Apprentice 2 Jesus

Racism

  • Kirk Franklin, Gospel Music, and being black in Christian music

    Kirk Franklin gets right at the issues of race, justice, and the subtle difference between “Christian” music and “gospel” music. LISTEN. Read more

  • How race became a religion

    I am a fan of the Holy Post podcast. Phil Vischer (Veggie Tales) has a great conversation with Skye Jethani and Christian Taylor in this episode. The first half is worth the listen (especially Christian talking about her documentary on France in WWII), but it’s the second half of the episode that is worth the… Read more

  • Being anti-racist

    It is not enough to identify racism as a problem. Too often what we do is admit there is racism, but then catch ourselves in the foolish question of just who IS and who ISN’T “a racist.” What we need to do is acknowledge racism and then combat it. Read more

  • Anti-racist

    I have been challenged recently by people who write on racism and friends who are people of color on this issue of racism. It is something that has weighed on me the past several years (the issue of racism) and when I moved to Alabama, I knew the Lord would keep working on me. The… Read more

  • Soul wrenching

    We finished a long three week trip as we visited family. It was a great trip filled with friends, family, and conversation. There was one last stop I needed to make before we made it home. Read more

  • Dr. King — The time is always right to do right

    Now if we are going to have this kind of massive action program that is necessary to solve the problem, we’ve got to get rid of one or two false notions that are disseminated around our nation, false ideas and myths that are constantly circulated. Read more

  • Court prophets and wilderness prophets

    There are too many paragraphs to highlight in this powerful column. But this one is a good one to point out: Read more

  • Deep faith

    A couple of articles worth reading this week that speak to soul searching at the depth of faith in a world of worsening persecution. Read more

  • The gift of “staying put”

    “It’s not enough to be in relationship. White and black people have a long history of relationship. For healing to begin, we must learn to listen with our hearts.” — Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from the Slaveholder Religion Read more

  • The sermon Dr. King almost preached

    I dream the impossible. There is an eternal hope in me that one day a “teaser” could be left and readers would actually go scramble to understand the “rest of the story.” I can’t resist that temptation today. This is a teaser in the desperate hope you will be so angered or frustrated with the… Read more