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Posts Tagged: race
October 12, 2015
A white man’s frank and repentant exploration of how racism finds a home in white folks’ souls. Racism is not a feelingHow the white soul has trained itself to define racism solely as conscious hate (and how it needs a new catechism on race) by Jeffrey A. Schooley A long time ago, when my… Read more »
October 9, 2015
You can take the pastor out of the church, but you can’t take the Church out of the pastor. Time to lay down our gunsIn the wake of yet another mass shooting, this one at Umpqua Community College, it’s time for the church to take a hard look at its values. by Derrick L…. Read more »
September 14, 2015
A white man’s frank and repentant exploration of how racism finds a home in white folks’ souls. Origin storiesHow confusion about my whiteness leads to confusion about blackness by Jeffrey A. Schooley Origin stories are an essential component to any worldview. From an origin story comes clarity not only about the past, but also… Read more »
September 11, 2015
Conversations with church leaders about projects that matter Interpreting race in a mostly white denomination Pastor and writer Tawnya Denise Anderson talks with Rocky Supinger about interpreting the experience of an African American woman in the PC(USA) through her ministry and her blog, Soula Scriptura. <—- Tawnya Denise Anderson (you can call her… Read more »
September 1, 2015
A space for a contemporary woman disciple to give voice to justice concerns in a world where some still think that women’s words are just leros (Greek for “nonsense”) or, in Spanish, disparates Demon freeA reflection and confession based on Mark 7:24–30 by Magdalena I. García From there he set out and went away… Read more »
September 1, 2015
Seeing without categorizing How do you see me? An intimate portrayal of race, identity, and invisibility in the church and the United States by Anita Coleman I am invisible. . . . It is sometimes advantageous to be unseen, although it is most often rather wearing on the nerves. —Ralph Ellison “You hypocrite, first take… Read more »
August 27, 2015
Things that make you go hmm . . . Therapy Ain’t for Black Folk?! by Shanell T. Smith It’s all I see in movies.It’s all that I’ve heard spoken.“Black folk don’t do therapy.Unless he was a ‘token’Negros don’t believe in sittin’With no man to help to free usWe don’t need no medicationAll we needs,… Read more »
August 14, 2015
You can take the pastor out of the church, but you can’t take the Church out of the pastor. The conscience of law enforcementCan the church become a bridge between the police and the community? by Derrick L. Weston There have been an appalling number of people killed by police this year. Sam Dubose… Read more »
August 10, 2015
A white man’s frank and repentant exploration of how racism finds a home in white folks’ souls. Tell the story Learning to hear the collective witness of black brothers and sisters in Christ by Jeffrey A Schooley I want to begin with a proposition: (1) Evil prefers to hide from view. (2) Systemic racism… Read more »
July 29, 2015
Thinking with a not-so-colonized mind A church for white people?Your mouth says, “Inclusion!” Your wallet says, “More of the same.” by Antonio “Tony” Aja What will the church be like when white people[1] become the minority in the United States? In an ever-increasing multi-cultural and multi-ethnic society—thanks mainly to immigration as well as higher… Read more »
