Don’t hold your breath

June 2, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

I have been protesting for days now and the violence only increases. Yesterday, Trump ordered peaceful protesters to be gassed and trampled over. I know that they were peaceful because I had been among them earlier that day. When persons wanted to negatively engage police officers, we quickly and unequivocally corrected them. I know because […]

Neck and neck: George Floyd’s death is a symbol of racialized oppression

May 28, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Why is it that Christianity seems impotent to deal radically, and therefore effectively, with the issues of discrimination and injustice on the basis of race, religion and national origin?” | Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited “The white man’s foot is on my neck.” I heard this expression as a child. It was used to […]

9-1-1 is not a joke: The Lesson Amy Cooper learned

May 27, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

“I’m sorry. I’m in the Ramble and there is a man, African American. He has a bicycle helmet; he is recording me and threatening me and my dog. … There is an African American man. I am in Central Park. He is recording me and threatening myself and my dog. … I’m sorry. I can’t […]

For Ahmaud Arbery: I’ve got to run

May 23, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

The news has a cycle but I still run in a circle. Most days, I lace up my running shoes, stretch and shake my legs out before running around a homemade track around a pond. I run to work out problems. I run down leads on ideas. I run to reflect on my life and […]

Lost during Lent: When you feel like the Lord is not your shepherd

March 5, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Psalm 23 is quite possibly the most popular song in the entire Old Testament hymnal. It is the most requested at funerals, the most recited in times of despair and in thanksgiving. Children and elders alike know it by heart: “The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.” Even non- Christians and unbelievers are […]

The Raceless Gospel

Category: Race