Faith seeking understanding– without race
Leader| When the world is split on differences of opinion, we confess that we are not split down the middle—but are all on the Lord’s side. We stand arm in arm, leading the charge for unity, chanting: Congregation| We are undivided. Leader| When we are tempted to worship our interpretation more than the Holy Spirit’s […]
Read MoreI am at a meeting of clergy for three days of specialized training in interim ministry. Day one focuses on theories. On the second day, the facilitator offered a few tools and way too many personal stories. But, when we began a discussion about power and he wanted to move to his next slide, the group of mostly European Americans […]
Read MoreThis is what Jim Wallis, the president of Sojourners magazine, recently argued in an article titled “The Parable of Los Angeles.” Pointing to the obvious and inevitable multiculturalism of our society, Wallis posits our diversity as a plus not a minus, a blessing and not a curse. And apparently, despite our attempts to segregate and […]
Read MoreThe conversation I entered into with the attendees of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s ChurchWorks this week picks back up and concludes here: I suppose that it is a matter of pride and it’s a mind game. James uses the descriptor “double- minded” when speaking of the doubter who prays[i] but this two-ness is found both in […]
Read More“For ‘In him we live and move and have our being.’” ~ Acts 17.28, NRSV Persons may wonder how I can talk about race the way that I do. For me, it is a matter of allegiance. I recognized some time ago that I could not serve God and believe in race. I had to […]
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The Raceless Gospel 