For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Color is about lines And lines are about borders And borders are about belonging Mine and yours I need my space We must keep our distance And distance is about fear We draw lines around our communities, our commitments We will only go so far Lines around our conversations We don’t say what we mean or […]
Read More“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Saturday, October 16, 2011, thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the dedication ceremony of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. Like many children, one of the first persons that I learned […]
Read More“Make your attitude that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage. Instead, He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men. And when He had come as a man in […]
Read MoreGet Back (Black, Brown and White) Big Bill Broonzy. Chicago, 8. November 1951 This little song that I’m singin’ about, People, you all know that it’s true, If you’re black and gotta work for livin’, Now, this is what they will say to you, They says: “If you was white, You’s alright, If you was […]
Read MoreI am presently reading Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky. It, along with Samuel Wells’ Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics, are required reading for Duke University’s Foundations of Christian Leadership program. I will return at the end of this month to the Avila […]
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The Raceless Gospel 