If you want to change how you see yourself, you have to change how you say yourself. I am… It is easy to say who you are (or at least who you think or hope yourself to be); but, it takes courage to say who you are not. It takes power. It is my life’s […]
“I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” ~ Psalm 139.14, NRSV “I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made!” ~ Psalm 139.14, The Message Our belief in race makes us dependent. It teaches us to prop our selves up on our appearance and the judgments that persons […]
Are you living or dying? Well, if you believe in the social construct of race, then your life is a slow yet acceptable death. At birth, we are told that we are socially colored black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige, that this is the way things are so we might as well get used to […]
The Bible says that when we are baptized, we put on Christ (Galatians 3.27). Our appearance changes and the social value placed on our external attributes loses its effect. Or, it should. Instead, we are to strive to have the mind of Christ, to live the life of Christ and to practice the love of […]
“But (God) said, “you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and live.” ~ Exodus 33.20, NRSV “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.” ~ John 1.18, NRSV The Creator cannot be molded or fashioned […]