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....
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 26, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Police. Brutality. I have been thinking about these two words a lot lately. I first saw them in action in 1991 during the beating of Rodney King. Amadou Diallo was on my mind and on my college dormitory wall in 1999. It’s a strange pairing. I wish the two words didn’t...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 21, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
I was preparing for the worst – for a not guilty verdict, for my hopes to be dashed yet again. So, I did not ask them to get up. Instead, we all stayed seated while I waited for the verdict to come in regarding the Derek Chauvin trial. Like the owners who boarded up...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 19, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
A man had just visited his neighborhood convenience store when he fell into the hands of police, who were responding to a forgery in progress. Unbeknownst to the man, he had used a counterfeit $20 to pay for his purchase, according to the store clerk. The clerk was...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 12, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
“When the Bible is silent, we are silent.” I grew up hearing this from Christian leaders in my rural southern community. They said, “If there is no mention of it in the Bible, then Christian believers should not speak on the subject.” Simple enough, it made sense...
