faith seeking understanding– without race
“After all these generations and centuries, we still don’t know how to see and talk about ourselves and each other.” | Thomas Chatterton Williams, Self- Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race Is that all you’ve got? Is that all you have for me? Is there nothing more to say about me, save these physical […]
Read MoreRace is a rule of law. The color line is well- defined as each generation digs in their heels. “We shall not be moved.” We fold our arms and turn our backs. We turn on each other and take turns hating the other. I hate you. You hate me. We hate them. One way of […]
Read MoreIn June, I visited The Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. It is part of my work with the Louisville Institute for which I was awarded a pastoral study grant to examine the sociopolitical construct of race’s influence on the malformation of Christian community. My project centers around the work and […]
Read MoreToday, Donald Trump sent another divisive message to his followers via his official Twitter account regarding Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. For those who would make excuses or who are praying that his racist comments will just blow over, they won’t. Telling people not socially colored white to “go back home” or to “go back to where […]
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 […]
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The Raceless Gospel 