For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
I am often asked to explain how it is at all possible to live a race-less life. “It’s who you are,” some say, pointing to their own social privileges to suggest that I too must accept the social powerlessness of blackness in order to truly understand my life as an American. “It is who we are,” others […]
Read More“My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” ~Galatians 2.20, NLT I remain baffled at the continued power of race in […]
Read MoreIn 1999, I was a freshmen in college when a romantic teen comedy was released called Ten Things I Hate About You. It is a modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s play “Taming of the Shrew.” Now, I have never seen this movie but the title of this post must have been inspired by it somehow. I assure you […]
Read More“For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” ~ Romans 3.23 This week, I continue to ponder this notion of all. The assertion that we can know everything about someone based on their racial grouping (which should not be confused with culture as the two are not synonymous), that we can […]
Read MoreWhile waiting to be served at an area restaurant, a conversation between a local European American man and a couple of tourists about the District’s history became increasingly loud and louder still within me once I realized the nature of the conversation. The local man began to talk to them about the city’s turbulent history with […]
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The Raceless Gospel 