Living Scarcely: Race and Christ’s Abundant Life

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” ~Jesus Christ, John 10.10, New Revised Standard Version “A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than […]

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Fifteen Reasons Why I Left Race

I have struggled with the concept of race since my early teens. Though race, racism, stereotypes and prejudices have been and continue to be used as a rationale for the ways of American society and its citizens, it was never justified for me. Race did not and remains unable to explain or excuse behavior that would […]

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Race Made Me Do It: How Race Makes Us Unconscious

We believe that we are born into race and behave as if we are preprogrammed by it, predisposed to being racially motivated. We wouldn’t hate or stereotype or segregate or kill if the person had not been black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige. If they had only been different, if they had only been the […]

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God and Race: Wavering Between Two Opinions

“So Ahab sent to all the Israelites, and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel. Elijah then came near to all the people, and said, ‘How long will you go on limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but Baal, then follow him.’” ~ I Kings 18.20-21, New Revised Standard Version […]

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Race’s Proverbs

I often review the statistics for my blog but I’m not just interested in the numbers. While it is encouraging to know how many persons have read my posts, I am also interested in what led them to the blog. For this answer, I check the word searches. Sometimes, it’s the name of the blog […]

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