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The Holy Shift Devotionals PodcastEpisode 60: Day 30 | The Journey Forward (SERIES FINALE) | Freedom From OffenseSend us a textThe final day. Learn how to keep choosing freedom daily. Discover why freedom is a daily choice, not a one-time achievement, and what the journey forward looks like.You made it to Day 30. You're not the same person you were 30 days ago. This finale episode teaches you how to stay free: keep doing the daily work, share your story, stay connected to community, and celebrate your progress. Freedom is a daily choice—keep choosing it.Scripture Focus: Philippians 1:6Perfect for: Anyone who completed th...
2025-12-2311 minThe Holy Shift Devotionals PodcastEpisode 58: Day 28 | Your New Normal - Life After Offense | Freedom From OffenseSend us a textDiscover what life looks like on the other side of offense. Learn why your new normal will feel uncomfortable at first—and why that's actually okay.Freedom feels strange when you've lived in prison for years. Day 28 teaches what to expect in your new normal: triggers won't trigger the same way, you'll have more bandwidth, relationships will shift, and you will be tested. Learn why freedom isn't the absence of problems—it's the presence of tools.Perfect for: Anyone who's done the work to get free, people adju...
2025-12-2112 minThe Holy Shift Devotionals PodcastEpisode 56: Day 26 | Creating a Culture of Grace | Freedom From OffenseSend us a textLearn how free people create free spaces. Discover why the culture of a space is set by the most emotionally mature person—and how to be that person in the rooms you occupy.Once you've experienced freedom, you have a choice: protect your own freedom and watch everyone else stay stuck, or help create environments where everyone can breathe.Welcome to Day 26 of Freedom From Offense, where we're learning that free people create free spaces. Healed people help others heal.I'm Desiree Day, author of Holy Shift De...
2025-12-1909 minThe Holy Shift Devotionals PodcastEPISODE 54: Day 24 | Maintaining Your Freedom from Offense | Freedom From OffenseSend us a textLearn how to protect the freedom you've fought for. Discover why freedom is a daily practice, not a one-time event, and how to stay vigilant.Getting free is hard. Staying free is harder. Day 24 teaches you how to maintain your freedom from offense by guarding what you consume, noticing thought patterns, doing regular heart checks, and remembering what freedom cost you.Scripture Focus: Galatians 5:1, Hebrews 12:15Perfect for: Anyone who's done the work to get free, people afraid of slipping back, those wanting to...
2025-12-1710 minThe Holy Shift Devotionals PodcastEpisode 48: Day 18 | The Danger of the Offense Narrative | Freedom From OffenseSend us a textDiscover how the story you tell yourself about the offense will either imprison you or free you. Learn to separate fact from interpretation and reframe your narrative without denying the pain.The narrative you create about what happened matters—because that narrative shapes your emotions, responses, and freedom. Day 18 teaches you how to question your narrative, separate fact from interpretation, and reframe without denying pain.Welcome to Day 18 of Freedom From Offense, where we're learning that you get to choose what story you tell about what happened....
2025-12-1109 minThe Holy Shift Devotionals PodcastEPISODE 38: Day 8 | The Power of Your Words | Freedom From OffenseSend us a textDiscover why you can't talk yourself into freedom while speaking the language of offense. Learn how to use your words to break free instead of staying stuck. This episode reveals the difference between processing and rehearsing, and how to speak life over your situation.Do you find yourself rehearsing the offense over and over? Do you vent about the same situation to everyone who will listen? Do you constantly talk about how hurt, overlooked, or offended you are?Welcome to Day 8 of Freedom From Offense—Week 2 begins!—where we're lear...
2025-12-0113 minThe Holy Shift Devotionals PodcastEpisode 36: Day 6 | Forgiving When You Don't Feel Like It | Freedom From OffenseSend us a textDiscover why forgiveness is a decision, not a feeling. Learn how to forgive even when you're still hurt, the person hasn't apologized, and you don't feel like it. This episode will equip you to break free from the prison of unforgiveness and choose freedom through obedience.Welcome to Day 6 of Freedom From Offense, where we're tackling the hardest part of this journey: forgiving when you absolutely don't feel like it.In this episode, you'll discover:Why forgiveness is a command, not a suggestion—and what that me...
