For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“I die daily.” ~ First Corinthians 15.31 Funerals. No one likes them, right? Well, except for morticians perhaps! And death, like politics and religion, is a subject to be avoided unless absolutely necessary. Whether it is because of the resultant grief, the mystery that shrouds it or fear of our own demise, death is not […]
Read MoreOn this National Day of Prayer, I am thinking about the hands that I may never hold, not because I am not reaching out but because the person that I am reaching for does not like its social coloring. We pray to the same God but we may never pray together. As siblings, we ask […]
Read MoreWhat are stereotypes? “Stereotypes, however inaccurate, are one form of representation. Like fictions, they are created to serve as substitutions, standing in for what is real. They are there not to tell it like it is but to invite and encourage pretense. They are a fantasy, a projection onto the Other that makes them less […]
Read More“For in him, we live, move and have our being.” ~ The Acts of the Apostles 17.28 Why is race so successful? Why is it so convincing, so engrained, so entrenched in who we are? Why is it so difficult to dig it up and to root it out of us? Why do we have such a […]
Read More“Oh, I know him!” We believe that we know a person because we can remember his name or because he knows ours. But, how much time have we spent with him? How many experiences are shared before we make this judgment? What do we mean when we say that we know someone and how does […]
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The Raceless Gospel 