For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Some one asked the question, “How do you eat an elephant?” Some one else answered, “One bite at a time.” I don’t know who eats elephant or thinks that they can eat it all. I never have and don’t think that I would have the taste for one. Who wrote this menu anyway? Still, for […]
Read More“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.” ~ First John 4.18, NRSV Let love be perfected in us. Let Him be made whole, complete, defining all the good that is possible. We should not […]
Read More“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again an again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate […]
Read More“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…” ~ Jeremiah 1.5, NRSV I had a rigorous and thought- provoking conversation with a friend and mentor in ministry yesterday. Over a couple of Peruvian dishes, we debated our positions on race. But, after awhile, I decided to just listen and when I did, I […]
Read MoreRace allows us to categorize people, to lump entire human populations together, to pack them into overcrowded boxes and store them in the socioeconomic basement of our society. Race helps us to forget our commonality as human beings, “out of sight, out of mind.” It focuses on and creates more differences than even exist in […]
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The Raceless Gospel 