A Christian Community

“How can we pray accurately for and harmoniously with the other members of God’s people?  Through song: song establishes all the members of the congregation in organic relationship.  The Christian recovers a sense of community and experiences the dynamics of community not through the categories of sociology but through the music of liturgy.  We would […]

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Healing ourselves of race

Race hurts.  It hurts because it attacks the essence of who we are and it gets personal.  It talks about our appearance, who our parents are, where we live and how we behave.  It either says that it is wrong and bad or that it is good and better; either way, it places us at […]

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Ingredients

“…then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” ~ Genesis 2.7, NRSV We all have the same ingredients: dust and breath.  And in the end, when we are out of breath, we shall return to the […]

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Why talking about race remains a touchy subject

We talk about race all the time.  It is the thought that is on the forefront of our minds and the word that is on the tip of our tongues.  When something bad happens, we say, “Race did it.”  When something bad happens, we say, “Race did it.”  According to our conversations and life’s aspirations, […]

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Recovering ourselves from race

“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” ~ Romans 12.3, NRSV Race has two extremes when it comes to identity: […]

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