Reflections & Research:
Anti-Racism
June 9, 2020
Moving the needle of racial justice is exhausting, vital, ongoing work
Lightstock / Angela Five years after losing friends and neighbors in the murders at Mother Emanuel, an AME pastor writes about the impact on him, Charleston and the nation. I was taught never to question God. In my faith tradition, questioning God was akin to heresy and blasphemy, but there was no one else I […]
read moreabout Moving the needle of racial justice is exhausting, vital, ongoing workJune 2, 2020
To my white sisters in Christ
iStock / PeopleImages A black mother of sons challenges white women to move beyond silence or tepid, timid outrage to work for a world in which all of God’s children can live more fully and fairly. George Floyd died, a police officer’s knee on his neck, crying for his mother. God’s greatest gift to me […]
read moreabout To my white sisters in ChristMay 26, 2020
It’s not just the coronavirus — bad theology is killing us
The Rev. William H. Lamar IV preaching. Photo courtesy of Paul Holston, Tru1 Photography COVID-19 — and its impact on black and brown communities — is the American empire in viral form, writes the pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. There comes a time when being nice is the worst kind […]
read moreabout It’s not just the coronavirus — bad theology is killing usAugust 25, 2015
Dominique D. Gilliard: Reclaiming the power of lament
In an age of nonstop media that exposes us as never before to the world’s pain and brokenness, lamentation is an essential and even revolutionary act, one that the church needs desperately to reclaim, says a young pastor.
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