Reformed African American Network (RAAN)

Cheerios and “Gay Is Not the New Black”

Jemar Tisby — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:50:18 +0000

It only took a couple of weeks for gay rights advocates to use a recently released Cheerios commercial featuring an interracial family to equate the Gay Rights movement with the Civil Rights movement. The Cheerios Commercial Parody I previously wrote about the racist sentiments that some shared about the Cheerios commercial in the comments section…

Marriage Is Not Ultimate

Phillip Holmes — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:05:01 +0000

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on TGC’s blog. I recently caught up with a college friend in town for a mutual friend’s wedding. Now in our mid- to late-20s, we talked about love, significant others, and marriage. We expressed fears and anxieties, hopes and dreams. We asked the typical questions: Is this “the one”? Are…

On Loving Well Before Love Comes

Jasmine Baucham — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:47:20 +0000

Learn to love whether marriage is in view or not. “Look, I can testify about seeing something that isn’t there. You buy the off-brand crackerjacks and start chowing down with gusto, anxious for that prize. Halfway through, you realize they don’t taste just right, but you just keep eating. You’re sick before you realize the…

When Father’s Day Hurts

Tony Stone — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:40:47 +0000

What do you do when Father’s day hurts? What happens when our view of God is shaped more by a father figure who has harmed us than it is by God’s own self revelation? This father’s day, let’s wage a war against depression, anxiety, and despair by storing these precious truths into the treasury of…

Happy Not “Mothers Day”: 3 Nuggets For A Generation Raised By Women

Dennis Louis — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:35:33 +0000

A typical Millennial In many ways, I can most accurately be described as the quintessential Millennial or Generation Y’er (Latter 1970’s or early 1980’s to early 2000’s). I am often self-oriented, possess a sense of entitlement, my life revolves around some technological device, and I would rather amuse myself than feed my soul. Were it…

How Deep the Father’s Love

Tony Stone — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:42:49 +0000

The importance of Fathers When we think of the word “father,” many thoughts flood our minds and many emotions fill our hearts. Some of us have amazing fathers who love us, care for us, provided discipline in our formative years and guidance as we got older. They are excellent models for us, holding together strength…

Love and Interracial Marriage: 5 Principles for Engaging a Disapproving Family

Phillip Holmes — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:21:15 +0000

Most of us agree that interracial relationships, though beautiful, can potentially be harder. I stress “potentially” since often it is assumed that people of different ethnicities are automatically opposites. When engaging the topic of interracial dating, we must recognize that no ethnicity is monolithic. Therefore, we are called to get to know individuals and avoid jumping to…

What Every Father Needs to Know

Tony Stone — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:06:17 +0000

Fathers, this is for us. I encourage anyone to read this, but it will have special application for fathers or men who want to be fathers. I ran across a local news article that got picked up by CNN (see the video here) about a man in his early 30’s named Orlando Shaw who has…

Driving Miss Daisy: A Conversation about Sharecropping, Racism, and the Gospel

Jemar Tisby — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:27:10 +0000

Conversation with my wife’s grandmother, Daisy, had been cordial and mostly forgettable…until she started talking about her childhood as a sharecropper. My wife, my son, me and Ms. Daisy had been driving in the car on our way back from Kansas City, Missouri after spending Easter with my in-laws. A surge of wakefulness knocked me…

Why War Stories Inspire Womanhood

Alicia Rollins — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:26:52 +0000

[I approach speaking of war imagery with sobriety, knowing that many people live in such a reality every day. As God may turn even the most horrible sins upside down for his good purposes, I pray that any association a person may have with war is used for encouragement and perseverance in Christ.] Growing up,…