Mar 29, 2021Member-onlyThe Base of Our Dreams: African Methodism, Sacred Memory, and the Road AheadThe incomparable legacy of the African Methodist Episcopal Church informs how we imagine the next 200 years of our denomination. The chief intellectual project of White supremacy is the erasure of African collective memory. From Hegel to the History Channel, White America has convinced itself of what Eddie Glaude refers…Black Church4 min readBlack Church4 min read
Aug 30, 2020Member-onlyOur Black Superhero: The Unofficial Eulogy of Chadwick BosemanThe defining characteristic of a superhero is their unrelenting love for the people they serve. The risk. The consistency. A superhero would put their life on the line for the salvation of their people. For years, we watched White superheroes save White people and White cities. They lived White lives…4 min read4 min read
Feb 22, 2020Member-onlyAnd Are We Yet Alive?: Valerie Gary Bell and the Importance of Church AuntiesAnd Are We Yet Alive?: Valerie Gary Bell and the Importance of Church Aunties “And are we yet alive, And see each other’s face? Glory and praise to Jesus give, For His redeeming grace.” Each year during Annual Conference season, these words echo through the sacred space during the opening…4 min read4 min read
Oct 10, 2019Member-only“What Mean Ye By These Stones?”: Sacred Memory as Intellectual Warfare“Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a…Black Lives Matter6 min readBlack Lives Matter6 min read