St. Paul admonishes us to be on our guard and warns us about savage wolves that will come to pull away the faithful. The book of Jude (yup, it’s in the Bible, keep looking…) warns…
Our history is messy and broken. It is painful and traumatic. How do we learn, confront, remember, deal-with, integrate, and overcome our history? How can our history inform our faith and help keep us in…
I’m afraid. I’m afraid of failing my Black sisters and brothers. I still want to do the “right thing” but I keep living my life out of the socialized White Supremacy I’ve been taught. How…
How do we maintain and retain power in whiteness in the Church? How do we dethrone the standards of whiteness as the measure by which all other experiences are judged? What will it take to…
Can a Black man tell the White Church anything that we’ll hear? What scares the the White Church about Black Power? How do our socialized “progressive” views of power, neediness, charity, and race interfere with…
How do we make the shift from a calculus of White Comfort? If comfort means “with strength,” then how do we send people forth in the strength of the Gospel to become Beloved Community? How…
“ ‘You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, “You shall not murder”; and “whoever murders shall be liable to judgement.” But I say to you that if you are angry with a…
White fragility… The knee-jerk reaction Whites get in momentary racially stressful situations. Some people might want to deny the existence of White fragility, but if you take time to hear it – you’ll begin to…
White Liberals are often assumed to be allies to the struggle for equal rights and justice. They are supposed to be the friends of People of Color…the only ones we can trust. But does that…
The war machine is returning to public view… You know, it never went away. It just went virtual…drone strikes from remote locations right here in America. But with our war-footing on the rise, we ought…
