A Race-less Vocabulary List

Race is not prescriptive. Race causes us to lose sight of each other quite literally. We are missing out on love, healing, relationship, truth… all because we cannot see each other.  We speak as if race has always been, as if we will cease to exist, turn into dust, fade into oblivion if we stop […]

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I am a race atheist

Before you wave me off, dismiss my faith system or the lack thereof, hear me out.  Give me a chance, an opportunity to make my case.  I assure you: This is not what I thought that I would be saying. I used to believe in race, with all my heart, from my head down to […]

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We’re going to need a bigger heart

  Does it feel tight in here or is it just me?  It feels like the walls are closing in, like fences are about to rain down on me, like bridges are being stolen in the middle of the night.  I’ve lost my place again.  Now where were we? The distance between us and them […]

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It makes no difference

You say, “Tomato”; I say, “Tomato.”  We look, say and do things differently.  This should come as no surprise.  The diversity of the world is not a new reality or a new struggle within the Church in America or anywhere else.  The early Church wrestled with its cultural identity and their identity in Christ.  The […]

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A Litany for Undivided Churches

Leader| When the world is split on differences of opinion, we confess that we are not split down the middle—but are all on the Lord’s side. We stand arm in arm, leading the charge for unity, chanting: Congregation| We are undivided. Leader| When we are tempted to worship our interpretation more than the Holy Spirit’s […]

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