HeyJaredThe Word Is Resistance
From January 2017 to December 2023, “The Word Is Resistance” was a weekly podcast from SURJ-Faith by white anti-racist Christians based on the Christian lectionary, offering an anti-racist Word for other white Christians -- though all are welcome to check it out.
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TWAR 9.13.26 Dreaming Abolition for the Egypt in Us Too (opens the original)
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In this episode we wrestle with the story of the parting of the Red Sea, wondering how our abolition dreams hold together oppressed and oppressor in making a way toward liberation. Featuring Dr. Sharon Fennema of the Liberating Lineages Collective and Cole Parke-West of Christians for A Free Palestine and Farm Church as our guest contributor. Transcript available here: bit.ly/TWARepisodes
TWAR 9.6.26 Get Ready: We All Go Together (opens the original)
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This week’s Exodus reading is the culmination of the Ten Plagues, the escalating contestation of power between The Divine One and Pharaoh. Join Collective member Rev. Anne Dunlap and special guest Graie Hagans as they talk about this grim final plague in which all the firstborn of Egypt not protected by the passing-over preparations are to die. What is the role of ritual as abolition practice? What does it mean that the instructions for liberation are for everyone? Transcript available here: htt
TWAR 8.30.26 Turn Aside: Curiosity that Cracks Prison Walls (opens the original)
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In our text for today (Exodus 3:1-15), Moses gets curious about a bush that burns, but is somehow not consumed. In this wilderness space, God calls Moses into the work of helping his enslaved Hebrew siblings get free from slavery in Egypt. Join Rev. Liz Kearny and special guest contributors Candice Baughman and Rev. Dexter Kearny of the One Parish One Prisoner program at Underground Ministries for a conversation about God’s call on each of our lives to participate in the movement to abolish the
TWAR 8.23.26 Abolition as Daily Insurrections: Risking Solidarity toward Freedom (opens the original)
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We begin our "Exodus and Abolition" series in Exodus 1, setting the context for the unfolding of the rest of the the story by showing us the contours of what enslavement means for the Hebrew people. Into this this context of oppression, enter three stories of women resisting unjust laws and acting to preserve life. Join Dr. Sharon Fennema as she brings womanist theologian and beloved ancestor Dr. Delores Williams into the room as a co-conspirator for interpreting this text. Transcript available
TWAR 8.16.26 A Woman's Outcry Changes Jesus (opens the original)
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In our text this week, Jesus is really going through a rough time, and he manages to offend just about everyone around him with his sharp-edged words and actions. Join Rev. Anne Dunlap, Dr. Sharon Fennema, and Rev. Liz Kearny as they listen to the outcry of the Canaanite woman in the story, and wonder together about how her actions changed Jesus from that moment on. Transcript available here: https://bit.ly/TWARepisodes
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