By Their Strange Fruit

December 1st is World AIDS Day . It marks "an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV." While many t...

Last Sunday at UM Church for All People , Rev. Karen Cook opened an Advent sermon series on God's gifts. But Micheal Brown, Eric Garner...

"Come, Lord Jesus. Come."  It is the cry of our hearts when we have no other answers. When the darkness seems too deep, the wint...

Welcome!  Follow more conversations about  racial justice  and  Christianity  through   email   or  RSS feed . In his latest song , Bra...

Voting Day On Fridays, BTSF offers links to other discussions about race & Christianity. It's an opportunity for you to read abo...

Americans have a peculiar sense of time. Many other countries can trace their history for millennia, if not as nations, then as cultures an...

Laura Mvula On Fridays, BTSF offers links to other discussions about race & Christianity. It's an opportunity for you to rea...

Look how far we've come.  So many of the racial issues that plagued our history are no longer with us. Slavery , Jim Crow , legalized...

On Fridays, BTSF offers links to other discussions about race & Christianity. It's an opportunity for you to read about racial jus...

As Easter approaches, let us reflect on the  miracle of Christ's   resurrection --a resurrection that  reconciled us to God the Father ...

On Fridays, BTSF offers links to other discussions about race & Christianity. It's an opportunity for you to read about racial jus...

Please  welcome   back   Rev. Marty Troye r , pastor of  Houston Mennonite Church , on whose site the original version this post was  publis...

Bishop Minerva Carcaño On Fridays, BTSF offers links to other discussions about race & Christianity. It's an opportunity for you...

There is a tremendous wave of white Christians newly on fire for justice, growing in passion and energy. Some of us once felt justice work...

UMC's Jorge Lockward On Fridays, BTSF offers links to other discussions about race & Christianity. It's an opportunity fo...

Names are important. They are integral to our identity and self-worth . Throughout the bible, names signify heritage and history ( Moses...