For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Our Many Selves is the title of Elizabeth O’Connor’s 1971 publication. A member of The Church of the Savior in Washington, D.C., she originally wrote it for the missions groups that staffed the Potter’s House, a coffee house belonging to The Church of the Savior. Inspired by the words, “radically committed minority,” found in Erich Fromm’s […]
Read More“But someone will say, ‘How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come? Foolish one! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow– you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain. […]
Read MoreGet Back (Black, Brown and White) Big Bill Broonzy. Chicago, 8. November 1951 This little song that I’m singin’ about, People, you all know that it’s true, If you’re black and gotta work for livin’, Now, this is what they will say to you, They says: “If you was white, You’s alright, If you was […]
Read MoreOccupy Wall Street has now entered its twenty- seventh day and I must confess that except for an article that discussed the spiritual nature of the movement, I have not been following the demonstration that began on September 17, 2011 in New York City’s financial district. Said to have been inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir […]
Read MoreI am presently reading Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky. It, along with Samuel Wells’ Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics, are required reading for Duke University’s Foundations of Christian Leadership program. I will return at the end of this month to the Avila […]
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The Raceless Gospel 