Resipiscence 2019 - Dismantling White Supremacy Lenten Devotional

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. 

Lyndsey Medford is an indecorous Southerner, an erstwhile evangelical, and an inexpert advocate for justice. She is Director of Discipleship at Two Rivers UMC, a new church start in Charleston, SC, that aspires to be radically inclusive, anti-racist, and creative. She writes regularly about creativity, Jesus, justice, and bodies on Instagram and at lyndseymedford.com.

Resipiscence - March 26, 2019 - Lyndsey Medford - Continually New

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. Dr. Joseph W. Caldwell serves as the President of the Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies in Memphis, TN. MCUTS is a regionally accredited institution of higher education serving lower income students with limited educational options. Dr. Caldwell has also served as a Chaplain, Pastor, and Professor. His work evolves around awakening white churches to the realities of white abuses of power. He is currently working on a theology of power and privilege in conversation with James Cone and is also writing a series of personal essays tentatively entitled Whitey Got Woke: Sort Of. He also wishes someone cooler had taken his bio pic.

Resipiscence - March 27, 2019 - Joseph Caldwell - The Day the Manna Stopped

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. Dr. Gina Marcia Stewart is a pastor, visionary, preacher, and builder. She has served as the Senior Pastor of Christ Missionary Baptist Church since March 1995. She currently serves as the 1st-Vice President of Lott Carey Foreign Missions Convention and is a member of the National Board of the NAACP. She is a Visiting Professor of Practical Theology for the Samuel D. Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University. 

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Resipiscence - March 30, 2019 - Gina Stewart - Actions Speak As Loudly As Words

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. 

Monica Leak is the editor and a contributing writer of, Faith of our Founders 100 Daily Devotionals to Inspire, Encourage and Propel the Finer Woman. She contributed writings for The Road to Calvary: Surviving a Season of Suffering, a Lenten devotional and to Resipiscence: A Lenten Devotional for Dismantling White Supremacy. She is a school based speech-language pathologist in Maryland, a librarian for the John Leland Center for Theological Studies where she is also a student and an associate minister at First Baptist Church Vienna. 

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Resipiscence - March 31, 2019 - Monica Leak - We Bore the Shame

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. Jeanelle Nicolas Ablola is a second-generation Filipino American, queer, trans, neurodivergent, anti-imperialist, and is currently serving at Pine UMC, 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. 

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrHe2ED-QIG9wx3TfB7Ncw

Resipiscence - April 3, 2019 - Jeanelle Nicolas Ablola - Economies of Anointing

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.

Jean Jeffress holds a Master’s of Divinity from American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley, CA. She is a candidate for ordination in the United Church of Christ. She is a member and lay leader of First Congregational Church of Oakland, and a member of Second Acts, a liturgical direct action group in Oakland, CA. 

Twitter at @jeanj199

Resipiscence - April 5, 2019 - Jean Jeffress - Whitenessians: A Letter to the Church at Whitenessia

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.

The Reverend Dr. Jerret Fite is the Pastor of New Mt. Olivet A.M.E. Zion Church in Rock Hill, SC. He is the husband of Andrea Fite and the proud father of Jeremiah, Aaron and Maya. Pastor Fite is a Graduate of North Carolina Central University with a BA in Political Science with a minor in History, Gardner-Webb University with a Masters of Divinity, and Hood Theological Seminary with a Doctorate of Ministry. 

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Resipiscence - April 7, 2019 - Jerret Fite - Press on for Justice!

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

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.

R. C. Ferguson is an unconventional minister focused on faith, community upliftment, and social change, as well as an author and educator by trade. Her literary works include poetry, devotionals, children fiction, and Christian fiction. Additionally, she is a high school math teacher. Ferguson is a proud graduate of Fayetteville State University. However, the titles she esteems most are a loving wife and adoring mother. 

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Instagram : rcferguson716 
Twitter: @RFerguson716

Resipiscence - April 9 - R. C. Ferguson - Bitter Drink

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.

Maren C. Tirabassi is white. Her most recent book is A Child Laughs – Prayers for Justice and Hope, an anthology with seventy-seven writers from eleven countries. She is a guest preacher, new author mentor, and workshop facilitator with prison inmates, new English speakers, and cancer and dementia patients. 

blog: giftsinopenhands@wordpress.com 
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Resipiscence - April 10 - Maren C. Tirabassi - The Gospel According to White Folks – Palm Sunday

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.

Allyn Maxfield-Steele is the Co-Executive Director of the Highlander Research & Education Center in New Market, TN. He is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He considers Rowan County, NC, home, although he currently lives in Haywood County, NC, with his spouse, Erin, an Episcopalian priest

Resipiscence - April 11 - Allyn Mayfield-Steele - piedmont

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.

