“Prayer heals all wounds.” ~ Author unknown Dear God, Word of all words, and the Mystery that makes sense of us all, I believe that I am not a racial being, that I am made in Your image and not that of stereotypes, that I am part mystery and consequently, cannot be solved by race. […]
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. 9 For we […]
“Not all flesh is alike, but there is one flesh for human beings, another for animals, another for birds and another for fish.” ~ First Corinthians 15.39, NRSV Paul begins chapter fifteen by reminding the members of the church at Corinth of how Christ fulfills Scripture and of the many times and number of people […]
Caged. That’s what I feel like when I begin to talk about life lived according to race. My voice even starts to constrict and my palms start to sweat. Sure, I can move but only so far and I can see and be seen but my vantage point is very limited. My world is shaped […]
“For ‘In him we live and move and have our being.’” ~ Acts 17.28, NRSV Persons may wonder how I can talk about race the way that I do. For me, it is a matter of allegiance. I recognized some time ago that I could not serve God and believe in race. I had to […]