Dead in the water: Raceless Identity as Baptismal Identity

May 4, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Racism is often confused with race. So, when I say raceless, I am not suggesting that racism is not real. The sociopolitical construct that supports our hate is a fallacy but racism, prejudice, stereotyping and their progeny are facts and proof of an unequal reality. We are not post- racial or past this, not in […]

Heavy

March 31, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

There is heaviness everywhere. Not the heaviness, nothing in particular. Not a heaviness, nothing in general. Just heaviness. All heavy. Heavy- lifting. Heavy- silence. Heavy- breathing. Heavy- hearted. Due to the heavy- handed, Which makes for labored human being. There is heaviness everywhere. Solid and dense. Weighty and murky. Unholy. Instead, very human. Heavy weight, […]

George Floyd: Will he get justice this time?

March 30, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

The law was not on George Floyd’s side; it was on his neck. Then Officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on Floyd’s neck and applied deadly pressure while innocent bystanders pleaded with him to stop. Yesterday was the first day of Chauvin’s trial and I watched George Floyd die all over again. I was shocked […]

Long Dresses: Why I won’t keep quiet about the Murder of Asian American women

March 19, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Long dresses. “Keep your dress down and your legs closed.” Sex was talked about like a self- defense class. No specifics, no talk of body parts, their beauty, natural function and normal feelings. No discussion. No questions. Apart of my Southern upbringing, I was taught in church and at home by older women that it […]

The Raceless Gospel Podcast is coming soon!

March 11, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

I have a confession. I have been keeping a secret from you. For months now, I have been working on a podcast for Good Faith Media with Cliff Vaugh, an amazing producer. I wanted to tell you. I really did. I hope you can forgive me and give it a listen, like and subscribe to […]