I partnered with the Los Angeles Film Studies Center for a teach-in called “How to Watch a Movie (as a Christian).”

Watch the replay.

When you’re done, make an investment in the LA Film Studies Center, and help them train the next generation of Christian storytellers.

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"When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir." ~ MLK, "I Have a Dream" Speech, 1963

My interview guest, Clint Smith, referred to this ‘promissory note’ in our conversation about the new project from The Atlantic—“The Unfinished Revolution.”

Smith helps us how history can be a light guiding us on the path toward a multiracial participatory democracy.

I invite you to listen to our full conversation. If it’s helpful, please share it with others online.

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So what comes after Trump?

Perhaps a vacuum of power.

Maybe there is confusion and chaos.

Maybe there is jockeying among far right extremists to anoint a successor.

In every transition, there is opportunity.

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In the context of the news going from bad to worse, speaking of hope seems foolish.

Hope has become another 4-letter word—something forbidden and distasteful.

Hope seems out of style, hokey, detached from reality, blindly optimistic, historically uninformed, naive.

But what if we has misunderstood hope?

I talk about this and more on this week’s Substack Live.

P.S. I’ve been going live every week. Put a reminder in your phone: Thursdays at 8 pm ET

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In tonight’s Substack Live, I talk in-depth about what this moment has brought out among Christians.

I talk at-length about the Lost Cause and its relation to what we saw at the Charlie Kirk memorial service.

I also talk about the historical Black church and how it is still the ark of refuge, not only for Black people, but potentially for white people as well.

Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss the next one, and pass this along to someone who might benefit from it.

JemarTisby.Substack.com

P.S. - You can listen to just the audio and do it at 1.5x speed, just like a podcast. 😊

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How should we remember George Washington?

He was the nation’s first president, of course. He also enslaved human beings.

I ask bestselling author and historian, Alexis Coe this question, and many more.

More than 400 people tuned in live for this conversation. Now you can, too!

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Get the book: You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

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When it comes to matters of justice, it’s not complicated.

I intuitively connected with the Palestinian plight when I lived there.

I could see the similarities between what they were enduring and what Black people endured in the United States.

I had the honor of speaking at the Church at the Crossroads conference organized by Palestinian Christians.

I gave a talk called “God of the Oppressed: A Black Christian Response to the Crisis in Gaza.”

Black people have a pattern recognition for oppression.

Oppression trains the mind to scan for power dynamics, control mechanisms, and dehumanizing narratives—because survival often depends on it.

P.S. I’ll be posting the talk when/if it is available. I’ll also be posting a statement of solidarity with Palestinians that organizers composed for the conference.

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If I asked you, “How did slavery end?” What would you say?

You probably wouldn’t say, “God made slavery illegal through a series of white presidents.”

But this preacher did.

Listen to this sermon clip of a preacher "explaining" the end of slavery.

This is why the church needs to learn U.S. history.

P.S. My third book The Spirit of Justice turns one year old this week. Show some love by purchasing the book and/or leaving a review.

There are kids’ books, too. #JusticeForAllGenerations

--The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance

--I Am the Spirit of Justice

--Stories of the Spirit of Justice

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We have much to learn from the Civil Rights movement about fighting for democracy. I lay out six lessons from history to help us resist the crumbling of democracy in our time. I reflect on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the Beloved Community, nonviolence, and more. Subscribe: JemarTisby.Substack.com

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