Permission to Be Black: My Journey with Jay-Z and Jesus Thomason A. D. Lumkile
Permission to Be Black: My Journey with Jay-Z and Jesus Thomason A. D. Lumkile Embracing your Christian identity does not make you soft. Throughout American history, Black people were not given the…
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Permission to Be Black: My Journey with Jay-Z and Jesus Thomason A. D. Lumkile
Embracing your Christian identity does not make you soft. Throughout American history, Black people were not given the freedom to acknowledge their suffering. A. D. Embracing your Black identity does not make you less Christian.
While many saw a confident, six-foot-five Black man, A. D. Thomason believes that the Holy Spirit brings freedom and liberation as we're able to name our pain, recognize its roots in history and society, and seek healing. Lumkile Thomason lived most of his life in fear and anguish, deeply wounded by encounters with violence, abandonment, and family tragedy.
Hiding behind a tough exterior, Adam earned his Black card but felt joyless inside. Even traveling around the globe to play professional basketball could not resolve his despair. But in the art of Jay-Z, A. D.
discovered stirring honesty that gave voice to his own expressions of longing.