Racial Reconciliation
Te-Lah-Nay: A Parable that Actually Happened
By the Rev. Bude VanDyke Te-Lah-Nay was 15 in 1838. She was from a small band of Yuchi who lived near the Florence and Muscle Shoals area of North Alabama. As a little girl, she spent her spare time sitting on the banks of Nu-Nah-Say, the Tennessee River, to listen to the river’s songs. At […]
Modern Slavery: An Urgent Crisis
By Rushad Thomas Human traffickers deny nearly 25 million people their fundamental right to freedom. The U.S. State Department reports that trafficking victims are regularly exploited for sex, labor, criminal activity, and forced marriages. In the United States, both citizens and immigrants fall victim to this heinous crime. In 2019 alone, the National Human Trafficking […]
New Sacred Ground Facilitators of Color Affinity Group
By Krista Bradley and Jo Ann Williams For people of faith who also identify as People of Color, facilitating a Sacred Ground dialogue circle can present unique situations, feelings, opportunities, and challenges. If you identify as a Person of Color and are leading an interracial Sacred Ground circle or an all-White Sacred Ground circle, you’re invited […]
The Crisis of Climate and Racism
By Gabrie’l Atchinson On a snowy morning in 2019, I drove to the southern campus of Erie Community College to teach the environment segment for my section of Introduction to Sociology. We discussed the activism of young environmentalists Greta Thunberg, Autumn Peltier, and Leah Thomas. During my lecture, I pointed out that in a place […]
Diocese of Central Gulf Coast – Becoming Beloved Community Grant Recipient
By Gary Moore and Joe McDaniel, Jr. As many other dioceses have experienced during the pandemic, the Commission on Racial Justice and Reconciliation of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast has seen significant change in how it interprets and fulfills its mission and ministry.Most of the goals described in our original grant request […]
Stepping Stones – Becoming Beloved Community Grant Recipient
By the Rev. Peggy Bryan Stepping Stones is pioneering work in building relationships with the incarcerated through worship, counseling and education, and offering radical “All are Welcome” hospitality and support upon release. This is our pandemic story. In mid-March 2020, Stepping Stones was convening Sunday mornings for worship at a Baptist church, […]
On Sacred Ground
By Katrina Browne, Sacred Ground Coordinator Welcome to the Sacred Ground space for stories, musings, opinions, best practices, invitations, etc. Each installment will be written by a different guest writer: a facilitator of, organizer of or participant in the dialogue series, or an ‘outside expert’ with wisdom to share. Please be in touch if you have something […]
To Dos & To Don’ts: (Re)Centering Relationship in Antiracism Work
By Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski and Michael Montgomery When starting a new project, few things are more satisfying than checking things off a to-do list. When we were called by the bishop of Oregon to serve as co-conveners for the rebooted working group on racial justice, we met and set an agenda for our first meeting […]
The Cultural Conundrum of the Indigenous Christian
The Rev. Rachel Taber Hamilton shares an intimate story about becoming Christian in a community harmed by Christianity.
I Have Seen the Lord!: Preaching Easter Day
In this episode of Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community, we speak with Episcopalians committed to the Beloved Community about the texts for Easter Day. The texts covered in this episode are John 20:1-18 and Mark 16:1-8. Our guests this week are: Prophetic Voices is hosted by the Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg, The Episcopal […]
