The Reconciling Race Series: What Does Race Reconcile? (Pt. 5)

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” ~Matthew 5:9 What does race make us? What does race make us bring tidings of? As racial beings, do we come to each other in peace? Race would suggest that we do not, that we are always at odds, always seeking to […]

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The Reconciling Race Series: What Does Race Reconcile? (Pt. 2)

“Be ye reconciled to God.” ~II Corinthians 5.20, KJV Reconcile /ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl/ [rek-uhn-sahyl]  -ciled, -cil·ing. verb (used with object) 1. to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate. 2. to win over to friendliness; cause to become amicable: to reconcile hostile persons. 3. to compose […]

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The Reconciling Race Series: What Does Race Reconcile?

“From now on then, we do not know anyone in a purely human way. Even if we have known Christ in a purely human way, yet now we no longer know him like that. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; old things have passed away and look, new things have […]

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Taking off the Armor of Race

“Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” ~ Ephesians 6.11 In Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus, he pens a most striking image of spiritual warfare and the necessary protection needed to survive the attacks of our spiritual adversary. Described as […]

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Drill Exercise #1

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th. Like many Americans, I began the day listening to the reading of the names of those who lost their lives on that dreadful day. I observed the impact of each plane crash with a moment of silence. And for that moment, I was […]

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