Tear It Down

August 31, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

Race is a sociopolitical construct, a long word and a long way of saying that human beings made it up. Not revelation brought down from a mountain like Moses in Exodus but it was built into a system of oppression from the tip of our tongues up, which is why I talk it down and […]

Season Four of the Raceless Gospel Podcast Asks Listeners to Do Some Heavy Lifting

July 31, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

Is the church a body or a building? Card-carrying member of a church or cross-bearer in the world, how do you view the body of Christ? Season four of The Raceless Gospel podcast invites listeners to take a fresh look at what it means to follow Jesus – to the ends of the earth or […]

The Raceless Gospel is graduating!

May 2, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

On May 8th at 2 p.m., I will graduate with a Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Theological Seminary during a formal ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. From The Daily Race to The Raceless Gospel Initiative at Good Faith Media, this vision of a raceless “kin-dom” has come a long way. […]

Instead of a new year, a new time

December 31, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

Don’t look up at a clock or for the ball to drop. Look out into the world and find something to change for the better. I have an idea, but it won’t come with confetti or a kiss at midnight. In addition to changing your waist size, your hair color, or your career path, change […]

Baptism is the way to the undivided “kin-dom” that is coming

February 26, 2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

My heart is with my siblings in Ukraine. Russia is attacking their home, starting a war during a global pandemic. I pray for their peace and protection. I mourn for the lives lost to the vanities of war and power’s greed. I pray that we will be able to see ourselves without either. Masks on, […]