"White supremacy, is a violent distortion of memory. It is why I did not understand the connection between a whitewashed Jesus and the occupation of Palestine." Blyth Barnow takes on Luke 9:28-36 and tells a story about Mt Tabor, Transfiguration, and the occupation of Palestine.

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"Creativity is key...abusers, bosses, and colonizers are disturbingly creative, and so resistance must be creative, too." John Bergen takes on the challenging Luke 6 teaching, "Turn the Other Cheek," as a practice of defiance for asserting humanity and dignity in the face of violence and occupation.

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Podcaster Nichola Torbett recently discovered, much to her dismay, that she actually "trusts in the flesh" more than in God, and that white supremacy nearly guarantees that. What does this have to do with blessings, curses, beatitudes, and collective liberation? Listen in to find out!

The dominant history of what it has meant to be “fishers of men” has been laced with Christian Supremacy and colonialism. But what if instead we brought a fervor of evangelism to bringing white people into racial justice movement? In this episode, Margaret Ernst looks at how Luke 5:1-11 asks us to cast our nets deep and wide to catch our people for the work of liberation.

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A critique of Psalm 71 and making "emergency calls to God". Also, turning to the gospel reading from Luke 4, don't worry about being a badass. Organize instead.

"All the people means ALL the people." Rev. Anne Dunlap reflects on Nehemiah 8 (no really!)and Luke 4 as invitations to keep expanding our imaginations about what it means to be human, what it means to be free, and what "all the people" can really mean.

Action link to support folks impacted by the government shutdown: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N7vhcF7syIOv7vR4EZ5w1G7NzdRm9SVRJ8pplu_x3qc/edit?usp=sharing

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

John Bergen explores strategies for building movements that welcome in differing gifts and strategies.

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Join Nichola Torbett in exploring the unclaimed radical power of baptism.

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This week's lectionary focuses on the Epiphany in Matthew 2. We explore and affirm "other ways of knowing" and imagine what it would mean to translate the politics of the body that surround the Epiphany into today's struggle for immigration justice, especially for children.

From contributor Haven Herrin of Soulforce. The transcript may be found here: http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/the-word-is-resistance.html

Rev. Anne Dunlap's favorite Christmas carol asks "Shepherds, why this jubilee?" Rev. Anne reflects on the story of the angels announcing good news to the shepherds in Luke 2 and asks what "good news" might cause the shepherds to jubilee, and what that means for us as white folks in the 21st century.

Transcript here: http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/the-word-is-resistance.html