While my writings seek to aid us in the ministry of reconciliation as we must view race differently, it cannot be said often enough that there is much work to be done. If we are to have healthy cross- cultural relationships, we must communicate authentically. If we are to stand in unity, then the ground […]
Part of my task is to make you and I aware of conversations, communities and tools that are connected to the social construct of race. While I am not an “ambulance chaser” when it comes to such matters, I do feel an obligation to write about race- related and racialized events in an effort to […]
“Perhaps…the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.” ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Why We Can’t Wait It is strange to me that we have not seen beyond race, that it remains the supreme way in which we understand ourselves and each other. I cannot believe that after nearly […]
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. asked the question, “Where do we go from here?” His book Where do we go from here: Chaos or Community was published in 1967 and offers an essential question for meditation and movement. It is a inquiry that requires us to look at our feet and to assess our surroundings. […]
Like you, I inherited the identity that comes with the social construct of race and also the burden of its life and history. Initially, I accepted it. I didn’t know of any other option or way of being so I learned about being black. I read books and watched documentaries on Black history. I took […]