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The Word Is Resistance

"The Word Is Resistance" is a weekly podcast from SURJ-Faith by white anti-racist Christians based on the Christian lectionary, offering an anti-racist Word for other white anti-racist Christians -- t... Read more

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TWIR 6.23.19 Getting Liberated from Legion

TWIR 6.23.19 Getting Liberated from Legion

Rev. Anne Dunlap asks, what if this story [about the Gerasene Demoniac] is about someone who recognizes they are caught ... Read more

21 Jun 2019

34mins

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TWIR 4.22.18 Whose Are You?

TWIR 4.22.18 Whose Are You?

This week Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele reflects on what it means to be sheep protected by gates and good shepherds - that ... Read more

20 Apr 2018

19mins

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TWIR 10.21.18 Whiteness Does Us Wrong

TWIR 10.21.18 Whiteness Does Us Wrong

Whiteness would have us avoid the situations, people and realities that the gospel calls us to engage. When there is con... Read more

19 Oct 2018

28mins

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TWIR 3.3.19 Transfiguration Not Disfiguration

TWIR 3.3.19 Transfiguration Not Disfiguration

"White supremacy, is a violent distortion of memory. It is why I did not understand the connection between a whitewashed... Read more

1 Mar 2019

13mins

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TWIR 12.03.17: Fear and Trembling

TWIR 12.03.17: Fear and Trembling

What does it mean that the "Son of Man coming on a cloud with great power and glory" is not white? (Because He's not.)Wh... Read more

30 Nov 2017

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TWIR 11.03.19 Bragging On Our Movements

TWIR 11.03.19 Bragging On Our Movements

Telling the truth about the world also means celebrating our real successes. Are we lifting up the victories in our move... Read more

31 Oct 2019

19mins

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TWIR 6.24.18 Throwing Stones

TWIR 6.24.18 Throwing Stones

John Bergen discusses David and Goliath, throwing stones at oppressors, and how we so often turn to throwing stones at e... Read more

19 Jun 2018

25mins

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TWIR 07.1.18 Right Power, Right Time, Right Action

TWIR 07.1.18 Right Power, Right Time, Right Action

Haven Herrin, Director of Soulforce, explores how white folks can hold power as a resource in community–not over or unde... Read more

26 Jun 2018

16mins

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TWIR 11.26.17 Special Episode: Thanksgiving? Thankstaking?

TWIR 11.26.17 Special Episode: Thanksgiving? Thankstaking?

On this week's special episode, 3 of our podcast team talk together about how they learned the true history of "thanksgi... Read more

20 Nov 2017

58mins

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Lent Special 2.18.18 That Same Spirit

Lent Special 2.18.18 That Same Spirit

In this first Lenten podcast to accompany the devotional RESIPISCENCE: A LENTEN DEVOTIONAL TO DISMANTLE WHITE SUPREMACY... Read more

18 Feb 2018

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TWIR 4.29.18 They Already Knew They Were Sacred

TWIR 4.29.18 They Already Knew They Were Sacred

A beautiful reflection from Blyth Barnow on the story of the Ethiopian Eunuch asserting their power and worth; Barnow dr... Read more

26 Apr 2018

22mins

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TWIR 1.12.20 Baptized in Belovedness

TWIR 1.12.20 Baptized in Belovedness

There is something on the other side of the end of the world. Rev. Anne Dunlap discovers belovedness running like curre... Read more

10 Jan 2020

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TWIR 9.9.18 What Will You Do?

TWIR 9.9.18 What Will You Do?

We are descendants of a lineage of people using what privilege they had to take on an unjust system, whether through adv... Read more

6 Sep 2018

14mins

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TWIR 5.6.18 Showing Up When No One Is Watching

TWIR 5.6.18 Showing Up When No One Is Watching

The story of Paul and Cornelius is one of those stories that shows a lack of interest in the long-term transformation of... Read more

2 May 2018

21mins

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TWIR 8.26.18 On Being The Armor of God

TWIR 8.26.18 On Being The Armor of God

What do this week's texts have to offer us when the whole armor of white supremacy shows up to threaten our work towards... Read more

24 Aug 2018

24mins

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TWIR 2.24.19 Creative Nonviolence and Turning the Other Cheek

TWIR 2.24.19 Creative Nonviolence and Turning the Other Cheek

"Creativity is key...abusers, bosses, and colonizers are disturbingly creative, and so resistance must be creative, too.... Read more

21 Feb 2019

19mins

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TWIR 7.29.18 Abundance Shows Up

TWIR 7.29.18 Abundance Shows Up

This week, John Bergen interviews Betsy Morgan about her experience organizing her congregation in the Sanctuary Movemen... Read more

26 Jul 2018

22mins

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TWIR 4.21.19 Easter: Our Work Is Not Done

TWIR 4.21.19 Easter: Our Work Is Not Done

How do we preach resurrection in Good Friday times? How do we embody resurrection when crucifixion still happens daily, ... Read more

21 Apr 2019

39mins

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Lent Special 3.4.18 Whose Temple?

Lent Special 3.4.18 Whose Temple?

In this Lenten podcast to accompany the devotional RESIPISCENCE: A LENTEN DEVOTIONAL TO DISMANTLE WHITE SUPREMACY, Vahis... Read more

26 Feb 2018

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TWIR 4.1.18 Easter: Mary Magdalene's Grief

TWIR 4.1.18 Easter: Mary Magdalene's Grief

In our Easter podcast, Rev. Anne Dunlap explores the grief of Mary Magdalene as a key to understanding the resurrection ... Read more

30 Mar 2018

26mins

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