Category: Race and the New Testament

The Beatitudes of Race

.Reading time 3 minutes.

Today marks day six at the Chautauqua Institution and I have never wanted a “learning vacation” to be over so quickly.  Joy is found in the mere thought of packing and leaving.  The racist incidents and remarks continue to mount as we have learned that we will not be talking with the leadership about it […]

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What Race Is Not

.Reading time 7 minutes.

I am often asked to explain how it is at all possible to live a race-less life. “It’s who you are,” some say, pointing to their own social privileges to suggest that I too must accept the social powerlessness of blackness in order to truly understand my life as an American.  “It is who we are,” others […]

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Race Has No Resurrection Power

.Reading time 5 minutes.

“My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” ~Galatians 2.20, NLT I remain baffled at the continued power of race in […]

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What Our Faith in Race Reveals

.Reading time 4 minutes.

 Race should not be confused with God though it is often an unconscious and easily accessible substitute, our go- to god and our alternative deity.  Our faith in race is one passed down to us as a supplement to our Christianity, evident in the unspoken belief that there are scenarios in America’s racialized society that […]

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