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Essentials

These essays offer a doorway into the core questions that have shaped this work for more than a decade:

What does faith become when disentangled from supremacy?
What does Blackness reveal about God, power, embodiment, and survival?
What harms have been sanctified in the name of holiness?
What does liberation require of our theology, our politics, our bodies, and our memo

For Folks Who Considered Losing It When God’s Control Ain’t Enough.
Essentials ► November 2, 2020

For Folks Who Considered Losing It When God’s Control Ain’t Enough.

“No matter who wins tomorrow, God is still in control.” The fight for liberation, equity, and justice does not end with this election cycle. Tomorrow’s outcome merely determines HOW the fight continues and just how...

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Dear Church Folk: I Wish Y’all Would STFU About Ancestor Veneration
Deconstruction ► August 21, 2020

Dear Church Folk: I Wish Y’all Would STFU About Ancestor Veneration

We get it. You think everything you can't explain is demonic. But could you believe that in silence?

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I Want to Date Black Men. Why Is It So Hard?
Essentials ► June 12, 2019

I Want to Date Black Men. Why Is It So Hard?

I turned 31 on June 1 and found myself single and quite ready to mingle. Eight months after the end of a five-year relationship, I realized I was ready to date and love again. After...

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Want to Stop School Shootings & Change Gun Laws? Racism is the Answer.
Black Public Affairs ► February 15, 2018

Want to Stop School Shootings & Change Gun Laws? Racism is the Answer.

If you're serious about getting gun control laws, we're gonna have to turn to our trusted friend racism. It's time for a “National Minority & Poor People’s License to Carry and Gun Purchase Day”.

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White Supremacy Murdered Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King & Now Uses Him as a Capitalist Prop.
Essentials ► February 5, 2018

White Supremacy Murdered Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King & Now Uses Him as a Capitalist Prop.

Fiat Chrysler is being heavily criticized online for its use of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s words in its Ram Trucks Super Bowl commercial -- and rightfully so. Dr. King's legacy is not intended to be reduced to caricaturized soundbites for to give us all the good feels. Op-Ed by D. Danyelle Thomas

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Jesus Loves Hoes, This We Know.
Deconstruction ► November 10, 2017

Jesus Loves Hoes, This We Know.

Who will lead the nasty ministry? How do we make room in our churches for those whose lives make us uncomfortable? On sin, sex work, and room at the Cross.

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