The words of race, those words don’t belong to me. They were not picked out specifically for me and I certainly did not ask for them by name. I did not ask to be called by or addressed as black. I would never introduce myself as such as this is not how I want to […]
I am fully aware of the Church in America’s historical response to race, racism, slavery, segregation and the like: silent acceptance and an unapologetic, unexamined, uncalculated assimilation and application of its social truths into our theology, Christology, pneumatology, eschatology and ecclesiology. We have allowed race to retell the creation narrative, racism to dismember Christ’s body, cultural […]
“For the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” ~ First John 4.4, NRSV Greater. Greater is God who is in me than race that is in the world. Greater is God who is in me than racism that is in the world. Greater is God who […]
“I die daily.” ~ First Corinthians 15.31 Funerals. No one likes them, right? Well, except for morticians perhaps! And death, like politics and religion, is a subject to be avoided unless absolutely necessary. Whether it is because of the resultant grief, the mystery that shrouds it or fear of our own demise, death is not […]
“Everything has its place and there is a place for everything.” This is one of my favorite expressions. I love order and those who know me can testify that I live a very orderly and structured life. I love lists and almost more than checking off each item, I love writing down the things that […]