The Raceless Gospel Podcast Offers Listeners a Respite from White-Body Supremacy

September 30, 2025.Reading time 2 minutes.

(Credit: Starlette Thomas) The Raceless Gospel podcast offers listeners a respite. “Stay Woke?” is an inquiry for the sleepy-headed who are tired of the narrative of white-body supremacy and refuse to give it any more energy. It’s not a nudge to the groggy, but an expression of deep awareness. It is a commentary on one’s ability […]

A Love Offering: When Writing Requires That You Pay Through the Nose

October 23, 2024.Reading time 9 minutes.

As the fifth season of The Raceless Gospel podcast ends, I look at my hands and wonder how it came to this. How did it end up costing so much? I’m not talking about dollars and cents, but something pricier. I had to tell more truths than I budgeted for. Each episode was taxing and seemingly asking […]

The Raceless Gospel Is Recognized With an Honorary Doctorate

June 30, 2024.Reading time 5 minutes.

A few weeks ago, I was invited to speak to the graduates of Wayland Baptist Theological Seminary during their 212th Commencement and to my surprise, was given an honorary doctorate in sacred theology for my work as a public theologian. The short story is: I cried. Because I don’t do this work to be recognized […]

“Your ‘Kin-dom’ Come”: An Advent Podcast Series

December 6, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

“Your ‘Kin-dom’ Come” moves listeners from a Sunday morning prayer to a practice of relating that says we are ready—not just for Jesus, but for each other. Gathered around the story of Jesus’ birth, the Advent series from The Raceless Gospel podcast invites listeners to remember our relatedness and reconnect as family. The title is […]

Season Four of the Raceless Gospel Podcast Asks Listeners to Do Some Heavy Lifting

July 31, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

Is the church a body or a building? Card-carrying member of a church or cross-bearer in the world, how do you view the body of Christ? Season four of The Raceless Gospel podcast invites listeners to take a fresh look at what it means to follow Jesus – to the ends of the earth or […]