Faith seeking understanding– without race
Today is the birthday of writer, activist and artist, James Baldwin. Today, I salute his courageous questioning of the social construct of race, the distance between race and human identity. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the words and witness of Mr. James Baldwin.
Read MoreI feel the need to say again and again that you are not made up of a color, that you cannot be summed up by your skin. There is more to you and this is a lesser part. Of all that God is created on your body, still we focus on the layer that covers […]
Read MoreYou’ve got time for this class and it is brought to you by Jenée Desmond Harris. It is a lesson that must be learned and that bears repeating. Harris starts from the beginning of race and no, she does not begin in the book of Genesis. Lie #1 struck down. Race is not that old. […]
Read MoreNames are important. Nick names are cute but birth names carry a lot of meaning. Parents name their children after persons they love and admire. They hand down names of those who they have left an indelible mark on their lives and they choose to remember them through their child. Parents also name their children […]
Read More“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?” ~ Danielle LaPorte God tells us who we are because only God knows who we are to become. More than our parents, our Creator knows us intimately. In fact, the psalmist says this of God’s creative ability: “For it was […]
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The Raceless Gospel 