Passing Down a Race-less Faith

I am a new mother of an eight month old charming boy named John and as protective as they come.  No one is exempt from my scrutiny.  I even subjected my husband to a job interview of sorts before leaving them home alone for the first time.  “How many diapers have you changed?  How many […]

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A Life Lived as the Sabbath

“He who wants to enter the holiness of the day must first lay down the profanity of clattering commerce, of being yoked to toil. … Six days a week, we wrestle with the world, wringing profit from the earth; on the Sabbath, we especially care for the seed of eternity planted in the soul.  The […]

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Stop the Train!

How does believing in race make us better Christians?  How do its prejudices and stereotypes help us to love our neighbor, to welcome the stranger, to take care of the orphan and the widow?  What does race really do for us?  What does it strengthen our faith in? Thomas Dixon Jr., a Southern Baptist Minister […]

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Race and the Irresponsible Self

Race allows you and I to look away, to not look at ourselves fully or completely.  We do not have to face ourselves alone and a part from its insecurities that make us feel safe.  We want race to tell us what we see and who/ what/ when/ where/ why we should ignore.  We need race to do for us […]

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I Do Not Identify With Race

I am not recognized in, by or through race and I do not want to be associated with others based on the social coloring of my skin. But, I want to be identified by my Christian confession, my Christian witness. If there would be a general group that I would be included in, I would want […]

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