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systemic racism theology

If You’re Sad About Charleston, Do Something

June 20, 2015liz2 Comments on If You’re Sad About Charleston, Do Something

Recently someone asked: “What would your community look like if it loved black people?” A few answers came to me, but the first and last answer was, “I don’t know and I want to know.” I want to know. I want to be alive when that becomes reality. I have heard confusion from people about […]

parenting theology violence

Beloved Community is Our Only Security

July 17, 2013April 26, 2020liz4 Comments on Beloved Community is Our Only Security

(My daughter’s birth day was Monday, but this post has taken me three days to write.) Today, July 15, is my daughter’s first birthday. I want to write her a letter filled with tenderness and joy. Instead, as I sit down to write, all I can think of is Trayvon Martin and the verdict announced this […]

culture history land theology

Cultural Baggage on Spiritual Journeys

May 1, 2013April 26, 2020liz7 Comments on Cultural Baggage on Spiritual Journeys

Part of my current angst is to retrieve and unpack the cultural baggage I have around my spiritual beliefs. I imagine big heavy suitcases covered with the customary black scuff marks that indicate multiple trips through baggage claim. Some of mine probably have tattered “Gate Check” tags because I keep trying to drag them on […]

language racial identity theology

What Color is Your God?

December 28, 2012liz4 Comments on What Color is Your God?

What color is your God? I envy my friends their relationship with rocks and rivers, ocean and trees. God for me will always wear a human face: Our Lady, blessed mother of the world, and Jesus. I’m knee-deep in a thesis for my master’s degree about racism and White Christianity. Womanist scholar Mukti Barton writes […]

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