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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Don’t Let Race Change Your Name

“When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town stirred because of them; and the women said, ‘Is this Naomi?”  She said to them, ‘Call me no longer Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.  I went away full but the Lord has brought me back empty; why call me Naomi […]

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Race War Weary

“Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from?  Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you? ~ James 4.1, NRSV We know that we are not physically colored black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige, that we are apart of one long social and pseudo- scientific experiment based […]

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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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When We Color God In

“Your way was through the sea, your path, through the mighty waters; yet your footprints were unseen.” ~ Psalm 77.19, NRSV There is a saying: “God moves in mysterious ways.”  The phrase suggests that God does act in the world but that the plans and purposes of God’s actions are unknown.  The psalmist tells us […]

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