by Starlette Thomas | Sep 20, 2021 | Opinion
“The world is coming to an end.” “Jesus is on his way back.” “These are signs of the times.” “They talked about this in Revelations.” “These are the last days.” This is how climate change, wars, partisan politics and any form of injustice was explained and explained...
by Starlette Thomas | Sep 13, 2021 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
I trust God but I have my doubts about the North American Church. Worse still, its response to my lack of faith in the institution troubles me. The reflex is to protect the institution and not the sheep. It is not that church leaders and lay people are not aware of...
by Starlette Thomas | Sep 7, 2021 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
“I trust Jesus to handle the church. I’m not sure I trust the church to handle Jesus.” The author is unknown but the sentiment is shared by many. Christians have to get Jesus’ story straight if we are to ever get on the same page. We share in common a sacred text, but...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 30, 2021 | Opinion
Some days, I am on top of things; other days, things are on top of me. I don’t know when the stopwatch began and cannot discern whether or not this ticking is in my head or coming from the clock on the wall. But time is winding up. This might be carry over from my...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Aug 27, 2021 | News
A slim majority (53%) of U.S. adults say it is good to have increased attention on the nation’s history of slavery and racism, according to an Aug. 12 Pew Research Center report. Of this majority, 30% described this as “very good” and 23% as “somewhat good.” By...
