Faith seeking understanding– without race
This week, I began a Doctor of Ministry program at a local seminary in Washington, D.C. The first class was on the politics of the church. Today, during a lunch break , I decided to leave campus to eat. I had packed a lunch with a few of my favorites to include a turkey sandwich […]
Read MoreThere is more to be seen of you and me than what has been thought visible and thereby obvious. There is more to who we are. In fact, we are quite literally scratching and picking on the surface of our humanity when we only look at the social coloring of skin. We can’t move past […]
Read MoreLet’s keep the conversation going. I love resources like these as they offer to those who are journeying with me a look at what often informs my understanding and writings on race and its progeny. Tiffany Jana talks about social privileges. She challenges some of the assumptions that come along with these cultural biases […]
Read MoreMy family and I were out at a local Chipotle restaurant and I saw a European American police officer standing in line. I had the unction to hug a police officer last week while standing in line at Panera Bread. I questioned myself and his potential reaction. While I was questioning the impulse, he walked […]
Read MoreNo indictment again and more cases involving European American police officers and African American men and children. Persons are in city streets protesting again. Attorney General Eric Holder has revised the 2003 racial profiling guidelines and has expanded them to include gender, gender identity, national origin, religion and sexual orientation. But, do we need to […]
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The Raceless Gospel 