My Brother’s Keeper?
“Where is your brother?” The question hung in the air as the blood of the world’s first murder victim was still on the hands of the world’s first murderer. In response to God’s query, Cain deflected and tried to absolve … Continue reading My Brother’s Keeper?
No room at the Inn?
This month’s theme encourages us to meditate on the birth of Jesus. As we consider the circumstances of the birth of Jesus, we are beckoned to contemplate how the birth of this Brown skinned Jewish child challenges us to embrace … Continue reading No room at the Inn?
The GRT Nightmare: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
In November of 1984, horror fans were treated to the first of what would become a 9-film series entitled, “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” Audiences had already been frightened by Jason in, “Friday the 13th,” and terrified by Michael Myers … Continue reading The GRT Nightmare: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
The Games People Play: Silly Season
As the NCAA Basketball season launches. I can already hear the sweet sounds of a kiss off of a plexiglass backboard, the twine snap, and the screech of the NBA’s newest designer shoes on the hardwood. Rivalries are on the … Continue reading The Games People Play: Silly Season
The Revolution Televised
“Don’t walk alone, don’t stand alone, don’t go anywhere by yourself. It was a cryptic warning.” I wasn’t sure if the person on the other end of the phone was trying to be helpful or if they intended to scare … Continue reading The Revolution Televised
The Great Replacement Theory, The Green Eyed Monster of the Resentful
I am a brown immigrant from South America with a Spanish accent when I speak English. I am “liberal” by the political definition this country assigns to my life ethos, and, if you ask some conservative folks, I am here … Continue reading The Great Replacement Theory, The Green Eyed Monster of the Resentful
My Top 21 Indigenous History Book Recommendations
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month and resist the temptation of minimizing the size and diversity of North America’s Indigenous population prior to European colonization. Continue reading My Top 21 Indigenous History Book Recommendations
Theological Consequences of GRT
Supremacy is often masked as patriotism then slapped with the label Christian. No clearer is this seen than in the Great Replacement Theory (GRT), a “dark and extreme ideology” which essentially says that nonwhites are replacing white people and white … Continue reading Theological Consequences of GRT
November’s Theme is “The Games That People Play”
October is gone, and the election has passed. Racial healing must overcome October 31-style “trick or treat, All Hallows eve Games that people play, The Big Lie, The QAnon Conspiracy, and let’s not forget Birtherism. Don’t blink; stay alert, and … Continue reading November’s Theme is “The Games That People Play”
Three-Fifths 