Community is a word we throw around in church circles – a buzz word that conjures up images of people talking and laughing together over a meal. In the 25 years I’ve been a follower of Jesus, however, I have… Read More ›
Race/Ethnicity
Lament: An Act of Worship or An Indecent Display?
Out of the 150 Psalms in the Old Testament, 68 are psalms of lament. In fact, there are more psalms of lament than of any other genre, including thanksgiving, hymnic, liturgical, and community. And yet, in (upper)middle-class, dominant-culture churches in… Read More ›
How can we learn to see each other in the face of racialized pain?
It happened 3 months ago. As my daughter and I exited the car and started walking toward the pool entrance, I heard it. “Konnichiwa!” It was a strange thing to hear in the middle of our area of Atlanta, where… Read More ›
No Love, No Freedom
My friend and colleague Latasha Morrison, who started the non-profit Be the Bridge, got a call from a friend yesterday. Her friend’s friend – we’ll call him James – was on his way to another friend’s house in Baton Rouge when… Read More ›
What’s Playing on Your Station?: The Racialized Messages that Shape Our Identity
Most of us don’t spend time thinking about the fact that we’re surrounded by invisible communication signals. They travel largely unnoticed through the air we breathe in the form of radio frequencies, infrared signals, microwaves, and other kinds of electromagnetic… Read More ›
How Talking to Your Kids About Race Helps To Fulfill the Great Commission
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”a This verse is a favorite among those of us who are raising our children in the Christian faith. We… Read More ›
A Biblical Approach to Overcoming Racial Discourse Allergy
When people start talking about race and racism, do you experience a range of negative emotions, an elevation in blood pressure, increased heart rate, sweaty palms, heartburn, chest tightness, or a knot in the pit of your stomach? If so,… Read More ›
We Are Robert Lewis Dear: How This Terrorist Exposes Who We Are
Violence may select her targets surgically, but she is far less precise in the way she inflicts casualties. In the case of the Planned Parenthood shootings in Colorado last Friday, she took aim at abortion but ended up taking the… Read More ›
Fear, Faith, and Nationalism in the Era of Terrorism – Part 2
In my last post, I made a case for the impossibility of holding dual citizenship in both the kingdom of God and any earthly empire. We must choose which one we will identify with fully. In this post, I want to unpack that… Read More ›
Fear, Faith, and Nationalism in the Era of Terrorism – Part 1
Fear and dread are a ruthless duo. They take no prisoners. They respect no boundaries. They eat faith, hope, and love for lunch. They make us forget who we are, and more importantly, who God is. I remember what it… Read More ›
Life Reconsidered - Judy Wu Dominick 