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Prophetic Tradition Versus Priestly Tradition
So I learned a hard lesson when I preached in front of my peers the other week: Not everyone can handle what you say across from the pulpit. From being accused of plagiarism (yes, again) to being accu… more →
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Prophetic Tradition Versus Priestly Tradition
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the uppity negro wrote 1 day ago: So I learned a hard lesson when I preached in front of my peers the other week: Not everyone can han … more →
Hurt People, Hurt People: The Homophobic Prophesying Rant of Donnie McClurkin
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the uppity negro wrote 1 week ago: I actually got a tweet about this mess when it happened. Two weeks ago while the historically black … more →
Which Comes First: Religion or Citizenship, Pt. II
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the uppity negro wrote 1 week ago: As I was writing the first post, I thought about the fact that there really is a segment of Christia … more →
Which Comes First: Religion or Citizenship?
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the uppity negro wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s kind of like the Civil War where brothers fought across the Mason-Dixon line. I don … more →
Spiritualizing the Secular: An Open Letter to the Clergy of America
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the uppity negro wrote 3 weeks ago: Fellow clergypersons, So it just hit me randomly this year that we, as self-professed American Chris … more →
The End of The Age
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the uppity negro wrote 1 month ago: A couple of weeks ago, one of my professors had us read the “Mini-Apocalypse” in the bib … more →
Dealing with Negro Nonsense and Barbershop Knowledge
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the uppity negro wrote 1 month ago: I need to vent. Be aware, I’ve recently been watching Spike Lee Joints: “School Daze, … more →
From The Uppity Negro Network, Living In Liminality, The Typewriter Series Presents: "To Serve This Present Age: The Black Church and Post-Modernity"
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the uppity negro wrote 2 months ago: I’m doing a series, just about three or four, might be five, can’t remember, blog posts … more →
Rethink Church: Fight for Universal Health Care!
mikeoles3 wrote 3 months ago: I believe, as taught by the Hebrew prophets and Jesus, that the measure of a society is seen in how … more →
"For Rent"
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Faith, Worship & Life wrote 3 months ago: Driving through town, I love to see new construction taking place. The people hired out for the vari … more →
"More than Meets the Eye"
Faith, Worship & Life wrote 4 months ago: “More than meets the eye,” was the tag line from the old Transformers cartoon way-back-w … more →
The Danger of Diversity
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the uppity negro wrote 4 months ago: The Riverside Church of Manhattan on the Upper West Side comes to mind when one thinks of bastions o … more →
Members of the Black Church Should Demand A Return on Investment
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the uppity negro wrote 4 months ago: I remember in my Finance 101 class the professor giving us the formulas for how to figure out return … more →
Speaking Truths That Empower
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the uppity negro wrote 4 months ago: Most liberals are familiar with the phrase “[speak] truth to power” which I always loose … more →
My Lament over Governor Sanford
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Faith, Worship & Life wrote 5 months ago: No, this is not the promised sequel to the previous post dealing with the movie, “Up.” T … more →
As the World Turns ... Inward
Faith, Worship & Life wrote 5 months ago: One way in which believers have chosen to respond to the onslaught of the world is to turn inward, i … more →
For The Last Time He's a Pastor and Not a Politician
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the uppity negro wrote 5 months ago: Let me just lay my cards out on the table and be rather blunt: I haven’t agreed with everythi … more →
As the World Turns Part II: A Poem
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Faith, Worship & Life wrote 5 months ago: I have crafted the peom below in light of our topic at hand: the Christian, the Church and the World … more →
As the World Turns ... into a huge bugaboo for believers
Faith, Worship & Life wrote 5 months ago: The old saying goes, “Two things in this world are certain: Death and Tax Day.” For the … more →
