Passing Down a Race-less Faith

I am a new mother of an eight month old charming boy named John and as protective as they come.  No one is exempt from my scrutiny.  I even subjected my husband to a job interview of sorts before leaving them home alone for the first time.  “How many diapers have you changed?  How many […]

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Race Fact #6

There exists no superior race or collection of people whether by physical, intellectual or economic measurement.  All of humanity is equal in the eyes of God and under the law of sin. God has no superiors.  “Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God.” ~ Psalm 62.11, NRSV

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Do Not Trust In Race

“Hallelujah! My soul, praise the Lord. I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. Do not trust in nobles, in man, who cannot save. When his breath leaves him, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans die.” ~Psalm 146.1-4 “I’m not upset […]

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Forgiving Race

“Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.” ~ Euripides “He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends.” ~ Proverb 17.9 The Christian life begins with forgiveness.  It is the entryway to God.  We come to know God through the reconciliatory […]

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When Race Becomes the Judge

“I would… suggest that the revelatory canon for theological evaluation of biblical androcentric traditions… cannot be derived from the Bible itself but can only be formulated in and through women’s struggle for liberation from all patriarchal oppression… The personally and politically reflected experience of oppression and liberation must become the criterion of appropriateness for biblical […]

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