by Starlette Thomas | Sep 3, 2025 | News
The Raceless Gospel podcast offers listeners a respite. “Stay Woke?” is an inquiry for the sleepy-headed who are tired of the narrative of white-body supremacy and refuse to give it any more energy. It’s not a nudge to the groggy, but an expression of deep awareness....
by Starlette Thomas | Sep 2, 2025 | Opinion
What would it mean to be well-rested? To push back against “grind culture” and the crushing productivity of capitalism? Often associated with a particular time of the day, a certain room in the house and a specific article of furniture, rest needs to be reframed. ...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 25, 2025 | Opinion
For fear of suffering the consequences or suffering a setback, some “suffer fools gladly.” They decide early on to stay in their place, stay put, in their lane, on the sidelines, or just stay out of it. Sometimes, we get in our own way before we even know where we...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 18, 2025 | Opinion
Preaching is resurrection practice. It’s an odd rehearsal. The preacher’s robe is from the grave clothes section of liturgical garments. One foot in front of the other, we, preachers, are led to the pulpit “like a sheep led to the slaughter,” sometimes foolishly...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 11, 2025 | Opinion
Eugenic and nationalist imaginaries are retelling the same old stories of a favored “race” with God-given superiority and the church’s blessing to steal land predestined to be colonized. It’s a “Master Narrative” set, the Doctrine of Discovery, Manifest Destiny, and...
