Change Your Story

“Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, ‘Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.’ And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to […]

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The Superficiality of Race

“Superficiality is the curse of our age…. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.” ~Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline There is nothing to race.  Its length and breadth in history has been grossly exaggerated.  Its continued impact on human life and the […]

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Take Me To The Water But Race Can’t Be Baptized

Baptism is a reenactment of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  It is the mark of our mysterious rebirth, born again. Our lives are given a second beginning.  It is not simply a fresh start as the former things are no longer remembered and the person that we once were is dead, buried […]

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This Oppressor In Me

There is someone who I can not name She hurts me so but her, I will not restrain All that she brings me comes with pain This oppressor in me   She keeps me in her place for me I’m afraid to venture out on my own My steps are ordered; it’s easier No other […]

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Our Meaning Is Abundant

I am often struck by the limited amount of words that I am able to choose from when placed within a story that involves race.  There are certain characters that I cannot be because of race, settings and time periods that I am excluded from, descriptions that I am not privy to because socially defined […]

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