“Down by the Riverside”: The Raceless Gospel for a Desegregated Church

November 5, 2024.Reading time 9 minutes.

Grab a towel. I am calling for a come-to-Jesus meeting. You could say it’s an intervention. The North American church needs help desegregating, as there remain black and white churches. Put away from me your community days and pulpit swaps, your website’s stock photos of “diversity” and church signs with the obligatory message: “All are […]

A Form of Christianity and the Raceless Gospel

April 21, 2024.Reading time 8 minutes.

I have been leaving toxic environments since I was twelve years old. Prepared for the coming of Jesus as a new convert, I’m surprised my list now includes the segregated North American church. I leave stores when I am followed around under the suspicion of shoplifting. I leave in the middle of cyclical conversations because […]

Don’t Occupy Me

October 13, 2011.Reading time 3 minutes.

Occupy Wall Street has now entered its twenty- seventh day and I must confess that except for an article that discussed the spiritual nature of the movement, I have not been following the demonstration that began on September 17, 2011 in New York City’s financial district. Said to have been inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir […]