What is the race-less gospel of Jesus Christ?

What is the race-less gospel of Jesus Christ?  Is it new or revelatory?  No.  It is captured in the Holy Scriptures and offered to us as believers.  But we, as Christians, have not been able to accept God’s vision for humanity due to the social realities of injustice, violence and oppression caused by our acceptance […]

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Denying the Racialized Self

During this Lenten season, many Christians seek to draw nearer to God by walking more closely with Jesus the Christ in  his sufferings, rejections of appetites and the allure of popular appearance (Matthew 4.11).  It is the spiritual discipline of self- denial.   After foretelling of his death, burial and resurrection, Jesus shares with the […]

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Except Me

3 Soon Daniel distinguished himself above all the other presidents and satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king planned to appoint him over the whole kingdom. 4 So the presidents and the satraps tried to find grounds for complaint against Daniel in connection with the kingdom. But they could find no grounds for complaint […]

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Will you agree with me?

“Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.” Matthew 18.19, NRSV Agreements.  We make them and unfortunately, we break them.  We sign agreements and sometimes, we wish that we could erase our names.  Coming to an […]

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I Believe I’ll Run On (Part Two)

“I believe I’ll run on/ see what the end ‘gone be/ I’ll believe I’ll run on/ see what the end gone be” “I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the […]

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