Faith seeking understanding– without race
I feel the need to say again and again that you are not made up of a color, that you cannot be summed up by your skin. There is more to you and this is a lesser part. Of all that God is created on your body, still we focus on the layer that covers […]
Read MoreI know the story of race but I am not the storyteller. I know the history of racism but I am not the historian. I have had the experiences of prejudice and stereotyping but I am not their victim. I know the world but I am not a citizen. I do not belong in a […]
Read More“Perhaps…the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.” ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Why We Can’t Wait It is strange to me that we have not seen beyond race, that it remains the supreme way in which we understand ourselves and each other. I cannot believe that after nearly […]
Read MoreI often look for resources to share that might assist us in our journey toward understanding ourselves apart from the social construct of race. Deconstructing this identity is more complicated than the “peeling back the layers.” It is deeply imbedded in who we are and believe others to be. The paradigm of race must be […]
Read More“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” ~ Voltaire A child of the South, children were most often “seen but not heard.” We were seen outside playing. Outside we could laugh and scream and talk. But once we entered the home, we became mutes. Unless we […]
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The Raceless Gospel 