For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Race and its progeny, prejudice, racism and stereotypes, are the elephants on our pew. It’s a jungle in here on Sunday mornings and more than a tight squeeze as we attempt to lift our hands in worship, to fold our hands in prayer, to grab the hand of our neighbor in fellowship. Let’s be honest. […]
Read MoreI am tired. Worn out, worn down, worn thin by stories of racialized abuse, bias, bullying, harassment, hatred, mistreatment, misplaced vindictiveness, the continued willful ignorance of the pain and suffering of persons socially colored other than white, the choice to not engage. Because it is more important to be our “race’s” keeper. It is hard to […]
Read More“It shouldn’t be special when a church calls out racism and hatred. It should be the rule, not the exception.” {Tyler Jones} “We preach that the root is sin, but it’s too uncomfortable for us to call the sin by its full name: white supremacy.” {Michael Slater} Following unflinching and stern words of rebuke against the […]
Read MoreI don’t like the social coloring of your skin. I don’t like the way that it makes me feel. Why are you not like me? I don’t like your hair. I don’t know what I would do with it. I can’t put my finger on it. Can I touch it? I don’t like your eyes; […]
Read MoreWhile I may be able to talk about race and write about its effects from week to week without a panic attack, I know that this is a difficult conversation for much of America. There are so many sides to this story that it is exhausting to think about all that we need to say. […]
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The Raceless Gospel 