According to the Cleanness of Our Hands

“The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; He repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.” ~Psalm 18.20 Psalm 18 is David’s song of praise for deliverance from the hands of his enemies.  He has been in battle after battle with the Philistines at Gab and at Goth.  He has buried seven male members […]

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Don’t Worry About Race

“How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind everyday? Psalm 13.2 If we have no control over race, if its biological or innate, then why do we spend so much of our time worrying about it?  If we cannot change the stereotypes that are associated with the social coloring of our […]

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Questioning the Citizenship of Race

Does race belong here?  Does it belong with me?  How does it claim membership with my body and its purpose?  What makes its status legal?  When did race come to me and should there have been a border there, a no trespassing sign, a watchman on the wall?   What does race have to learn or pledge, how does […]

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We Are Becoming

Meanings are given to us, passed down to us and in some cases, forced upon us. We also add meanings to our lives through experiences and associations. We will spend our lives ridding ourselves of most if not all of them while in search of our true meaning, our true self, which has been buried under the […]

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The Twenty-Third Psalm of Race

Race is my shepherd; I am its black sheep.   It lies me down in segregated places,  leads me beside still, stale lives.   My life is repetitive. Race leads me along the arduous paths for its name’s sake.   Even when I go to the house of prayer,  I feel no relief, for you […]

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