For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
I am praying for all of us “good, racist people,” for the strength to try again when it seems that there is nothing more to talk about, to forgive again when we are tired of being offended, to hope again when healthy relationships with persons of other cultures seems impossible after reading Ta-nehisi Coates op- […]
Read MoreWhy can’t God be socially colored black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige? Why can’t we have color- coded theologies? They are an expression of our experience, we argue. But, these theologies are rooted in our experiences with each other not God. The God of blackness/ whiteness/ redness/ brownness/ yellowness/ beigeness is not the God of […]
Read MoreYou will love your socially colored skin with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You will love your neighbor if he or she “looks” like you. On these two commandments hang racial hatred and division.
Read MoreI am praying for the students and staff of Oberlin College in the wake of multiple expressions of hatred on campus. May the spirit of Jesus Christ rule their hearts and minds, restore hope so that forgiveness is sought and given and renew courage to continue to build bridges toward cross- cultural friendship and fellowship. Amen.
Read MoreFour little girls Who went to Sunday School that day And never came back at home at all– But left instead Their blood upon the wall. ~Langston Hughes I recently purchased The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America by Edward J. Blum & Paul Harvey. The […]
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The Raceless Gospel 