For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Race does more with us than we do with it and I have surmised today that it is useless. For what progress can we make with a belief that holds everyone back, including those it claims to elevate and empower? What can truly be gained in utilizing a worldview that focuses on the external appearance of humanity to the […]
Read More“I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.” ~Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston, the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, wrote these words in a letter to the poet Countee Cullen. But, much like Paul’s letters […]
Read More1. Race cannot tell you the purpose of your life. The social color of your skin is not a crystal ball, a sign of good fortune or an omen of back luck. The prophet Jeremiah records the voice of the Lord saying, “I know the plans I have for you, plans for your welfare, not for […]
Read MoreTomorrow will be the last day of my leadership training with the Foundations of Christian Leadership program and I am grateful for the numerous opportunities to assess, reflect upon and discuss this unique and special ministry that I have been entrusted with. My colleagues have truly been gifts and I am so grateful for their […]
Read MoreThis week, I’m at the Avila Retreat Center in Durham, North Carolina, attending the first of three, one week intensives for Duke’s Foundations of Christian Leadership program. This afternoon, we were provided with a much needed opportunity for reflection, often scarce in our ministry settings. After answering a series of questions during a guided journaling […]
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The Raceless Gospel 