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As Christians, we are called to love our neighbors not because "we" are better and "they" are worse; or not even because "we" are whole and "they" appear to be broken.
James H. Cone talks about his new book, The Cross and the Lynching Tree. http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs071/1101293452452/archive/1109412316407.html The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful new work, theologian James H. Cone explores these symbols and their interconnection in the...
Today is Ash Wednesday and some Christian churches will impose ashes on foreheads as a visible sign of the start of this Lenten season. The ashes are a sign of repentance and contrition. But I've been thinking about the less familiar counterpart to ashes: sackcloth.
I am a weary Christian and I enter this Lenten season with a weary heart. I am struggling with a religion that I can barely recognize, a faith that has been so twisted and stretched, that it scarcely resembles the teachings of Jesus.
On yesterday the Rev. Alvin J. Gwynn Sr., president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance and pastor of Friendship Baptist Church continued this pattern by making a formal announcement endorsing Senator Cardin.
Until we build the proper institutions blacks will always be faced with voting for the lesser of two evils. We must make a commitment to build strong families and strong communities and prepare to lay the foundation for future generations.
The HBCU litigation is serious. It is the Brown v. Board of Education of our day and is being watched all over the country by everyone except, perhaps, by those it should matter to the most,
Jefferson Bethke is focused on the problems; I am consumed in the potential. He sees the dirty water and calls for a cleansing; I see the baby in the tub. For all the woes of this world, and the many ways our faith has caused them; there yet remains hope in the gathering of a few who believe in something greater than humanity. For all we’ve done, for all we’ve ignored, for all we’ve hurt: God still calls us together. God still loves us.
Mr. Gingrich, the poverty of many poor minority children is the byproduct of systemic injustices that bar them from participation in the American Dream because of their racial and social location -- not laziness
Most people in their 20s struggle with dreams, doubts and career choices. In King's mid-20s, he was pastoring a church, co-founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott and receiving countless death threats.
