This month listen in and “Listen up!” as Lisa Sharon Harper offers this extended convo on #BlackGirlMagic! Sixty minutes simply could not hold the pearls dropped by guests: Rev. Traci Blackmon, United Church of Church Executive Minister of Justice and Local Ministries; Rev. Leslie Copeland-Tune, Director of Ecumenical Advocacy Days; and Rev. Sekinah Hamlin, […]
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Libations for Emmett Till
Pilgrimage Reflections: The Gospel and the Politics of Race White gravel crunched under our feet. Body weight shifted to stabilize the self while beholding evidence of history that destabilized the world. We stood facing nascent corn stalks that stretched on for miles. Deep in this field once stood a four-bedroom house, the home of 64 […]
Poverty is Personal
Poverty lives beneath the surface; hidden, pushed down by shame and power. The slim majority of Americans don’t think of it–except when it comes close. Then prayers rise begging God to let that cup pass from us. But, when the current cost of living is considered, nearly half of all Americans are suffering under the poverty-line. For […]
MLK50 and Lessons from the Movement
Freedom Road President Lisa Sharon Harper talks with Civil Rights legend Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian and Sam Fulwood III, Race and Politics Reporter at Think Progress. Episode #3 is sponsored, in part, by Center for American Progress and Repairers of the Breach New Poor People’s Campaign. Spoken Word: Visions of The Possible © 2003 […]
Lynchberg Revival to Lift Up Christian Witness
Lisa Sharon Harper will attend the Lynchberg Revival along with Bishop William J. Barber, II, Shane Claiborne and a huge list of prophetic leaders on April 6-7 in Lynchberg, Virginia. For more information check out: www.redletterchristians.org #LynchburgRevival, Y’all!! April 6-7!!! For info check out www.redletterchristian.org!! Posted by Lisa Sharon Harper on Monday, March 26, 2018
