by Starlette Thomas | Dec 19, 2019 | Opinion
Christmas does not come just once a year. Jesus is not unpacked with the ornaments, a part of the tangled mass of colored lights. Christmas does not begin when we put up the Christmas tree. Neither pine needles nor the smell of cinnamon make it a reality. Jesus cannot...
by Starlette Thomas | Sep 27, 2019 | Opinion
It’s almost 11 a.m. – that holy hour that is concentrated with our hubris when the worship services are but a reflection of our preferences, when the pews are filled with the people we are most comfortable with. It’s almost 11 a.m. on this fine Sunday morning where...
by Starlette Thomas | Sep 4, 2019 | Opinion
Last Wednesday marked the 64th anniversary of Emmett Till’s death. The 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago was killed in Money, Mississippi, on Aug. 28, 1955. I know his story by heart; it was the first one I learned on domestic terrorism and mob lynching...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 6, 2019 | Opinion
Writer James Baldwin says rightly, “The effort not to know what one knows is the most corrupting effort one can make.” Still, the North American church is so empire-minded that it is of no earthly good. Left behind by a generation or two, the North American church...
by Starlette Thomas | Jul 23, 2019 | Opinion
What do we mean when we say the word “race” and that we are a member of one? Do we know what it means to belong to a race? How many races exist and why is the existence of race necessary? How are these races defined and assigned to cultural groups? How long have we...
