The Story of America is a Failed Group Project

May 31, 2026.Reading time 8 minutes.

America was never a group project. In fact, in practice, the country acted independently of those indigenous to Turtle Island and created laws to ensure that Africans and African Americans could not contribute. This democratic project remains restricted to a particular demographic: men racialized as white. There have always been competing visions of inclusion, unity […]

United Nations General Assembly Captures the Performance of Narcissism on the Global Stage

April 30, 2026.Reading time 8 minutes.

On March 26, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution promoted by Ghana and the African Union, designating the European Transatlantic Slave Trade and the chattel enslavement of Africans and African Americans as the “gravest crime against humanity.” Opponents, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, took semantic issue with […]

The Raceless Gospel: An Embodied Homiletic for a Disembodied Christianity

January 27, 2026.Reading time 8 minutes.

The Raceless Gospel is part proclamation, part embodied praxis. The integration of physical engagement with belief strengthens my conviction that we are all God’s children and race is not a genealogical indicator. Feet to pavement, I am convinced following Jesus doesn’t lead us to a church building but to bodies marginalized, racialized, hyper-surveilled and criminalized. Were […]

From Blog to Book: “Take Me to the Water” Will Be Released in November

September 30, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

I began this blogging journey in March of 2011 and a few days ago, I submitted edits for the proof of my first book, Take Me to the Water: The Raceless Gospel as Baptismal Pedagogy for a Desegregated Church. I should have told you sooner but I was kept away by writing deadlines and check […]