Natural curls and grey hairs, the cross-country marathon of sanctification, and leaning in to hear Black, Indigenous and People of Color in our church. Corey shares out of her experience in her inter-racial marriage, and Stephanie brings her familiarity with the grief journey.

Links and resources:

'Hair Love' short film

Brene Brown podcast interview with Ibram X. Kendi on 'How to be an anti-racist'

'I Have Lived Here Since the World Began: an Illustrated History of Canada's Native People' - by Arthur J. Ray

Podcast outline with timestamps:

Introduction and hair convo

8:12 Stephanie, what have these months of COVID isolation looked like for you?

10:36 Rachel forgot to turn her phone off...

10:49 Corey, tell us about how you and Tristan met?

16:00 Let's talk about Sunday!

32:18 We process the latest news cycle, part 2 of our conversation about growing in our awareness of systemic racism in order to love others in a way that is a picture of Jesus.

36:45 Stephanie, when did you become aware of your own prejudice?

46:40 Corey, how have you grown in awareness and stepped into this work of anti-racism, in your life and marriage?

1:10:08 Rachel, tells a story about her Mennonite farming forebears and their Indigenous neighbors and how she first came to realize what it meant to inherit privilege.

1:20:14 Wrestling with what we do with the heartbreak of that history when we beome aware of it? A conversation about listening and leaning in.

1:40:21 Wrap up and blessing.