by Starlette Thomas | Jan 18, 2022 | Opinion
It’s the day after the national holiday celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr., a day set aside as a day of service in honor of his legacy and life. King was born on Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Celebrated on the third Monday in January, calls for the holiday...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 10, 2022 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
The church in North America is experiencing a crisis of meaning. What the religious institution meant for previous generations and the role that sacred spaces play in community has changed. No longer the center of the community or our lives due to overcrowded...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 3, 2022 | Opinion
As we enter the third year of a global pandemic, it is time for us to move past annual resolutions to consistent and courageous truth- telling about who we are and have always been. Only then can we change as individuals and as a society. So, tell me about it. What do...
by Starlette Thomas | Dec 27, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
“The sky is falling!” Plan for when worst comes to worst. The world has been ending for nearly my entire life. What keeps me from living as if my hair is on fire or finding shelter under a rock are words. Good faith words have moved me to a deeper sense of human being...
by Starlette Thomas | Dec 21, 2021 | Opinion
We are making ready our hearts to receive the Christ Child. Well, not really. Like the innkeeper, we have no room. There are already too many people in our house and who has time to set up a nursery? Instead, many of us are knee deep in wrapping paper, bows and tape,...
