by Starlette Thomas | Aug 17, 2026 | Opinion, Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
My understanding of faith and its practice has changed. I used to believe faith was made evident in church attendance and tithing. “Of course, I’m a Christian. I’m a member of a church, aren’t I? I pay the bills, don’t I?” I used to think faith was as obvious as the...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 27, 2026 | Opinion, Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Coined by Robin DiAngelo, the phrase “white fragility” refers to a state in which even a minimal amount of “racial” stress becomes intolerable to individuals racialized as white, triggering defensive behaviors. I happen to think it’s nonsense. White ignorance often...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 15, 2026 | Opinion, Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
“Martin, don’t let anybody ever tell you you’re not a Somebody.” It’s Martin Luther King Jr.’s foundational childhood story. His grandmother instilled a core belief in his own worth, which remains a critical teaching in the African American community....
by Starlette Thomas | Feb 2, 2026 | Opinion, Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
White-body supremacy is a staged performance of superiority, requiring playwrights, producers, directors, stage managers, choreographers, designers of sets, lighting, sound, costumes, props, makeup artists and performers. There is nothing natural about it. It is a...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 26, 2026 | Opinion, Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Woe to the North American church! A segregated fellowship, the Raceless Gospel calls this “whited sepulcher” to address the deadly sin of white-body supremacy, a reckoning hundreds of years in the making. Because the church in North America must become a faithful and...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 19, 2026 | Opinion, Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
The Raceless Gospel is part proclamation, part embodied praxis. The integration of physical engagement with belief strengthens my conviction that we are all God’s children and race is not a genealogical indicator. Feet to pavement, I am convinced following Jesus...
