In order to live race-less life, you have to invest in resources that support this new way of thinking and being in the world. It is not enough to say that you are race-less, but you must seek out the words and truths that support and affirm this declaration every day. This truth is not […]
During this Lenten season, we seek to draw nearer to God by walking more closely with Christ. Like the Christ, who demonstrated in the wilderness that true identity is revealed not through what we so easily accept but by what we unequivocally deny, we too are closer to Jesust when we deny our racialized selves […]
What is the race-less gospel of Jesus Christ? Is it new or revelatory? No. It is captured in the Holy Scriptures and offered to us as believers. But we, as Christians, have not been able to accept God’s vision for humanity due to the social realities of injustice, violence and oppression caused by our acceptance […]
“How did the idea of race begin in America?” The video provided below offers the answer. It is resources like this that inform my understanding of race and its designation as socially constructed. It is important to know and repeat again and again that race is not divinely inspired. The father of race is not […]
Jeff Brumley wrote in August of 2012 “Pastors forsee a raceless church.” But, before I celebrate this word of encouragement, I must say that Brumley’s definition of a multicultural church: “(socially colored) black and white church members” is incorrect. Two cultures is bicultural not multicultural. And though this is a great triumph for American Christianity, […]