The modern commitment to racial profiling is so deep and so engrained. We can’t even read the scriptures without imposing our racial categories and biases on the stories of those who have gone before us in faith.
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Sermon: Monday, April 30, 2018: Texts for the 5th Sunday after Easter
My ability to find myself in this text owes a debt of gratitude to the work of James Cone and others who have helped me to know at the core of my being that at the very place where the world turns its back on me, God is with me, God is for me, God is on my side because God sides with the oppressed.
Sermon: Sunday, May 6, 2012 — Fifth Sunday of Easter
Texts: Acts 8:26-40 • Psalm 22:25-31 • 1 John 4:7-21 • John 15:1-8 Christ is risen! Alleluia! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! What a difference a day makes. 24 little hours, brought the sun and the flowers where there used to be rain. My yesterday was blue, dear. Today, I’m a part of you, dear. My lonely nights are … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, May 6, 2012 — Fifth Sunday of Easter