The Names We Wear

“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?” ~Matthew 6:25, New Living Translation Who are you wearing? It is a question often posed to celebrities as they make their […]

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Race Is Not Human Nature

Nature, noun: “the fundamental qualities of a person or thing; identity or essential character; disposition or temperament; tendencies, desires, instincts governing behavior; the normal biological needs or urges of the body; sort; kind; character; the real appearance of a person or thing; accepted standards of basic morality or behavior” ~World English Dictionary Race does not […]

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I Do Not Identify With Race

I am not recognized in, by or through race and I do not want to be associated with others based on the social coloring of my skin. But, I want to be identified by my Christian confession, my Christian witness. If there would be a general group that I would be included in, I would want […]

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“Jump Higher, Run Faster”: How Race Curses Us

“Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat of its fruit.” ~Proverb 18.21 I attended a training on diversity some years ago and in an attempt to explain the social disadvantages of socially colored black people, the African American woman leader of this two day seminar explained […]

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Cutting Away The Flesh of Race: The Marks of Jesus

“It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that […]

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