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Blackface. Again.

The controversy surrounding Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s 1984 year book photos has caused many to ask questions about blackface. Again. According to a recent headline

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A Culture of Sufficiency

A decade or so ago it was all the rage, at least in the world I inhabit of theological education, to urge one another to

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Buffalo Soldiers in the Trenches

By the time American troops got to Europe in 1917, African-Americans had an established, but not celebrated history in military service of our country. In

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Never the Stranger

When I go to churches for my job (which is to educate congregations about immigration reform so they’re equipped to be advocates to change the

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Seeing Again

We’re just on the other side of the centennial commemorations of the “Great War” that have been taking place over the last several years–culminating in

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Heresies I Have Loved

“A good sermon should skate right up to the edge of heresy. Make your point to the extreme. You’ll have other sermons to pull in

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