RESIPISCENCE 2019 A Lenten Devotional for Dismantling White Supremacy

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network. 

Dr. Stacy L. Spencer is the Senior Pastor of New Direction Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Spencer’s Kingdom mindset led to the development of Eden Square Town Center, a community model intended to reinvigorate a Memphis food desert. Dr. Spencer is the author of 3D Relationships: Three Relationship Dimensions to Lead You Into Your Purpose and U-Turn: A 12 Step Guide to Spiritual Transformation. He is chairman of the board for Power Center Community Development Corporation. Dr. Spencer earned a Doctorate of Divinity from Drew University, a Masters of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Bachelors from Western Kentucky University He and Rhonda Spencer are the proud parents of four sons, Calvin, Omari, Jordan and Jaden.

Resipiscence - March 29, 2019 - Stacy Spencer - The Pain of a Shameful System

RESIPISCENCE 2019 A Lenten Devotional for Dismantling White Supremacy

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.

Rev. Carlton Elliott Smith is an ordained minister in the Unitarian Universalist Association. Born and raised in Holly Springs, Mississippi, he has served as parish minister at congregations in Metro New York; Oakland, California; Greater Boston and Northern Virginia. He is currently a member of the UUA’s Congregational Life Team for the Southern Region. At the time of this publication, he had just become a candidate for Mississippi State Senator representing Senate District 10, which includes Holly Springs, his place of residence since 2013.

Resipiscence - April 6, 2019 - Carlton Elliott Smith - The Blood of the Ancestors

Resipiscence 2019: A Lenten Devotional for Dismantling White Supremacy

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.

Dr. Carolyn Yvette Baldwin is an ordained minister at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church (MPBC) in Alexandria, VA. As a trained psychologist, she has developed a skill and passion for teaching others about the impacts of disabilities and trauma. She has an earned Ph.D. in Counseling and Educational Psychology w/minors in Neurological Psychology and Assessments from Loyola University as well as a M.Div. from The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology (STVU) at Virginia Union University. 

Facebook: @CarolynBaldwin

Resipiscence - April 8 - Dr. Carolyn Yvette Baldwin - Anthem of Assurance

TUESDAY MARCH 10

Ayo M. Morton holds degrees from Hampton University, the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University and Union Presbyterian Seminary, where she was a Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Fellow. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Memphis. An ordained minister, she has written three novels and a devotional and has released a spoken-word CD. Her statement is “I am not a writer. Prayerfully, I am a person who is so passionate about people that I strategically place words in the correct order to reorder their lives.”

HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. 

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Resipiscence 2020 Lenten Devo #12 w/ Guest Ayo M. Morton

Monday March 23

Amanda Emily Smith is a queer Black woman born and raised in New Orleans. She writes on motherhood, sacred sexuality and New Orleans. 

HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. 

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Resipiscence 2020 Lenten Devo #23 w/ Guest Amanda Emily Smith

Friday April 3

Francisco Herrera is a classically-trained violist and orchestra conductor, speaks four languages, and is a passionate agitator for the Gospel. When he’s not doing other Christians’ dirty work or desperately trying to complete his PhD studies at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, he loves to write worship and devotional music and cook for people. If you wanna support him further, become a subscriber via his Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/PolyglotEvangel), effectively helping him to keep his nose in a book and his hands out of trouble.

HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. 

BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Resipiscence 2020 Lenten Devo #33 w/ Guest  Francisco Herrera

Saturday April 4

Sandhya Rani Jha serves as founder/director of the Oakland Peace Center, a collective of 40 organizations working to create equity, access and dignity in Oakland, California. A multiply-published author and widely requested public speaker and anti-oppression trainer, Sandhya’s 20+ years of community organizing experience position her to help cultivate sustainable social movement work. An ordained pastor with a masters in public policy, Sandhya is comfortable in the pulpit, on the picket line or hanging out with friends over a good cup of tea and a story.

HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. 

BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Resipiscence 2020 Lenten Devo #34 w/ Guest Sandhya Rani Jha

Sunday April 5

Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson is an Affrilachian (Black Appalachian) working class woman and the first Black woman Executive Director of the Highlander Research & Education Center, a historic social justice leadership training school and cultural center. Ash-Lee is a long-time activist working against environmental racism and for workers rights, racial justice, and women’s and LGBTQUIA+ rights across the South. She serves on the governance council of the Southern Movement Assembly and is a nationally recognized leader in the Movement for Black Lives.

HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. 

BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Resipiscence 2020 Passion Sunday Lenten Devo w/ Guest by Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson

Rev. Alba Onofrio and Yaz Mendez Nuñez are queer Latinx Southerners whose commitments are to love, joy, and the struggle for liberation. They serve as the Co-Executive Directors of Soulforce, a national organization whose mission is to end the religious and political oppression of LGBTQI people by sabotaging white Christian Supremacy through relentless nonviolent resistance. Soulforce’s theory of change rests on the idea that healing from religious-based trauma and building up Indomitable Spirits across movements will grow in us the agency and resiliency we need to combat ideological violence and build a New Creation that offers all of us whole and abundant Life.

HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. 

BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Resipiscence 2020 Lenten Devo #36 w/ Guests Alba Onofrio and Yaz Mendez Nuñez

R. C. Ferguson, an unconventional minister, is focused on faith, community uplift, and social change. She’s presently an outstanding author and a fantastic educator by trade. Her literary works include poetry, devotionals, children fiction, and Christian fiction. All of her works, no matter the genre, are faith-based and inspirational. Ferguson is a proud alumni of Fayetteville State University and has continuously pursued multiple educational opportunities. However, the labels she esteems most are that of loving wife and doting mother. You can find her on Facebook at R. C. Ferguson, on Instagram at rcferguson716, and on Twitter @RFerguson716.

HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. 

BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Resipiscence 2020 Lenten Devo #37 w/ Guest R. C. Ferguson

Cindy Cushman is a Presbyterian minister currently serving as Transitional Pastor at Corydon Presbyterian Church in Corydon, IN. Along with her work in the church, she is active in public education advocacy through the organization Dear JCPS. She and her husband are the parents of 2 biological children and 3 children adopted from foster care. They live in Louisville, KY. You can find Cindy on Facebook or @cushmancindy on Instagram or @ccush69 on Twitter.

Natalie Cushman is a sophomore at Western Kentucky University double-majoring in Film Studies and Diversity and Community Studies. She is currently doing a semester abroad in Gaborone, Botswana. You can find Natalie at https://www.facebook.com/natalie.cushman, on Twitter @gnat_cushman, and on Instagram @gnataliecushman.

HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. 

BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Resipiscence 2020 Maundy Thursday Lenten Devo #38 w/ Guest Cindy & Natalie Cushman

Dr. Teresa L. Smallwood earned a B.A from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law, a Master of Divinity at Howard University School of Divinity and a PhD at Chicago Theological Seminary. She is the Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Director of the Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She is licensed and ordained and serves as Social Justice Minister at New Covenant Christian Church in Nashville, TN.’ Find her on Facebook at Teresa Smallwood and on Twitter @YAMSIsrael.

HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. 

BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Resipiscence 2020 Good Friday Lenten Devo #39 w/ Guest Teresa L. Smallwood

Kathryn V. Stanley is an Atlanta-based educator, writer, editor and public theologian. Her writings appear in a number of publications. Kathryn supports both youth and adults in enhancing their writing skills. Most recently, she served as writing coach to a group of women who participated in a writing intensive with Dr. Renita Weems at the Collegeville Institute. An intergenerational daughter of teachers and preachers, Kathryn was educated in the public schools of Washington, DC, Spelman College, the University of School of Law, and the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. She serves in ministry at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. You can connect with her at katstan29@gmail.com or Sisterscribe on Facebook. 

HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. 

BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Resipiscence 2020 Lenten Devo #41 w/ Guest Kathryn V. Stanley

Velda Love serves as Minister for Racial Justice in The Justice and Local Church Ministries of The United Church of Christ National Office in Cleveland, OH. The goal of her work is to dismantle and eradicate racism by understanding the role and intent of the creation of colorism categories, the construction of whiteness , and people of color myths. Velda brings an African-centered, black liberation, and Womanist approach to the Bible and theology, placing God at the center of life and faith.

Resipiscence 2020 Bonus Devo #42 w/ Guest Velda Love

Rev. Jeanelle Nicolas Ablola is a second-generation Filipino American--queer, trans, neurodivergent, anti-imperialist--and is currently serving at Pine United Methodist Church, San Francisco. They are rooted in the movement for national democracy in the Philippines and regularly lead solidarity trips to the country. They are Co-Chair of the UMC Cal-Nev Philippine Solidarity Task Force (PSTF) and a member of the National Ecumenical-Interfaith Forum for Filipino Concerns - NorCal (NEFFCON). They serve Christ through serving the People. Subscribe to their podcast here: https://gomburza.podbean.com/.

HOSTS: Vahisha Hasan, Founder & Exec. Dir. of Movement in Faith, is hosting Resipiscence 2020 on The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast. It's an accompaniment to this year's lenten devotional by the same name. Visit www.transformnetwork.org/podcast. 

BUY THE DEVO: It's not to late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

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