by Starlette Thomas | Oct 16, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
“Money talks.” In America’s capitalist society, this word of advice makes sense. But what happens in Christ-centered spaces? How should Christians talk about money? From fig leaves to money that does not grow on trees, we attempt to cover up what is only natural....
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 19, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Juneteenth, also known as “Jubilee Day,” celebrates the arrival of Union troops to Galveston Bay, Texas, on June 19, 1865, with news that more than a quarter million African Americans were free by executive decree. It was two years late, as the Emancipation...
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...
