As an African American woman who is ordained in the United Methodist Church and attends a United Church of Christ (UCC) congregation, teaching at an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) seminary in Chicago, I count it an honor to be invited to speak on Lutheranism and race. I bring a womanist perspective to this task, a view that is anti-oppressionistic and begins with subjectivity as sources for theologizing. As a Black woman, from the time I wake up and leave my house, my blackness puts my body at risk. I fear being stopped by the police. I fear that my daughter, who is in a predominantly white school in CT, will be stopped in a store for shoplifting. I live always with fear for my body's safety. Trayvon Martin,