Faith seeking understanding– without race
More than a chant or a hash tag, it cannot be argued that Black Lives Matter is a movement, putting pressure on social structures that continue to value some lives more than others. Eerily similar to the declaration “I am a man” made during the Civil Rights Movement, I, along with so many others, cannot […]
Read MoreI am in a place that I had not anticipated and certainly could not have prepared for. It is the same feeling that I had after the shooting of nine bowed heads at Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2015. Dylann Roof, the alleged shooter, had hoped to start a race […]
Read More“‘You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also. …” ~ Jesus Christ, Matthew 5.38-39, NRSV Today, persons across our nation and around […]
Read MoreIn just a few days, persons around our nation will gather to remember the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his purpose- driven life and hate- motivated death, to reflect on the historic Civil Rights Movement and hear from its central surviving figures and to reevaluate America’s progress as it relates to the socially constructed […]
Read More“Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” ~Friedrich Neitzsche Race is a monster. It’s not like the ones that hide under our beds or in our closets. Its features are not ghastly though it has been known to make its victims appear such. Race is […]
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The Raceless Gospel 