For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
How did you hear about race? Where were you?Who told you and why? Do you remember when you were told that you were a colored person, a black/white/red/yellow/brown/beige person? What did it feel like? Were you told that you had power or that you were a problem? Was it presented as the unavoidable way of […]
Read MoreThe idea of a race-less life created an interruption in my regularly scheduled social programming. Before then, I had always tuned in. I knew all of the characters and their story lines. I read books about them, collected images and shared stories of my run-ins with prejudice and stereotypes. I suppose I was more of […]
Read More“Hallelujah! My soul, praise the Lord. I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. Do not trust in nobles, in man, who cannot save. When his breath leaves him, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans die.” ~Psalm 146.1-4 “I’m not upset […]
Read MoreDoes race belong here? Does it belong with me? How does it claim membership with my body and its purpose? What makes its status legal? When did race come to me and should there have been a border there, a no trespassing sign, a watchman on the wall? What does race have to learn or pledge, how does […]
Read More“What are we to do with a church that speaks to people on the basis of their gender or race, all the while baptizing them on the basis of Galatians 3.28?” “In baptism, the text becomes Scripture for us, canon, laid on us as a new story that illumines our stories. In baptism, we are […]
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The Raceless Gospel 