tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13324051.post2963834429879364220..comments2024-03-15T03:24:23.252-05:00Comments on Baldblogger: Practicing Pentecost: The Church Across the Color Line 1.0Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13324051.post-13856917657118408252008-04-18T13:54:00.000-05:002008-04-18T13:54:00.000-05:00I'm struck by your comments about writing--working...I'm struck by your comments about writing--working out your thoughts as you write (or, writing to work out your thoughts), making your words become flesh, and writing (ab)out the questions you are living with others. <BR/><BR/>With so much of my own writing tied to archives and interviews, it is interesting and refreshing to read about writing that comes from such personal places and communal experiences.<BR/><BR/>Also, we often think about Du Bois's color line comment in terms of politics and economics--but given the title of the book in which this quote appeared--The Souls of Black Folk--it is easy to see that he had churches in mind as much as anything else. Du Bois is a prophet.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853976805605495345noreply@blogger.com