Tag: the color of Christ

The Color of Christ in “Bombingham”

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Four little girls  Who went to Sunday School that day And never came back at home at all– But left instead Their blood upon the wall. ~Langston Hughes   I recently purchased The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America by Edward J. Blum & Paul Harvey.  The […]

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When We Color God In

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“Your way was through the sea, your path, through the mighty waters; yet your footprints were unseen.” ~ Psalm 77.19, NRSV There is a saying: “God moves in mysterious ways.”  The phrase suggests that God does act in the world but that the plans and purposes of God’s actions are unknown.  The psalmist tells us […]

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At Christmas, the babe in the manger isn’t always white

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The Religion News Service offers a contribution to a dialogue concerning the socially constructed race of Jesus Christ. While the socially constructed race of Jesus Christ does not influence the “reason for the season,” this article provides a noteworthy opportunity to examine the image in which we have created the Son of God.

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The Social Coloring of Christ

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“Make your attitude that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage.  Instead, He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men.  And when He had come as a man in […]

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