Category: Race

Have You Tried Race?

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There is a call and response song that comes to mind today.  One person asks, “Have you tried Jesus?” and the congregation responds, “He’s alright!”  I have heard many persons offer this song before sharing a personal testimony or a Sunday morning message.  She or he usually encourages the members to “try him for yourself,” explaining that they have “tried him […]

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Since I Laid My Race Down

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“Cast your burden on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.” ~~Psalm 55.22, New Revised Standard Version “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” ~I Peter 5.7, New Revised Standard Version Glory, glory, hallelujah Since I laid my race down Glory, glory, […]

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No Security In Race

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“The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.  The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.  The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on […]

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“Christ Recrucified”: Examining Our Christs and Our Crosses

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“For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come and then have fallen away, since on their own […]

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Your Black Self: How Race Makes Us Hurt Ourselves

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My mother would often say to us, “Sit your black (expletive) down.” After arguments with my father, she would conclude that, “Niggas ain’t (expletive).”  Many African Americans or those who would claim to take pride in blackness use the word black and likewise, nigga derogatorily. In the case of children, it is used to shame and […]

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