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This week's For People is based on a prayer by Howard Thurman. 

“The concern which I lay bare before You today is:
 
Whatever disaffection there is between me and those who are or have been very close to me—I would seek the root or cause of such disaffection, and with the illumination of Your mind, O God, to understand it. I give myself to Your scrutiny that, whatever there may be in me that is responsible for what has happened, I will acknowledge. Where I have wronged or given offense deliberately or without intention, I seek a face-to-face forgiveness. What I can undo I am willing to try; what I cannot undo, with that I seek to make my peace. How to do these things, what techniques to use, with what spirit—for these I need and seek Your wisdom and strength, O God. Whatever disaffection there is between me and those who are or have been very close to me, I lay bare before You.”

Prayers for Today by Howard Thurman

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This week's For People is based on the below excerpt from Bishop Wright's sermon for the Preaching Excellence Program. 

Many preachers are scared of John the Baptist so they dither about with what he ate or what he wore rather than what he did. What he did was to co-create moments with God so hearts could change. What he did was refuse to placate people or reduce to pablum the notion of true repentance. What he did was model the freedom that comes uniquely by the Spirit. John scared the clergy then and he scares the clergy now. It is easier to mock him as a zealot than be transformed by his zeal. John was Jesus’ big cousin. Their mothers had been pregnant together. Their mothers bumped bellies in a doorway long ago and sang songs to each other of God’s fidelity. John and Jesus had been in dialogue since before birth. It was John who was Jesus’ revival preacher. John preached with power, but he also lived that power. Even Herod was afraid of his power. John had moral clarity and because of that he had moral authority and that produces courage of conviction. 

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Jesus But Not Jesus Clubs are groups of people that have used Jesus' name with little allegiance to his Name. This might look like churches or Christian associations that bear little resemblance to the founder of the movement but on the outside look very much like that of Jesus.

In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright discuss this notion of JBNJC's, how we mature as Christians in identifying the gap of what we say and how we live, and why the Church is more than a building. Listen in for the full conversation.

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Have you enjoyed God in these past 15 months of exhaustion, livelihood, and knocking out the daily to-do? It can feel never-ending! When you think about it, when is the last time you slowed down to simply enjoy God?

In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright discuss the ways they enjoy God including nature, music, and the learnings of the pandemic of isolation that if we think about it have shown us new ways to enjoy God. Listen in for the full conversation.

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The bible names the Holy Spirit as many things: life-giver, helper, fire, teacher, wisdom, counsel, might, knowledge, power, freedom, truth, hope, belonging, fellowship increaser, healer, reconciler, forever friend, renewer, proclaimer, boldness maker, anointer, love refiner, maker of faithfulness, the resuscitator of dead things just to name a few. 

In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright discuss the Holy Spirit, Pentecost, and what the Holy Spirit is to them in their lives. Listen in for the full conversation.

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Blessed! A word we hear often both in the church and in the world. But what does blessed mean? It isn't a magical state. It is about walking a particular path and it guides us clear from some things and towards some things.

In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about the psalms and what blessed means and what it doesn't mean. Listen in for the full conversation.

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What does faith look like for a person working in politics? And what about tough issues that divide people?

In this episode, Bishop Wright and Ga State Representative Mary Margaret Oliver discuss these very questions and other relevant topics.  It is a tall order in doing the tough work of reaching across the aisle to those we disagree with while remaining faithful to the higher call in serving the one we call Jesus. Listen in for the full conversation. 

Mary Margaret Oliver is a parishioner at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Atlanta. She is a lifelong resident of District 82 in DeKalb County and has served in the Georgia General Assembly in both the House of Representatives (1987-1992) and 2002 - present, and the Senate (1993 -1998). Her past legislative accomplishments have included authoring and passing significant legislation for the protection of children and consumers, including Georgia's anti-stalking law, along with legislation to protect neighborhood activists from intimidation. Prior to her elections, she practiced law, was an administrative law judge and an Associate Magistrate Judge.

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Breaking news: Jesus speaks life from the garden.  That would be the headline if the Gospel read like the New York Times or the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  Sometimes Rabbi, sometimes wonder-worker, Jesus of Nazareth convenes a small gathering of day laborers and poor people to share God’s plan for the human family.

In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright have a conversation about fruitfulness, Jesus as the source of life, and what it means to read the bible slow and how people read the bible wrong. Listen in for the full conversation.

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Easter isn't over. And though we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and the resurrection in our own lives, Easter isn't the absence of the valleys. By definition, valleys are "depressed areas of land-scoured and washed out by the conspiring forces of gravity, water, and ice."
America feels like a valley. As Black, Brown, and poor people continue to be killed by the police, the valley of America is too deep and too high to even count.

In this episode, Melissa and Bishop Wright discuss the valley of America. They discuss the pain and suffering and where there is hope and love. This episode was recorded just a day before the guilty verdict of police officer Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd and just 10 days after the murder of Daunte Wright at the hands of another police officer. Listen in for the full conversation.

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In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, an Episcopalian in the diocese and member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Athens, GA. They discuss being a person of faith as a public servant, how Georgia has responded to the pandemic of COVID-19, and the new voting legislation passed in Georgia just recently and the impact it will have on elections to come.

Brian Kemp is a husband, father, businessman, and public servant. On November 6, 2018, he was elected as 83rd Governor of Georgia.

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