Counting to Ten: The Raceless Gospel celebrates its tenth anniversary!

February 17, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Most folks wouldn’t touch race with a ten foot pole but I feel drawn to it. I started this blog and this journey with you ten years ago on an Ash Wednesday. Back then, it was called The Daily Race. Name changed and seasons changed but I have kept on writing. The words have only […]

Working out Our soul salvation: Asking for Show of Hands

October 29, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

I have been reading and writing about race since I was a freshmen in college. It is the time when most if not all young adults ask the question, “Who am I?” Like Howard Thurman, I asked, “Who am I really?” It would set me on a path to understand why my human being was […]

It’s our anniversary!

March 13, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

I didn’t forget. Though I don’t have flowers or dinner reservations, I wanted to wish us a happy eighth anniversary. I have been writing, thinking, talking about the socio- political construct of race, the malformation of Christian community and the call to be reconciled in a world that thrives on division for 2,920 days. It […]

What are we talking about when we talk about race?

January 18, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

We’ve got to come back to ourselves. We’ve got to take more than a few steps back and we will have to step on more than a few toes in the process. But, let’s begin to walk it back. Let’s go back to the beginning. Return to the first Word that is certain to be […]

Useless

March 9, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

“It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless.” ~ John 6.63 These are the words of Jesus and they follow a “difficult teaching.” The disciples feedback was not favorable. The message was not entertaining; the classroom of discipleship was not a fun place to be. This was a hard lesson to learn. […]