For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
What inspires our belief in race? Why do we have so much faith in this social construct? Is it because we built it that we take pride in it, that we cannot let it go? For me and I suppose so many others, race creates more questions than answers. In fact, the more that I […]
Read More“The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers…” ~ Ephesians 4.11, NRSV Unfortunately, most of us treat the social coloring of skin, the shape of our noses the texture of our hair as a gift from God. However, we believe that some not all social […]
Read More“I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly my Lord was speaking: ‘My name is I AM.’ He paused. I waited. He continued. ‘When you live in the past, with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard. I am not there. My name is I WAS. When you live in the future with […]
Read More“It is easy to be honest before God with our hallelujahs; it is somewhat more difficult to be honest in our hurts; it is nearly impossible to be honest before God in the dark emotions of our hate. … We must pray who we actually are, not who we think we should be. … The […]
Read More“How can we pray accurately for and harmoniously with the other members of God’s people? Through song: song establishes all the members of the congregation in organic relationship. The Christian recovers a sense of community and experiences the dynamics of community not through the categories of sociology but through the music of liturgy. We would […]
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The Raceless Gospel 