2025-11-2912 minThe Holy Shift Devotionals PodcastEpisode 34: Day 4 | The Root of Comparison - Celebrating Instead of Competing | Freedom From OffenseSend us a textDiscover how comparison fuels offense and steals contentment. Learn to celebrate others without feeling threatened and break free from the cycle of measuring your worth by someone else's success.Welcome to Day 4 of Freedom From Offense, where we're exposing one of the most common—and most subtle—roots of offense: comparison.In this episode, you'll discover:Why comparison always breeds offense and kills contentmentThe three truths about comparison that will shift your entire perspectiveHow to celebrate others without diminishing yourself or feeling threatenedThe difference between running your...
2025-11-2711 minThe Holy Shift Devotionals PodcastEpisode 33: Day 3 | The Holy Pause - Choosing Your Response | Freedom From OffenseSend us a textLearn the most powerful tool in your freedom journey: The Holy Pause. Discover how to stop reacting in hurt and start responding with wisdom when you're triggered, offended, or angry. This episode gives you three practical strategies to create space between trigger and response so you can steward your words and protect your relationships.Welcome to Day 3 of Freedom From Offense, where we're learning one of the most powerful spiritual disciplines: The Holy Pause—that sacred space between what happens to you and how you respond.In this ep...
2025-11-2611 minThe Holy Shift Devotionals PodcastEpisode 31: DAY 1: RECOGNIZING THE ROOT | Freedom From OffenseSend us a textDay 1: Recognizing the Root - Stop Carrying What Jesus Never Asked You to HoldThe journey to freedom begins with recognition. Learn how offense sneaks into your heart disguised as justified hurt and discover why naming it gives you authority over it. Based on Matthew 18:7-9. Start your 30-day journey to freedom today.Are you tired of replaying conversations in your head? Exhausted from carrying grudges that weigh you down? Feeling trapped by hurt that just won't heal?Welcome to Day 1 of Freedom From Offense, a transformative 30...
2025-11-2409 min
First Thing Today with Joe Thomas"Freedom FOR or Freedom FROM" (Wednesday August 13, 2025, Hour 2)(:00) Fighting Crime requires you to IDENTIFY crime / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / "The Left, The Left, the Left has Rights" Caller: Joel in FL(:28) The differnce? Freedom FOR versus Freedom FROM(:44) The man that started it all... Harry 'Romney Didn't Win' Reid / Caller: Matt in VAPlease like and share your favorites to help us reach more people!
2025-08-1453 min
Healing TRAUMAFreedom Honor and Granted Peace Earthly Beautiful and the Gifts of Lofe and FreedomTruth and EternalEarthly LibertySeeking Divine Guidance:Is to Actively engaging with spiritual wisdom to guide your decisions and actions, allowing yourself to be led by a higher powerCelebrating Spiritual Liberation in Christ: The Bible speaks extensively about the freedom from sin and death that is found in a relationship with Jesus Christ. This freedom is described as true and eternal, surpassing any earthly liberty. Consider the words of Galatians 5:1, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us...
2025-07-0432 min
SHOOT THE BREEZE | Cultivate RelationshipsSTB131 | BSE | Freedom Starts with Honesty E2 | Cultivate RelationshipsBIBLE SCHOOL EDITION – Pastor Scott and Nathan unpack what it means to live a Jesus-story worth sharing. From vulnerability and accountability to the role of community and spiritual growth, they challenge the idea that transformation must look hyper-spiritual. Instead, they offer practical steps to walk in freedom — steps that involve real people, real stories, real freedom, and real victory. They discuss the importance of knowing what Jesus has saved you from — not just theologically, but personally and practically. Whether you’re in the middle of your mess or learning how to turn it into a testimony, this episode is a relatab...
2025-06-3050 min
Alt Investing Made EasyE40: Meet Bryan Hancock and the Texas Freedom FundSummaryIn this episode of Alt Investing Made Easy, hosts Sarah Florer and Roland Wiederaenders interview Brian Hancock about his Texas Freedom Fund, an oil and gas investment fund. Brian shares his background in real estate and engineering, his transition into oil and gas investing, and the unique opportunities and tax benefits associated with this asset class. The conversation delves into the structure of the Texas Freedom Fund, emphasizing its accessibility for investors and the importance of due diligence in alternative investments. Brian also discusses his personal motivations for creating the fund and the principles that guide...
