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 accused of not remaining biblically accurate, I got the whole gamut of concerns surrounding my sermon. In a [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Prophetic Tradition Versus Priestly Tradition
Posted: November 23, 2009 by the uppity negro in Church and Society, Cultural Critique, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, Theology of Preaching12
Hurt People, Hurt People: The Homophobic Prophesying Rant of Donnie McClurkin
Posted: November 17, 2009 by the uppity negro in Church and Society, Cultural Critique, Pop Culture, Religion, The Color LineI actually got a tweet about this mess when it happened. Two weeks ago while the historically black Pentecostal denomination of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) held their annual 102nd Holy Convocation in Memphis, Tennessee, apparently Donnie McClurkin, the gospel recording artist and ordained elder in the COGIC church took the microphone on [...]
Oh How ‘Precious’
Posted: November 14, 2009 by the uppity negro in Cultural Critique, Movie Reviews, The Color LineThere are only two movies in my lifetime that I ever cried on–or rather allowed myself to cry on. The reuniting scene of Celie and Nettie in “The Color Purple” was the first one at age ten when I snuck and finished watching the movie and was careful to keep my back turned so my [...]
Which Comes First: Religion or Citizenship, Pt. II
Posted: November 11, 2009 by the uppity negro in Church and Society, Down in the Bookstore: Musings from the Classroom, Politics, Religion, The Color LineAs I was writing the first post, I thought about the fact that there really is a segment of Christianity in this country that truly feels that politics and religion don’t mix. That is to say, that all they need to do is preach Jesus, and him crucified, dead, buried and resurrected and all will [...]
An Uppity Perspective: The 20/20 Rihanna Interview And Why Some Black Women Need To…
Posted: November 10, 2009 by the uppity negro in Politics, Pop Culture, The Color LineThis is for those who don’t seem to get it: CHRISTOPHER MAURICE BROWN, AKA CHRIS BROWN WAS WRONG AND SHOULD NOT HAVE HIT ROBYN RIHANNA FENTY, AKA RIHANNA. NO EXCUSES, NO EXPLANATIONS! That being said, here goes. As our respective Twitter followers discovered last Friday night, me and Thembi of What Would Thembi Do? got [...]
Which Comes First: Religion or Citizenship?
Posted: November 9, 2009 by the uppity negro in Church and Society, Down in the Bookstore: Musings from the Classroom, Politics, Religion, The Color LineIt’s kind of like the Civil War where brothers fought across the Mason-Dixon line. I don’t want to stain my faith. I don’t want to stain my fellow Muslims and I don’t want to stain my country’s flag.” – Ardi Arkun, 32, of Lindenhurst, N.Y., who joined the Marines in 2000 and was deployed to [...]
Spiritualizing the Secular: An Open Letter to the Clergy of America
Posted: November 1, 2009 by the uppity negro in Church and Society, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro, ReligionFellow clergypersons, So it just hit me randomly this year that we, as self-professed American Christians really do worship the religion of Americanity rather than being true Followers of the Way. That is to say, we’ll follow what American capitalism says, dress it up in Christianity and the Bible and be okay with that. Here’s [...]
