We continue our series Advent Hope in Harsh Times this week by talking with Rev. Dr. Esau McCaulley, one of our Canon Theologians and an Assistant Professor at Wheaton College, about what the Black church tradition can teach us about holding on to hope in harsh times. This is the theme of his book Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope.

• Esau’s book Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope.
• Our Cycle of Prayer Spotlight ministry this week is Church of the Vine in Newburg, Oregon, led by the Rev. Sean Flannery.