A college-educated black woman is more likely to die in childbirth than a white woman without a high school diploma.…
Brothers, We Are Not Doormats Nor Are We Repellents
Friendship offers the privilege and beauty of iron sharpening, of hearts being chiseled, and of redeemed sinners practicing forgiveness.…
Birthing While Black: Introduction
Black women are subject to dangerous, even fatal, issues during labor, delivery, and postpartum.…
On Portraits, Blackness, and Art
Being black in America shares the same pulse as being an artist. It is a discovery of what it is to be human.…
What Stranger Things Teaches Us About Parenthood
Amidst all the 80’s nostalgia and sci-fi action, there are some valuable things to learn about parenting from Stranger Things. In my previous post, I highlighted the beauty of an ordinary Africa…
Mercy and Justice: Jesus Our Perfect Advocate
All human life, including women’s, have value. It’s written plainly in Genesis 1:27 and practiced beautifully in John 4.…
Stranger Things and The Sinclairs
Assumptions are drawn and conclusions are made from negative depictions about African Americans that are largely one-sided.…
In the Middle: A View of African and Caribbean American Life
Caribbeans and African Americans believe lies about each other and if there is no one in your life to challenge those lies, you will accept them as fact.…
Black Motherhood in the Age of Trump
I wonder if the car seats in the back of my minivan will be enough to keep me from becoming Sandra Bland.…
Do We Really Value Women?: The Church and a Call for Gender Reconciliation
Christians must be at the forefront of confronting a culture that devalues women – starting with the American church.…
I’m a black man who moved to the Deep South. Here’s what it’s teaching me about race.
Note: This article originally appeared on Vox.com I almost swerved off the road the first time I saw cotton in full bloom. I had seen the dull green cotton plants crawling toward the sky through the s…
The Porn Talk: 5 Questions for Spouses
We have sufficient grace and unshakable hope in our struggle against sin, even the sin of pornography.…
Dignity in Community
There is a need for platforms to be constructed so that past, present, and future marginalized voices can be elevated. We choose by God’s grace to assert ourselves in the affirmative.…
A Place For Righteous Feminism
The Bible is full of women that were used by God to be advocates for justice, not just for themselves, but for others who were oppressed and mistreated.…
Fast Food is Dangerous for Singles
There is a constant danger within the church to take book-sized concepts and reduce them down to Tweet-sized statements. I have seen and experienced this practice of sharing well-intended (but ultimat…
The Downside of Integration for Black Christians
In the days of Jim Crow law and custom mandated racial segregation, physical signs of separation included placards over drinking fountains, separate entrances at movie theaters, and train cars dedicat…
Reject Overt and COVERT White Supremacy
Overt expressions of White Supremacy engulfed Charlottesville this past weekend. The evil, hatred, and violence incited by White Supremacists resulted in a death and injuries of brave image-bearers op…
“All You Talk about Is Race”: Five Responses to a Frustrating Comment
As someone who does race work, every so often someone makes the comment, “All you talk about is race.” I usually keep it moving and avoid making any response, but the statement frustrates me–mos…
The Orphans of Broken Justice
30-year-old Charleena Lyles had 3 children (ages 11, 4, and 1), and was pregnant with her fourth, who watched and listened as their mother was gunned down. They heard the pleading, promises, screams a…
Revisiting the Theology of the Negro Spiritual
June is African-American Music Appreciation Month. We pay tribute to the legacy and contributions African-Americans have made over the centuries. As I reflected on this history, I was taken back to ar…