“And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. (Joe […]
Editorial Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said “Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.[1]” One has to wonder if, a […]
To be clear, President Trump’s vulgar and racist comments on Thursday regarding immigrants from the continent of Africa were intended to appeal to his political base and rooted in the abhorrent lie of white supremacy. After hearing reports of President Trumps remarks I asked my two oldest children to read the following excerpt of a […]
Early Pentecostal pioneer Frank Bartleman wrote that at the famed Azusa Street Mission that “race was washed away by the blood.” Despite the strong interracial fellowship that characterized the Asuza Street revival, like everything else in American society, once Pentecostalism began to spread, and Pentecostal organizations penetrated more diverse strata of American society, Pentecostalism […]
There are five key socioeconomic indicators that show the disparity that exists between the white community and those of color (Black, mainly African American and Latino) and questions the assumption that racism is declining. Racism in Housing The National Fair Housing Alliance, in a recent report, records 30,758 cases of discrimination in all the combined […]
… I would like to address some of the more glaring, and yet reasonable, misunderstandings that many seem to have about the subject of white privilege. That many white folks don’t take well to the term is an understatement, and quite understandable. For those of us in the dominant group, the notion that we may […]
I appreciate most in my life, the people who encourage me to be me, and who like, in me, the things I like most about myself. They don’t expect me to dumb myself down or over spiritualize myself to fit into my Pentecostal moorings and who take my passion for what it is rather than […]
A vocal charismatic from western Canada, Sarah Bessey has just come out with her first book, (2013) Jesus Feminist . It’s a highly relational and popular account of how Bessey’s love for Jesus flows into her approach to female flourishing. As part of the launch for the book, she’s been giving interviews, including one […]