Why talking about race remains a touchy subject

We talk about race all the time.  It is the thought that is on the forefront of our minds and the word that is on the tip of our tongues.  When something bad happens, we say, “Race did it.”  When something bad happens, we say, “Race did it.”  According to our conversations and life’s aspirations, […]

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Questioning Race (Part Three)

The root of the word question is the word quest, which is defined as “the long and arduous search for something.”  In my questioning of the social construct of race, what am I hoping to find?  I am hoping to discover more of myself, to go deeper into the spiritual reality that is me, to see […]

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Racial Facts of Life

I’ve had problems with race and its socially constructed identities for a long time.  While studying the origin and purposes of race, my finger pointing turned away from people, realizing that we are its victims.  Ironically, we’ve empowered race through science and sacred Scripture.  Now, it disempowers us. We created a lie and know it […]

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How Race Changes Who You Really Are

“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”      ~ Danielle LaPorte God tells us who we are because only God knows who we are to become.  More than our parents, our Creator knows us intimately.  In fact, the psalmist says this of God’s creative ability: “For it was […]

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Withering Away

“He (Jesus) left that place and entered their synagogue; a man was there with a withered hand and they asked him, ‘Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath?’ so that they might accuse him.  He said to them, ‘Suppose one of you has only one sheep and it falls into a pit on the […]

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