Mary Lim-Lampe is the Executive Director of Genesis, the Bay Area affiliate of the Gamaliel Network. She was called into organizing during a “perfect storm” at a Gamaliel Network organizer training when a good agitation by her mother was followed by her throwing up and making a decision to come out of the shadows and build power in community. She graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (BA-Political Science) and has a juris doctorate from St. Louis University-School of Law. Mary began her work as the community organizer for MORE2 (Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity), the Gamaliel Affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri (her hometown). The biggest reason “why” Mary works in the justice field is her 13 year old daughter, Caitlyn.

Resipiscence - April 12 - Mary Lim-Lampe - An Indictment

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.

Vahisha Hasan is a faith-rooted organizer working at the intersections of faith, social justice, and mental health. She is an Assistant Professor of Human Services at Memphis Center for Urban and Theological Studies (MCUTS) and the Executive Director of Movement in Faith, a project of Transform Network. She is a powerful public speaker, transformative facilitator, social justice trainer, minister, and writer with a deeply prophetic voice and imagination for how faith communities can be an active part of collective liberation. She co-edited Resipiscence 2018 and 2019 with Nichola Torbett and is grateful for every contributor and reader that yearns for a better expression of faith and more depth in our demand for justice.

Facebook: @MovementInFaith
Twitter: @VHasanMIF
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Websites: https://www.transformnetwork.org/vahisha-hasan
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Email: movementinfaith@gmail.com

Resipiscence - April 15 - Vahisha Hasan - Psalm of a Tired Black Woman

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.

Onleilove Chika Alston is a faith-based community organizer, speaker and writer. In 2014, she founded Prophetic Whirlwind: Uncovering the Black Biblical Destiny, a teaching ministry which bloomed into a book. She ministers often in West Africa and is passionate about connecting Hebrew communities in Africa with the diaspora for greater Biblical understanding. A native New Yorker and former foster child, she knows the gospel is truly good news to the oppressed.

PropheticWhirlwind.com.
Twitter @PropheticWhirl
Instagram @PropheticWhirlwind
Facebook.com/PropheticWhirlwind

Resipiscence - April 17 - Onleilove Chika Alston - Same Fear

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.

Regina D. Clarke has Masters degrees in Divinity and Christian Education with an emphasis in Ethics and Social/Restorative Justice from Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology. She has a heart burst for the Deaf, the Hard of Hearing, the abused, and those who are “forgotten or discarded” by mainstream society. Her thirst for connecting the community and the church has led her to serve in prisons, domestic violence shelters, and the community-at-large to ensure no person -- despite their past, abilities, or status -- would be denied the opportunity to learn about Jesus and walk faithfully with their God. She currently serves on the ministerial staff of Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis.

Resipiscence - April 19 - Regina D. Clarke - Thinking While Thirsty

esipiscence 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.

Born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, this minister believes in putting boots to the ground. Min Tennille Power has been active in the anti violence movement for over 20 years. She identifies as a womanist and is driven by her passion in counseling and education. She is a certified trauma informed yoga instructor, a therapist and an educator, and in her spare time she raises her three sons to make a difference in the world.

Resipiscence - April 20 - Tennille Power - Holy Saturday

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.

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. 

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Twitter @vrayelove

Resipiscence - April 01 - Velda Love - Lord, It’s Hard to Watch You Die

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.

Songwriting is how Tracey Howe cultivates her own humanity as she passes through a world largely condemning and diminishing of the beauty, interconnections and vulnerability that come with being human. She writes, “I was not born into a socio-political location that caused me to struggle for justice. I was born both addicted and blind to the privilege and power that global exploitation, militarism and racism hold in place for a few. Thank God I had music. My early touring career brought me across the continental United States and many parts of Central and South America. The songs opened pathways of relationships and the relationships seeded new songs about the lived realities of people in many different places and the struggles for life and justice everywhere.  Now, 20 years after I started writing songs for public performance and community building, I feel some responsibility as an artist to document what I see happening, to demonstrate and declare the movements of liberation alive in the world. Songs born out of the contemporary movements for liberation in the world today can be the fruit of and seeds for justice and beauty now and in the generations to come.”

Things That Grow, Howe’s latest project, includes songs documenting the disturbing and destructive realities around us, from fracking to the New Jim Crow, to violence against the most vulnerable. The music also illuminates something deeper (and truer) about our living connections. Things That Grow ignites the soul with messages of strength, resistance, and human connection. This social gospel soul album recorded with an extremely talented set of Memphis rock musicians, celebrates humanity, beauty and resilience.