Faith seeking understanding– without race
For the next few weeks, I will feature videos that discuss the plight of the Church in North America, which remains segregated– unlike the military, retail stores, hospitals and cemeteries, restaurants and movie theaters, bathrooms and water fountains, libraries, schools, buses and other modes of transportation. While there are enclaves, it is illegal to discriminate and prevent persons […]
Read MoreBad skin. Good skin. A larger problem than pimples, blackheads and an oily T- zone, the social coloring of skin and the meanings we associate with it are important. We talk about our flesh as if we expect it to behave or perform in a certain way, as if it represents our character and can somehow let us down. Ah, […]
Read More“Calls are essentially questions. They aren’t questions you necessarily need to answer outright; they are questions to which you need to respond, expose yourself and kneel before. You don’t want an answer you can put in a box and set on a shelf. You want a question that will become a chariot to carry you […]
Read MoreJeff Brumley wrote in August of 2012 “Pastors forsee a raceless church.” But, before I celebrate this word of encouragement, I must say that Brumley’s definition of a multicultural church: “(socially colored) black and white church members” is incorrect. Two cultures is bicultural not multicultural. And though this is a great triumph for American Christianity, […]
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The Raceless Gospel 