Reflections on the David's dance and the dance before Herod. How can these stories help us reflect on the ways we dance and demonstrate within the movement?

Here is the link to the article "It's Not Civil Disobedience if You Ask for Permission". https://truthout.org/articles/its-not-civil-disobedience-if-you-ask-for-permission/

Here is a Jericho walk toolkit from the New Sanctuary Coalition. https://ravidefense.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/jericho-walk-toolkit.pdf

This week Rev. Anne Dunlap draws the connection between Jesus being unwelcome in his hometown and teaching his team to shake off the dust from their feet when they are unwelcome (Mark 6: 1-13), with some Langston Hughes and Dr. Vincent Harding to help us think about all of this in the context of the 4th of July.

"This empire that holds the truths of white supremacy and capitalism

to be self-evident

is a space where compassionate community is unwelcome.

This empire is a space

that tries to sap us of our collective power..."

Action links:

*"Let America Be America Again," by Langston Hughes

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/let-america-be-america-again

***"Civil Rights Figure Talks Nonviolence and Faith in Today's Society," by John Dear, National Catholic Reporter, June 26, 2012.

https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/road-peace/civil-rights-figure-talks-nonviolence-and-faith-todays-society

***Mijente Immigration Policy Platform

https://mijente.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Mijente-Immigration-Policy-Platform_0628.pdf

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

Haven Herrin, Director of Soulforce, explores how white folks can hold power as a resource in community–not over or under-selling our agency–by having courageous and vulnerable relationships that guide us in using privilege and access for solidarity and collective liberation.

Find the transcript for this episode here: http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/the-word-is-resistance.html

John Bergen discusses David and Goliath, throwing stones at oppressors, and how we so often turn to throwing stones at each other instead of building a movement that can transform this world.

The transcript for this episode can be found here:

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

This week offers us a great opportunity to talk with other white folks about power--how we use it, abuse it, deny it, give it away, or harness it. Listen along as Nichola explores some of what the Israelites' request for a king has to say to our own relationship to power.

"Power is not a feeling but a systemic reality with which we must grapple. If we don't, we will abuse it."

In this episode Margaret Ernst looks at Isaiah's call story and ask what it means for truth to burn out of people's lips. What happens when prophetic fire and rage is directed at us when we are complicit with and perpetuate racism? Will we let it change and transform us, or put up our defenses? She also shares updates about an extreme anti-immigrant bill that is becoming law in Tennessee, called HB2315.

My name is Haven Herrin and I am excited to join The Word is Resistance crew with my first podcast for the project. This session focuses on Pentecost, a time of rejuvenation, gratitude, and full-body experiences. A good time to get out of our heads, appreciate different ways of knowing, and build strong relationship.

In this week's episode Rev. Anne Dunlap reflects on her homesickness for the South and the connections that might have to the reading from John's gospel: Jesus's prayer for his people before his arrest.

"Rather like John’s gospel,

The South can be a complicated place.

Though not really any different than any other place

In this country, cuz let’s be real, white supremacy

Is not limited to south of the Mason-Dixon line."

Check out the links for action in the transcript, which can be found at http://showingupforracialjustice.org/podcast

The story of Paul and Cornelius is one of those stories that shows a lack of interest in the long-term transformation of the privileged. John Bergen asks us how we show up after the moment of transformation, after we have been invited into struggle.

The transcript and links for resources is available here: http://showingupforracialjustice.org/podcast

A beautiful reflection from Blyth Barnow on the story of the Ethiopian Eunuch asserting their power and worth; Barnow draws powerful connections with the demands white supremacy impose on us and harm reduction strategies for drug use.

See our website for the transcript of this and other episodes.

http://showingupforracialjustice.org/podcast