I Believe I’ll Run On

I grew up in a Pentecostal Holiness church as I spent my formative years with my grandmother, Eva Mae, in Foley, Alabama. It was a small yet intimate community of faith whose common and most frequent meeting place was the church. And since my grandmother was an older woman, much of my time was spent […]

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The Reconciling Race Series: What Does Race Reconcile? (Pt. 7)

“For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, (then how) much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life!” ~ Romans 5.10 We can agree to disagree but seem unable to agree on the commonality that we share as human beings.  We all need […]

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The Reconciling Race Series: What Does Race Reconcile? (Pt. 6)

“…and forgive us our sins as we have forgiven those who sin against us.” ~Matthew 6:12 “Jesus, I’ll never forget what you’ve done for me/ Jesus, I’ll never forget how you set me free/ Jesus, I’ll never forget how you brought me out/ Jesus, I’ll never forget/ No, never.” This song declares that I will never […]

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The Reconciling Race Series: What Does Race Reconcile? (Pt. 5)

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” ~Matthew 5:9 What does race make us? What does race make us bring tidings of? As racial beings, do we come to each other in peace? Race would suggest that we do not, that we are always at odds, always seeking to […]

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The Reconciling Race Series: What Does Race Reconcile? (Pt. 4)

“Then Peter came up to Him and said, Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I forgive him and let it go? [As many as] up to seven times? Jesus answered him, I tell you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven!” ~Matthew 18:21-22 How often does race allow […]

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