Tag: aracial theology

Letting go of the traditions of race

.Reading time 6 minutes.

“Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of the disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.  (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of […]

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The Images We Create

.Reading time 2 minutes.

We have images that we have created and that we seek to be created in.  For example, there is the celebrity or more specifically, the movie star.  In order to be considered one, there is not only a gift or talent that must be valued by others.  But once “discovered,” there is an image that […]

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How does race bring glory to God?

.Reading time 3 minutes.

“It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way but that by my speaking with all boldness, Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.” ~ Philippians 1.20 “The chief end of man is to glorify God and […]

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Do Unto Others

.Reading time 5 minutes.

“But I say to you that listen, ‘Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.  If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other side also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt.  Give […]

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Race does not have the last word

.Reading time 4 minutes.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” ~The Revelation 22.13, NRSV Of the many things that I dislike about race, one is its use in the predeterminations of a person’s life. Before the plot begins, race has already finished the story.  It is the same […]

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