Category: Race

A Litany for Undivided Churches

.Reading time 2 minutes.

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 […]

Read More

My heart goes out: One year after Charlottesville

.Reading time 2 minutes.

I live in a time when U.S. cities are remembered more for their atrocities than their attractions.  #TrayvonMartin #EricGarner #Ican’tbreathe #Ferguson #MikeBrown #TamirRice  #MotherEmanuel  #EmanuelNine #Sayhername #SandraBland #PhilandoCastille #HeatherHayer… #SeanBell… #AmadouDiallo… #EmmettTill… #IdaBWellsRedRecord… I am hash tagged to death.  I don’t want this to be it, my mouth an endless memorial. One year later, my body is in […]

Read More

No name calling

.Reading time 14 minutes.

“You yourselves know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or to visit with a Gentile; but God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean.” | Acts 10.28, NRSV “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”  A childhood defense against taunts, […]

Read More

Doing justice to our bodies: How race wrongs us (Part Two)

.Reading time 12 minutes.

With an increase in the surveillance of bodies socially colored black, I feel it necessary to talk about the valuation of the human body and the Church’s role in such a conversation.  With some persons feeling it necessary to call the police as if a customer service agency for humans they deem damaged due the social construct of […]

Read More

Doing justice to our bodies: How race wrongs us

.Reading time 18 minutes.

“The problem is solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.” | Ludwig Wittgenstein This past week, I had the opportunity to attend the Baptist World Alliance’s Annual Gathering in Zurich, Switzerland and to present a  paper as a member of the Commission on Racial and Gender Justice.  […]

Read More