Thinking through the Multicultural Church

Ed Stetzer says, “Just because your church looks diverse doesn’t mean it is diverse.”  He has learned a few lessons from his time at the Mosaix’s 2nd National Multi-ethnic Church Conference and demonstrates that there is a difference between a multiracial and a multicultural church.  Click here to read more.

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Jesus and Santa Claus

The title of this post sounds like the beginning of a bad joke or a nursery rhyme but apparently, Jesus and Santa are in the same socially constructed race.  According to Fox News host Megyn Kelly, they are both ‘white.’   Really? Actually, Jews are not a race; they are a nation of people.  And […]

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Christena Cleveland on a Cross- cultural Jesus

Christena Cleveland, author of Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart, shares what Jesus is about: bridging divides, standing in the gap, crossing cultures.

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What would you do?: Racism in America

In a sort of “race experiment,” John Quinones and his crew capture the reactions of persons when a person attempts to steal a bicycle from a park.  What is the color of crime?  What race is associated with guilt and innocence?  How does the social construct of race impact the responses of those involved?

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Talking Race with a Toddler who wasn’t Talking about Race at All

Tamika Thompson’s recent New York Times article highlights the importance of discerning exactly what our children, big and small, are really talking about.  While playing with her dolls, her daughter asked her to hand her “the black one.”  Tamika writes that she and her husband had done all the right things to ensure that their […]

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