When Jesus’ friends came to the empty tomb that first Easter morning, the disciples were running in the dark, racing each other, up to some holy horseplay. Nope. No Jesus. The guys didn’t stick around the emptiness. Why should they? But Mary decided to stay. Maybe she felt she couldn’t leave the emptiness. Maybe thereContinue reading “Emptiful”
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God’s Dream
In the beginning God had a dream. It was born from the fertile darkness of the deep. From our communal black beginnings the dream grew as space broke open and light entered in. From the beginning, God’s dream imagined light and darkness; both equal parts of a whole and holy creation. God’s dream is aContinue reading “God’s Dream”
A White Preacher Girl Walks into a Black Church
What happens when a white preacher girl walks into a Black church? It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. What happened when this white preacher girl walked into the late Trayvon Martin’s church in Sanford, Florida? What happened the day after the not guilty verdict came out of George Zimmerman’s trial? It happenedContinue reading “A White Preacher Girl Walks into a Black Church”