“When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it.” Deut 22:8 What does building an ancient near eastern house have to do with assault style weapons in the US? Plenty.

I love my people. #fortheculture

Excited about reintroducing the baccalaureate service to our @TalladegaColleg commencement activities on tomorrow as we welcome Carlos Kelly to give our sermon. Pray for the Dean!

Tweeps- I wanted to provide an update on my life. I will begin my new work Hutchinson Missionary Baptist Church this week. I solicit your prayers as we begin this work this week.

#JOY

Your tribe will always create a narrative that helps you completely avoid accountability. Reject it. Sometimes it is your fault. Sometimes your culture is wrong. Sometimes your opponents get it right.

There are many more books/essays that I will be publishing on Mrs. Bethune in years to come.The layers of her work are so much to unpack. In 1944 her & Frederick D. Patterson founded United Negro College Fund. When I say we are standing on the shoulders of this woman I mean it.

The gospel has never been “colorblind” because the gospel is God’s power to make right what sinful systems have made wrong. The gospel was deliberately announced to Abraham in ethnic terms “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” see Gal 3:8 (Not colorblind)

I have joined the SPILL family! Let's do this

We are excited to welcome our new and returning students as we kick off Fall 2023 New Student Orientation and Welcome Week “On 627 Block”. Go, Degans! #OneCommunity #OneTalladega #DegaPride

Let’s gooooooooooo! Guess who’s calling for a just political economy?

HBCU presidents have to connect with Black churches (and really all faith leaders). A block from Talladega College is Mt. Canaan Baptist Church. Ran into Talladega alumnus Mayor Ashton Hall who introduced me during service. He reminded me he toured me on campus 2 years ago. 1/2

Still the only voting advice I offer my congregation: vote and act politically in a way that serves the interests of the poor, needy and oppressed. Which means, as John Stott also says, get to know them and learn issues of injustice from them.

The great Dr. Henry Mitchell said that foundational to black church theology is the belief that, “The Lord will make a way somehow.” We may not know when, and we might not know how, but we believe that God is the God of the impossible, and that God will indeed make away somehow.

I agree with my brother Randall Woodfin. My condolences to the family and friends of those harmed by this tragic incident.

All this talk about VP Harris cultural and race identity. Whether she’s Black or not but I’ll say this… In her entire campaign - you’ve NEVER seen her wear pants to a Black church. Ever Some of y’all know what that means and others do not but I’ll leave that there….

Heed the words of the prophet, Rev. Malcolm Foley, PhD

Thank God for the Black Church.