For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“Power/ Power, Lord, Power/ Power, Lord/ Holy Ghost, power/ Power, Lord, Holy Ghost, power/ Power, Lord.” This was the call-and-response agreement I grew up with, that the only power a believer should want was that offered by the Holy Ghost. And you had to ask for it, wait or tarry for it. It was not […]
Read MoreWoe to the North American church! A segregated fellowship, the Raceless Gospel calls this “whited sepulcher” to address the deadly sin of white-body supremacy, a reckoning hundreds of years in the making. Because the church in North America must become a faithful and prophetic witness against the vocal and virulent voices of those who animate […]
Read MoreThe Trump administration is actively trying to erase African American history and make the present insufferable for persons who are marginalized, criminalized and dehumanizingly categorized as “illegal” and “alien.” So, I work for a future I can live into. By this, I don’t simply mean move forward but actively resist by refusing to share in […]
Read MoreGrab 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 […]
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I was invited to speak to the graduates of Wayland Baptist Theological Seminary during their 212th Commencement and to my surprise, was given an honorary doctorate in sacred theology for my work as a public theologian. The short story is: I cried. Because I don’t do this work to be recognized […]
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