Race-less and Prayer-Filled

March 12, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

“We are unfinished creatures– longing, reaching, stretching towards fulfillment. We express these desires for completion in prayer. Prayers articulate our seeking after the best. Prayers give voice to aspiration towards the highest. Everything that is distinctly human gets formulated in prayers: our pathos, our nobility, our creativity. Also interestingly, everything that is disreputable in us– […]

God is not Colorblind

March 11, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” ~ First Samuel 16.7 God is not colorblind; to use the language is to […]

It’s Our Anniversary

March 10, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

March 10, 2011, I set out on this journey toward race-lessness and as the hymn writer says, “I wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now.” The blog was first named The Daily Race. Working with each post to create sacred space for a life without race, I relied heavily on my conviction that there was life […]

If I Accept Race

February 28, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

If I accept race, then I must deny everything that God says about me. I must pretend as if she does not exist and that I do not have an interest in knowing her. If I accept race, I must ignore the voice of God, calling me to awaken and become aware of Him surrounding […]

Racial Facts of Life

February 22, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’ve had problems with race and its socially constructed identities for a long time. While studying the origin and purposes of race, my finger pointing turned away from people, realizing that we are its victims. Ironically, we’ve empowered race through science and sacred Scripture. Now, it disempowers us. We created a lie and know it […]

The Raceless Gospel

Category: Teaching Racelessness