Does race make me look smaller?

I have a big name.  Starlette.  Just thinking about the meaning of my name gives me the motivation to get out of bed when I would rather hide under it, tired of being busy, tired of moving and being.  It is inspirational and I feel that when my name is said, I am called to […]

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The Separation of Church and Race

It is my life’s purpose to encourage persons to hang this sign on their soul in response to race, its stereotypes and prejudices: Do not enter.  While I believe that God is without boundary, that God cannot be limited or restricted by the designations of society and culture, that God’s Being cannot be changed, I […]

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Examining the Depraved Heart

Clearly, I am still thinking about the death of Freddie Gray and Officer Goodson, one of six officers charged with crimes that led to his untimely death.  Officer Goodson has been charged with second degree depraved heart murder.  Thanks to a twenty- four- hour news cycle and countless crime shows, I am too familiar with […]

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The Heart Fixer

“The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse– who can understand it?  I the Lord tests the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings.” ~ Jeremiah 17.9-10, NRSV Officer Goodson has been charged with second degree depraved heart murder in […]

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Life after the death of Freddie Gray

President Barack Obama has called for “soul searching” but I wonder what are we in search of?  What are we looking for that might challenge us to do what is right, just and fair in the eyes of the Law?  What do we need that would allow us to look into the eyes of another […]

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