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The Limits of Knowing & The Ungoverned Free
If rationalism is right, then fear is just bad logic—something to be reasoned away, an error to be corrected. But that’s a lie. Emotions...
Jan 313 min read
Whiteness and the Western God: The Epistemological Caste System
In a caste-based epistemology, whiteness is positioned at the top of the social hierarchy , and the Western conception of God is...
Jan 282 min read
What If We Could Encode Expansiveness? Building Congregations That Hold the Other, the Queer, and the Unknown
What if we stopped designing congregations to preserve what we already know and instead built them to stretch us toward what we don’t?...
Jan 263 min read
Ethics Are Not About Purity—They’re About Utter Nonseparateness
A post inspried by a recent interview with Dr. Billie Hoard Purity thinking is built on separation —the idea that things must be kept...
Jan 213 min read
Epistemological Freedom in the Age of Manufactured Reality
Yes, it really was a salute. And yes, it’s a little bit too late. And yes, the people who own industry, technology, and the mechanisms of...
Jan 194 min read
God is Not a Gimmick: What Happens When You Feed Jesus to a Machine
“The Bible doesn’t say anything. It says what we say it says.” — Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin & George Floyd...
Jan 166 min read
Morality Is Ice, Ethics Is the River, & I'm A Muthaf*ckin Monster
Ethics That Move, Morality That Captures Bayo Akomolafe is someone I turn to in troubling times. His work unsettles, it disturbs, it asks...
Jan 14 min read
Mixtape Methodology and the R.E.S.T. Mixtape: A Freedom-Centered Framework for Outcast Christianity
In the face of imposed binaries and rigid epistemologies that fail to account for the lived realities of marginalized communities,...
Dec 11, 20243 min read
Triple Consciousness and the Quest for a New Level of Awareness
Albert Einstein famously said, “Problems cannot be solved from the same level of consciousness that created them.” This idea resonates...
Dec 4, 20243 min read
Enby Epistemology and the Reimagining of Divine Power: Vulnerability as Sacred Strength
Nonbinary (enby) epistemology, in its rejection of rigid binaries, challenges the traditional understanding of God as sovereign and...
Nov 26, 20243 min read
GNX: Kendrick Lamar's New Album
GNX’s album is nothing short of a full-bodied experience—one that demands the listener’s attention and introspection from the very first...
Oct 15, 20243 min read
Post-Digital Knowing: AI, Wisdom, and the Mixtape Methodology
We are living in an era where artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized how we access, articulate, and distribute information. The...
Sep 22, 20244 min read
The Heart of the Future: Kendrick Lamar, AI, and the Wisdom of Emergence
Kendrick Lamar’s work is a masterclass in storytelling, artistry, and cultural critique. Through this approach, Kendrick accomplishes...
Aug 10, 20244 min read
“I Came To The Fork in the Road and Went Straight”: Embracing Nonbinary Ways of Knowing
Jay-Z’s lyric, “I came to a fork in the road and went straight,” is more than a clever turn of phrase—it is a philosophy of resistance and l
Jul 31, 20243 min read
Hush Harbors and Hip-Hop: Rhizomatic Fugitive Spaces of Black Spirituality and Resistance
Both hush harbors and hip-hop, in their purest form, operate as rhizomatic networks that resist submission by dominant systems...
Jul 17, 20243 min read
Whiteness Makes Atheism Easier Than Antiracism
I'm starting to think that divestment from whiteness is more terrifying than losing religion but itdoesn't have to be that way. The...
Jul 17, 20244 min read
The Doctrine of Discovery and Zionism: A Comparative Analysis
When October 7th happened, I like many didn't speak for quite a while. I didn't feel informed. I didn't feel knowledgeable enough. I was...
Jul 12, 20242 min read
Our Bodies Betray Us in Tight White Spaces
My presence, though mystique, is also a critique.
Jul 10, 202414 min read
What Christians Get Wrong About Deconstruction & the Rest of Us
Recently, Christian Rap artist Lecrae shared an interview link on Threads featuring a self-identified gay Christian, sparking intense...
Jun 19, 20244 min read
To Be Or Not To Be, As In Ressurection
The life and teachings of Jesus present a profound model of presence and vulnerability. I believe the ability to be fully present and...
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