Don’t stop talking about race
Race is not an easy word to live by and it is time that we start talking about it.
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Only Human
It seems that we are not satisfied with our humanity, that there is always a need to be something more than human, super human, a special set of humans. In our quest, we often attempt to reduce the value and visibility of others. Because we cannot be more human unless we make others less human. We […]
Read MoreRaise the questions
The question of race is one that I use to wrestle with. For a long time, it won because I thought that its answers to my identity were stronger and better trained. Looking back, I think that I let race win because I did not perceive it as an enemy but more like a coach, […]
Read MoreRecovering ourselves from race
“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” ~ Romans 12.3, NRSV Race has two extremes when it comes to identity: […]
Read MoreHow Race Changes Who You Really Are
“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 