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. Jamaar Jones serves as the Executive Minister at First Baptist Church East End in Newport News, Virginia. He has obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Foreign Languages from Norfolk State University. He has also obtained a Master of Divinity degree from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University. 

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Resipiscence - March 21, 2019 - Jamaar Jones - It’s Not Enough

MONDAY MARCH 9

Elizabeth Rawlings (she/they) is an ELCA pastor and disrupter of things from Cleveland, OH currently living in the greater Seattle area. As she discerns what is next in her life, Elizabeth spends their time creating justice-oriented liturgy for Disrupt Worship Project, is in several racial justice groups in the ELCA, cuddles with their dog, plays too many video games and works on self-compassion practices. You can find her intermittent writings at www.medium.com/@revelizabethrawlings.

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 #11 w/ Guest Elizabeth Rawlings

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

Wednesday March 25

Sophia Hayes-Jackson is a recent graduate of Pacific School of Religion where she earned her MDiv and Certificate of Spirituality and Social Change. Sophia is currently the HIV/PrEP Navigator at Roots Community Health Clinic in East Oakland, moderator of the NCNC UCCBay Association, and clergy lead for WOSA (Women of Spirit Action), a women’s ministry group in the Christian Church Disciples of Christ. Sophia hopes to become a prison chaplain; she is also founder of Phoenix Outreach, a recovery and reentry program fostering restoration and transformative change.

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 too late to get your lenten devotional. Print & eBook versions available at https://www.transformnetwork.org/bookstore.

Resipiscence 2020 Lenten ANNUNCIATION Devo #25 w/ Guest Sophia Hayes-Jackson

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

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.