by Starlette Thomas | Jun 7, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
I don’t want to remember. For all of the stories I tell, there are those that I would rather not repeat. But the memories are in my body. They move with me, packing up and travel along whether the occasion calls for it or not. They show up no matter how discreet....
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 1, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Story. When I was a child, we couldn’t say the word “lie.” It was a bad word, comparable to cussing. Three letters, it was a big word that was only spoken at a certain age, as an adult and a rite of passage. Children also couldn’t call an adult a liar or say that an...
by Starlette Thomas | May 17, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
It’s track number 24 and the first verse: “The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world and those who live in it.” It’s a part of a really long album called The Psalms with appearances by various artists. The artist on this song is David, who is not a...
by Starlette Thomas | May 10, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
“We are still in a pandemic.” I say this to friends who are measuring themselves against the pre-pandemic standards of performance and comparing their lives to the time before we weren’t trying to do everything under one roof. “We are still in a pandemic.” I say it to...
by Starlette Thomas | May 3, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Derek Chauvin was found guilty three times over, convicted of the death of George Floyd by a jury of his peers. The verdict is in. Now, we all know who killed George Floyd. That’s certain, crystal clear like the tears I cried in sweet relief....
