Put Your Hat Back On!

I’ll admit that I’ve kind of been baffled by gender roles.
Like, I never understood why I couldn’t hit girls, especially if she hit me first.  I never understood why a man was supposed to walk on the street side with a woman–especially when it seemed Mama Uppity frustratingly was the only woman who seemed to [...]

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In Defense of the Black Church: America’s chickens are coming home to roost

Wow!
I really didn’t expect to wake up at 10:30am to my friend calling me telling me that Jeremiah Wright had yet again found himself in a live news media frenzy at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.  But, I’m going to keep this short, it’s finals week and per my cousin, I discovered people [...]

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What Is ‘Speaking Truth to Power?’: Social Justice Gains Popularity

I grew up hearing the phrase “speak truth to power” and its derivatives namely from the pulpit and from my mother.  It was always used as a justification for preaching social justice sermons or putting forth a social justice message; usually in the face of a prosperity gospel preached (such as in the Word of [...]

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Don’t Make Your Tomb Your Tabernacle

Just wanted to share with you all what one my school’s about to be alumni Kippie Brown preached tonight for our school’s last Ecumenical Late-Night service.  Coming from Mark 5 and the Gerasene demoniac named Legion. 
In a nutshell, he simply said that it’s hard sometimes to not make the tomb our tabernacle because it is [...]

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My Theology of Preaching, Pt. III: Coded Language

Even in the face of remarks deemed controversial by the mainstream media (MSM) concerning Obama’s pastor, I feel that there is a need to speak on the issue of black preaching.  I did some opposition research and watched the O’Reilly Factor on FOXNews and those who frequent his show are familiar with his segment called [...]

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Obama’s Pastor Uncovers a Hidden Reality of a Second America

Isn’t it interesting that just as Obama’s pastor Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. celebrated 36 of ministry at Trinity United Church of Christ, and retiring as senior pastor from that pulpit that the new firestorm concerning his pastor is being trotted out again in front of the media as though this is something new.  [...]

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A Harry Potter Hermeneutic!

this is another repost from my Facebook notes.  just wanted to share this one with the broader community.
keep it uppity, JLL
 

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
(although by now, I’m sure the die-hard HP fans have finished the book as of the publishing of this note.)
At risk of offending some fundamental Christians, I will press forward. (For Fundamentalist concerns, please [...]

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Why I Can’t Praise White Jesus

This is another post from a Facebook note from May 9, 2007  

The dominant culture in the global society is white, male and heterosexual.
The following piece is not a rant or a diatribe against white people nor is this piece written as an invective against the white race. However, this is a piece that is written to [...]

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Jesus Aint In The Old Testament!!!!!

This is a repost from my Facebook profile.
Okay, here’s Intro to NT or HB (Hebrew Bible or Old Testament) 101–
EXEGESIS–the careful investigation of the original meaning of a text in its historical and literary contexts; the word comes from a Greek verb meaning “to lead out of” (Greek “ex” = “out”; “ago” = “to lead/go/draw”)
EISEGESIS–Reading [...]

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Jesus Isn’t the Reason for the Season

I know that this is a weird and quite unusual statement, especially from a self-professed Christian.  However, we always hear the statement, that Jesus is the reason for the season, and although I’m mostly in aggreance with that statement, I’d like to take that particular philosophy to task for a moment.
Let’s go to work.
Many non-Christians, or [...]

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