I Am Not My Ancestors with Rob Lee
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Dec 07, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:47:21

Rob Lee is pastor of Unifour Church in Newton, NC and a public theologian. His first book was Stained-Glass Millennials (Helwys, 2017) and his second book addresses the need for a reorganizing and reckoning with faith communities and race relation, A Sin by Any Other Name (Convergent, 2019) is on shelves now. Lee is an accomplished preacher having preached around the world in such pulpits as the American Cathedral in Paris, the Historic Ebenezer Church, and Harvard’s Memorial Church.

The best way to keep up with Rob is on Twitter

 

Episode Questions:

• What biases or histories do you struggle with being a part of your heritage or lineage?

• What in your family history are you working to address or heal within yourself so it is not passed on to future generations?

• What is the impact and significance of leaving monuments to white supremacy and the confederacy in public spaces?

• What does faith reclamation look like for you in the face of faith being weaponized and used for harm?

• Are better theologies enough to create the world in which all are truly free or do we need other tools and resources? What might those tools or resources be?

• How are you working to acknowledge and address the guilt you deal with because of your privilege?

• How are you working to address ans acknowledge the grief you deal with because of your marginalization?

 

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A special thank you to our Collaborators on Patreon:Ahren SamuelsAnne ShaneenAnne TomkinsonDonna LynnJanet ElsbachJason DeMeoJohn TomkinsonMichaela DoelmanMike McHargueRebecca WilliamsonRegina-Wink SwinfordSamantha HamSamuel MuthiahScott UngerStephen MatlockMichael KinmanRyan Ku-Borden

 

Music: Supa Dred II (Wake Up) & It Doesn't Have To Be This Way by Andre Henry

Rob and Andre explore what it means to live with a family name that carries a lot of historical baggage and what it looks like to move forward.

Rob Lee is pastor of Unifour Church in Newton, NC and a public theologian. His first book was Stained-Glass Millennials (Helwys, 2017) and his second book addresses the need for a reorganizing and reckoning with faith communities and race relation, A Sin by Any Other Name (Convergent, 2019) is on shelves now. Lee is an accomplished preacher having preached around the world in such pulpits as the American Cathedral in Paris, the Historic Ebenezer Church, and Harvard’s Memorial Church.

The best way to keep up with Rob is on Twitter

 

Episode Questions:

• What biases or histories do you struggle with being a part of your heritage or lineage?

• What in your family history are you working to address or heal within yourself so it is not passed on to future generations?

• What is the impact and significance of leaving monuments to white supremacy and the confederacy in public spaces?

• What does faith reclamation look like for you in the face of faith being weaponized and used for harm?

• Are better theologies enough to create the world in which all are truly free or do we need other tools and resources? What might those tools or resources be?

• How are you working to acknowledge and address the guilt you deal with because of your privilege?

• How are you working to address ans acknowledge the grief you deal with because of your marginalization?

 

Sign up for Andre's Hope & Hard Pills Newsletter at his website. Catch up with Andre on Twitter, Instagram, & Facebook.

Find out what Alicia is up to at her website and on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Of course, this podcast couldn't happen with out the support of our wonderful patrons! Click here to become a patron of the Hope & Hard Pills Podcast on Patreon to support our work and gain access to exclusive content.

A special thank you to our Collaborators on Patreon:Ahren SamuelsAnne ShaneenAnne TomkinsonDonna LynnJanet ElsbachJason DeMeoJohn TomkinsonMichaela DoelmanMike McHargueRebecca WilliamsonRegina-Wink SwinfordSamantha HamSamuel MuthiahScott UngerStephen MatlockMichael KinmanRyan Ku-Borden

 

Music: Supa Dred II (Wake Up) & It Doesn't Have To Be This Way by Andre Henry

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