Faith seeking understanding– without race
It is so tempting to close ourselves off after deep wounding, after failed attempts to come together as people of faith. We might ask ourselves, “Why isn’t this working out?” Still, we must believe that God is at work, that while we want to throw our hands up in despair, God’s hands are still in. All […]
Read MoreOur reconciler, Christ is the middle man. Our sacrifice, his body brings us together. Jesus shortens the distance between us and God. He paves the way, makes the way, clearing up any confusion about the way that we should go. His cross is our signpost. His hands pinned to a cross say, “This way. This […]
Read MoreWhile the Washington Post reports that there is a surge in hate graffiti in my area and video of the confession of Dylann Roof, accused murderer of nine members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in 2015, has been released to the public, I am praying that more stories like the ones emerging from the protest of the North Dakota pipeline […]
Read MoreRev. Dr. Willie James Jennings, the Associate Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School, wrote in his book The Christian Imagination: The Theology and Origins of Race: “In truth, it is not at all clear that most Christians are ready to imagine reconciliation.” I had to pause there. Not only was it […]
Read MoreI recently listened to an interview on racial reconciliation. When the African American man was asked about the way to reconciliation by his European American interviewer and self- described “white ally,” he started the conversation with American slavery. I was immediately struck by the fact that he felt the need to start there, that reconciliation […]
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The Raceless Gospel 