Tag: Jesus
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Why is Black Excellence So Threatening?
The sudden, heartbreaking passing of Professor Jason Arday at age 41—just days after an intense public campaign pushed him to resign from his historic post as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor—has laid bare the devastating human cost of systemic hyper-scrutiny. When Arday was appointed, the milestone was rightly celebrated as a triumphant breakthrough. Yet beneath…
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Dear Young Black Leader
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw…
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Juneteenth: Freedom Restored
This week, I had the privilege of hosting a training intensive with a beautifully diverse cohort of Christian leaders. Spanning a wide array of racial backgrounds, varying perspectives, and denominations, our focus was equipping leaders to find true freedom from the culture wars. As we celebrate Juneteenth, our minds naturally turn to June 19, 1865,…
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Our Vote is Our Voice
How do we reconcile our national narrative of “progress” with legal decisions that seem to systematically dismantle the 20th century’s hardest-won victories? The recent action by the Supreme Court to expedite a ruling that effectively guts Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is more than a procedural update—it is a profound regression of American…
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Leading Without Self-Neglect
True leadership isn’t about being a superhero who carries every burden; it’s about being a catalyst who builds shared resilience. While empathy is a prerequisite for effective leadership, if you are not careful, ‘bearing one another’s burdens’ can easily degrade into ‘carrying their non-transferable loads.’ The most impactful leaders I know don’t strive for self-sufficiency;…
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The Altar of Action
My reconciliation work through Kathairo is based on Jesus’ words in John 15 “cleansing” is rarely just a surface-level endeavor. To truly purify the soil of our cities, we have to address the deep-rooted toxins of systemic oppression and racism. While policy shifts and economic programs are vital tools, there is a dimension of leadership…
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The Danger of Christian Nationalism
This past Sunday at church I felt led to address the need for calling out racist rhetoric in the United States. Many have asked a deeper question: What is happening inside American Christianity? One answer we cannot ignore is the rise of Christian nationalism. At its core, Christian nationalism is the belief that Christianity should…
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Why Christians Must Call Out Racism
The recent social-media post from President Trump that depicted former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes rightly drew widespread outrage; and Christians should be among those raising their voices. What was shared was not just political theater but imagery grounded in a painful and explicit history of racial dehumanization in the United States.…
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Leading Cultural Conversations in Uncertainty
In seasons of cultural uncertainty, leadership is revealed as much by character as by competence. Recent events involving ICE activity and community response in Minnesota have once again surfaced deep fear, anger, and disagreement across workplaces, churches, and teams. While these moments are complex, leaders cannot afford silence—or overreaction. Effective leadership in uncertain cultural climates…
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A Prayer of Release and Renewal
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,…
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