To Be Known

“There is no deep knowing of God without a deep knowing of self and no deep knowing of self without a deep knowing of God.” ~ John Calvin “Observe all men; thy self most.” ~ Benjamin Franklin “And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father…” ~ First Chronicles 28.9, NRSV How do […]

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The Whole Armor of Race

Living the racialized life calls for twenty- four hour surveilance as there is always something being said or not said, being done or not done on the basis of race.  All verbal and nonverbal communications, actions and reactions must be scrutinized for potential harm to us.  We must always be ready to defend and thus, […]

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Race and the Lie of the Self- Made Person

“It is he who made us and not we ourselves.” ~Psalm 100.3 There are no self- made persons.  We, as human beings, do not have that ability neither will we ever develop it.  This capacity to be self- existent, to have one’s origin be one’s own hands can only be attributed to God.  While this […]

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Not So Different After All

A recent article about President Obama’s relation to America’s first African slave through his mother’s lineage reminds us that people are not as they appear and that we cannot judge persons by the social coloring of skin. We are not as disconnected or as different as race would have us to believe.

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No Security In Race

“The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.  The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.  The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on […]

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