Truth's Table

In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina are at the table! Michelle and Christina interview Ekemini about her chapter, “Hidden in Plain Sight: A Single Black Woman’s Manifesto” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Ekemini shares what it took for her to write this chapter, how much she decided to share, and why she felt it was important to write about this personal subject. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us!

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In this episode Ekemini and Michelle interview Christina about her chapter on forgiveness in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Christina discusses her motivation for writing about forgiveness and the process of writing about such difficult subject. Buy our book, pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us!

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In this episode, Michelle sits down at the table to talk to Ekemini about her book chapter, Decolonized Discipleship in our book, “Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation.” Why did she choose to write this chapter? Are decolonization and deconstruction the same thing? And many more questions. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table.

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This is a special episode, as you will hear Michelle share her thoughts about her book chapter, Protest as Spiritual Practice in a monologue. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table.

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In this episode, Michelle and Christina are interviewing Ekemini about her book chapter on colorism in Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. They ask her about the process of writing it, what were the challenges, and why this subject and more. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table.

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We are pausing our State of The Black Church series because we wrote a book, y’all! For years, we have introduced y’all to new authors during our “Behind The Book” episodes and now we are introducing our “Behind Our Book” series where we will discuss the making of Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Join us at the table as we discuss what it took for us to write this book as a collective.

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In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are joined by Dr. Thema Bryant and Dr. Anita Phillips to talk about church hurt and spiritual abuse. Are church hurt and spiritual abuse the same? How can we rightly identify spiritual abuse? How do we recognized if we are the abusers? How do we heal from church hurt? All of thse questions and more are on the table. Our guests, Dr. Thema Bryant and Dr. Anita Phillips provide much wisdom, care, vulnerability, and humility. Do you want to be healed, sis? Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us!

About our guests:

Dr. Thema Bryant is a clinical psychologist and president-elect of the American Psychological Association. She is also a professor of psychology at Pepperdine University and an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Thema earned her doctorate from Duke University and completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School. With more than twenty years of experience in trauma recovery, she has appeared as a mental health expert on television, radio, and print media. Dr. Thema raises awareness about mental health issues on The Homecoming Podcast and her social media platforms.

Dr. Anita Phillips is a nationally acclaimed trauma therapist, and host of In The Light Podcast who is recognized for her ground-breaking work at the intersection of mental health, faith, and culture. This versatile and dynamic speaker is bringing mental health and illness to the forefront in communities of faith and strengthening racial unity in body of Christ. Dr. Anita holds degrees from the University of Maryland, Regent University and Johns Hopkins University. At home in Dallas, she is enjoying the empty nest life with her husband Michael.

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In this episode Ekemini and Christina are sitting at the table with Dr. Teresa Hairston, Chris House, Dr. Emmett G. Price III, and Dr. Judith McAllister to talk about worship in the Black church. What is worship? How has gospel music changed in the Black church? This episode jam-packed with expertise, wisdom, and truth from these powerful women and men of God who have and are making significant contributions to gospel music in the Black church. We hope you have on your shoutin’ shoes because you might have to let one out! Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us!

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Full episode now available. In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table talking to Dr. Korie Little Edwards about the Black Church’s response to the Black Lives Matter movement and what the data says about the church’s mobilization. Dr. Bri Parker comes to the table to talk about real life examples to discuss the practical application of her research to the life and health of the local church. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us!

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In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are joined by Dr. David Daniels and Dr. Vince Bantu to discuss the history of Christianity in Africa and its spread to America during chattel slavery. Get ready to unlearn and relearn this history and prepare for the of longheld myths to be busted. You’ll want to take notes during this episode because they take us to school! Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us!

Dr. David Daniel’s Bio:

David D. Daniels III is the Henry Winters Luce Professor of World Christianity at McCormick Theological Seminary where he joined the faculty in 1987. He has taught as an occasional professor at seminaries in the Philippines and Ghana.

Dr. Daniels earned his Ph.D. degree from Union Theological Seminary-NYC. He has authored over sixty scholarly book chapters, academic journal articles, and general essays, publishing on topics related to the history of African American Christianity, Global Pentecostalism, African Christians in 16th century Europe, and World Christianity. He has served on U. S. research projects funded by the Lilly Endowment, Luce Foundation, Pew Charitable Trust, and Templeton Foundation. He has also participated on funded-research projects in Germany and Norway.

Dr. Daniels has served on the various editorial boards, including current membership on the board of the Journal of World Christianity. He has delivered public lectures and conference papers at over twenty-seven colleges and seminaries in the United States as well as in more than 14 other countries. His academic guild involvement has included serving as president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies and co-chair of units of the American Academy of Religion.

Dr. Vince Bantu’s Bio: Vince Bantu is the Ohene (President) of the Meachum School of Haymanot and is Assistant Professor of Church History and Black Church Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. Vince’s assignment from the Lord is to proclaim that the Bisrat (Gospel) of Yeshua is for all nations, tribes and tongues and to do this by teaching on the earliest history of Christianity in Africa and Asia. Vince is the author of A Multitude of All Peoples (IVP), Gospel Haymanot (UMI) and The Bisrat (Jude 3 Project). Vince is also the Ohene (President) of the Society of Gospel Haymanot (SGH), an academic society of theological Gospelism—Afro-rooted theology committed to the universal Lordship of Jesus, biblical authority and the liberation of the oppressed. Vince also serves as the Katabi (Editor) of the publication of SGH—the Haymanot Journal. Vince, his wife Diana, and their daughters live and minister in St. Louis and they love to travel, watch movies and bust some spades.

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