Everybody is gathering at the Jordan River with John the Baptist, including some folks we might be surprised to see -- Pharisees and Sadducees. Rev. Anne Dunlap reckons with her own surprise and learns that freedom movements are messy and we don't always agree, but we need all of us in order to survive the wrath of Rome.

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Yes, a storm is coming, or rather, a storm is upon us. But someone's been building an ark! Listen in to hear how podcaster Nichola Torbett discovered Advent hope in the midst of an intense movement week.

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Telling the truth about the world also means celebrating our real successes. Are we lifting up the victories in our movements when they happen? Let's celebrate!

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https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/the-word-is-resistance.html

Locust armies and blood moons -- what is the prophet Joel up to? Are we paying attention to the signs of the seasons? Are we listening to those with visions of a new world?

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https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/the-word-is-resistance.html

What if the only people who can see the way out of the crisis we are in are people we never listen to? What if our salvation, literally our salvation right here on this planet, relies upon our willingness to listen to what poor people have to say and to honor their self-determination?

In this episode, contributor Nichola Torbett seeks out the wisdom of Lisa "Tiny" Gray-Garcia, formerly houseless founder of Poor Magazine/the Poor News Network and Homefulness, at a moment when the White House is threatening more concentration camps, this time for poor people.

Transcripts including references, copyright information, and additional resources can we found at www.showingupforracialjustice.org/the-word…nce.html.

Let's get real about climate destabilization and our future. Not naive. Not pessimistic. John Bergen invites us to consider honestly what we can win and what Jeremiah, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and our own moment can teach us.

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What does reconciliation mean in the context of climate devastation? Rev. Anne reflects on her recent trip to Santa Fe and how that deepened her understanding of this week's lectionary texts.

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Jeremiah 18 and Paul's Letter to Philemon are the texts this week. They are brought into dialogue with the recently released "1619 Project" and some definitions from Ibram Kendi's "How To Be An Antiracist" to help us better understand, and resist, racism.

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The fire of human sacrifice is raging, brought not by Jesus and not by the oppressed people who are rising up in resistance but by those who would worship at the altar of white supremacy and rely upon that idol for their safety and prosperity.

And we need to decide which side we are on.

This is what time it is.

Join Nichola Torbett for an exploration of what it might involve to fight fire with (refiner's) fire.

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In Arkansas, a mother is radicalized into a Neo-Nazi group when the group pledges support to her son who is in jail. In Tennessee, a neighborhood joins arm in arm to block an ICE raid to prevent their neighbor from being deported. Reading Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 in the aftermath of yet more white supremacist terrorism, Margaret Ernst talk about these stories through the lens of choices white people can make in this moment towards drastically different ends in how we mobilize relationships and resources of love, hope, and faith: either towards collective liberation and racial justice, or violent white identity politics and genocide.

"You don't have to join the world of the lynchers. You have a choice." -Anne Braden

Transcript with action links here:

https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/the-word-is-resistance.html