Why I am so adamant when it comes to my position on race and its position behind me? Why can’t race represent me or introduce me? Why do its prejudices not speak for my neighbor, the stranger or the immigrant? Why can’t its stereotypes inform my understanding of human beings? I’m glad that you asked. […]
I don’t like race. I think that this is obvious by now. But, what I cannot understand is why so many people do, why they choose to accept it despite all of its bad words and behavior, why we give it so much power and allow it to tell us who we and others are […]
God did His best when He created each of us. Race cannot improve upon us. And there is nothing that race adds to us that takes away from what God has given us and who God has called us to be. When God said us, spoke us into being that settled us. No hesitation. No […]
“We reject the false doctrine, as though there were areas of our life in which we would not belong to Jesus Christ, but other Lords– areas in which we would not need justification and sanctification through him.” ~ The Theological Declaration of Barmen, 1934 Karl Barth’s stand against the Nazis and Hitler’s desire to form […]
I write often about race and at length about the ways in which our belief in race impacts our practice of the Christian faith. Unlike many Americans, I am quite comfortable talking about the taboo subject and scrutinizing it based on Scripture. But, I also share my thoughts on race and race-lessness on Twitter (@racelessgospel). […]