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If writing about race and culture is tricky, and writing about faith is complex, then writing about their intersection requires a lot of prayer and thoughtfulness. I would be honored if you’d journey with me as I tackle these issues on this blog.
I am writing a book about race and the American Christian church for a TBD publisher. Here is a relevant essay that I penned for EBONY magazine: I Was There: The LA Riots, 25 Years Later.
If you know me well, you know that I LOVE to salsa dance. I love to salsa dance so much that I once taught an impromptu dance class while on a family vacation. I love salsa dancing so much that I keep my black suede salsa shoes in the trunk of my car, just in case.
So I was elated when my friend and I decided to go salsa dancing a few weekends ago. We had made plans more than a month in advance, and it was going to be the release to a stress-filled week.
“This is really hard,” Young muttered, while hopelessly looking down at the half-written poem on her desk.
“Of course it’s hard,” I replied. “You’re just learning how to do it.”
It’s easy to think that the stories in the Bible have no relevancy to us today, to think they are random, made up stories in an ancient text designed to keep us in line. My experience, though, with Scripture is that it illuminates who God is and who God seeks to be in our lives.