“Take Me to the Water”: The Raceless Gospel for a Washed- Up Church

February 29, 2024.Reading time 20 minutes.

Starlette, a baptism evangelist and minor poet—sent to you neither by her own will nor human manipulations but by way of troubled waters, moved by the Spirit groaning due to a prolonged laboring for a new humanity, for a “kin-dom” that is coming. Asking parenthetically, “Why aren’t we reborn yet? Why aren’t we there yet? […]

Why the Church doesn’t talk about race

October 9, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

“I can’t think of a clever sermon title.” “What words rhyme with race?” “I don’t know where to begin.” I’m not an expert.” “It’s too sad.” “People won’t come to church to hear that.” “People will leave.” “I will never forgive them for what they did.” “It will make people angry.” “It will hurt. It’s […]