What if you could use both of your eyes open for only twenty-eight consecutive days, and then you had to use one eye for the rest of the year? How productive do you think you would be during those twenty-eight days? How productive do you think you would be for the...
It’s early February and I’m already seeing Black History Month advertised on search engines, website banners, and TV commercials. The popular content is predictable. I remember it from last year and every year before that. We see images of Rosa Parks and Dr. King. We...
In a topic as controversial and complicated as race, Christians must agree on a central claim—racism is bad in theory and practice. That point is uncontroversial. But there is a way to both affirm and deny that statement at the same time. It is possible, even common,...
If you’ve ever wondered what the language of biblical reconciliation sounds like, then look no further than Paul’s letter to Philemon. Far from being the platitudinal words of “can’t we all just get along?” spoken in the midst of deep relational brokenness and...
In part one of this series, we looked at the history and the meaning of the terms Hispanic, Latino, and Afro-Latino to depict the diversity of Hispanic and Latino minorities in America. We concluded that properly recognizing Hispanics and Latinos as not being “white”...
Christians are having more frequent conversations about race and racism. But when we talk about race, it is usually about black and white. Hispanic brothers and sisters often feel their struggle is overlooked. For instance, we seldom see or read news reports about a...
