by Starlette Thomas | Nov 13, 2023 | Feature|Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
I preach the raceless gospel now, but initially, I didn’t even want to preach. While in seminary, I told God that I wasn’t interested in being a clergyperson and I certainly would not pastor. Conflict-averse, I wasn’t up for the fight. I told God where I would serve...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 3, 2023 | Feature|Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Younger seekers don’t need coffee bars and stage lights during Sunday morning services. Church leaders must offer creative encounters if they want Generation Z to believe what they are saying. Can you keep their attention please? If would-be believers need caffeine...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 27, 2023 | Feature|Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Put away from me your segregated worship services, conferences, workshops and annual gatherings. We need an ecclesiology that satisfies the soul’s hunger for deeper connection. There is a growing spiritual weariness of divisiveness. The predictable strivings and...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 20, 2023 | Feature|Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
We need a mystical spirituality of “somebodiness.” Not to be confused with celebrity status or self-righteousness, there is a need for a deep sense of knowing who we are as human beings. This is not a new idea but a renewed call for an ontology – the nature of being...
by Starlette Thomas | Feb 22, 2023 | Feature|Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
The Raceless Gospel podcast provides listeners with a seven-episode Lenten series focused on the testing of Jesus. “Testing, Testing 1, 2, 3” offers a weekly meditation for the journey, beginning today. More than a soundcheck, it is an opportunity to consider more...