2025-06-0531 min
Freedom Road PodcastJulio Hernandez, SanctuaryIn this episode we are joined by Rev. Julio Hernandez, Executive Director of the Congregation Action Network, based in DC and serving the DC, Maryland, Virginia area (aka the DMV).
We invited Julio to talk with us on Freedom Road about the nearly invisible struggle taking place in the immigrant community in the U.S.. They are receiving the tip of the spear in the current administration’s policy of mass deportation and authoritarian rule.
We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom...
2025-05-071h 04Freedom Road PodcastRev. Dr. Charles “Chaz” Lattimore HowardThis episode we are joined by Rev. Dr. Charles Lattimore Howard, the University Chaplain and Vice President for Social Equity and Community at the University of Pennsylvania, his alma mater. Rev. Dr. Lattimore Howard is also the author of several books, including: The Souls of Poor Folk, The Awe and The Awful, Black Theology as Mass Movement, and Pond River Ocean Rain, a small book about going deeper with a big God. His newest work is Uncovering Your Path: Spiritual Reflections for Finding Your Purpose.We’d love to he...
2025-04-231h 04Freedom Road PodcastLeaving MAGA with Rich LogisThis episode we are joined by, Rich Logis, former MAGA podcaster who is now the founding executive director of Leaving MAGA and author of the short e-book, My MAGA Odyssey, available at LeavingMaga.com.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We're also on Substack! So be sure to subscribe to freedomroad.substack.com. And, keep sharing the podcast with your friends and networks and letting us know what you think!www.threads.net/@lisasharper...
2025-04-091h 05
Freedom Road PodcastIsaac Samuel Villegas “Migrant God: A Christian Vision for Immigrant Justice”This episode we are joined by Isaac Samuel Villegas, author of the new book, MIGRANT GOD: A Christian Vision for Immigrant Justice.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We're also on Substack! So be sure to subscribe to freedomroad.substack.com. And, keep sharing the podcast with your friends and networks and letting us know what you think!www.threads.net/@lisasharperwww.threads.net/@freedomroad.usfr...
2025-03-2657 minFreedom Road PodcastRev. Dr. Munther Isaac “Christ in the Rubble”This episode, we are joined by Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, Director of the Bethlehem Institute for Peace and Justice—a project of the Bethlehem Bible College—and Pastor of the Christmas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem. Rev. Dr. Munther is the author of The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope and his new book, Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza (available now).We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We're also on S...
2025-03-121h 04
Freedom Road PodcastIlana Trachtman, Ain’t No Back on a Merry-Go-RoundIn this episode, we are joined by documentary filmmaker, Ilana Thrachtman, director of several films, most recently, “Ain’t No Back on a Merry-Go-Round” about the 1960 Civil Rights Movement in Washington DC that you never heard of. This is a powerful film that resonates with us today. It reminds us of where we’ve been in a not-too-distant America and how we overcame.Ilana was invited to talk with us on Freedom Road about the insights she gleaned from this little-known corner of the Southern Freedom Struggle. In these days when many of our national...
2025-02-041h 02
Freedom Road PodcastRev. Dr. Otis Moss, III - Being the Church in a Post-Democratic EraIn this episode, we are joined by the Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, III. Dr. Moss is senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. He is a preacher, poet, activist, author and filmmaker with an eye toward justice and equality, as evidenced through the gospel of Jesus Christ.Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, III was invited to be in conversation because we are entering into a new phase of our world. It's called a non-democratic phase of life in America. One can see it just by the the nominations for the next administration's...
2025-01-231h 04Freedom Road PodcastKelly Brown Douglas, The Crisis of Christian NationalismIn this episode we are joined by womanist theologian and author, Rev. Dr. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas, an African-American Episcopal priest, womanist theologian, and interim president of Episcopal Divinity School. She was previously the inaugural Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary. She also serves as Canon Theologian of the Washington National Cathedral. She has written seven books, including The Black Christ (1994), Black Bodies and Black Church: A Blues Slant (2012), Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God (2015), and Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter (2021).Rev. Dr. Canon Do...
2025-01-061h 10
Freedom Road PodcastEliza Grizwold, Circle of HopeIn this episode we are joined by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, Eliza Griswold, author of the book, Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church. In Circle of Hope Griswold explores how conflict around anti-LGBTQ inclusion, white supremacy and roots in the church growth movement eventually led the network of congregations to dissolve in January 2024.Eliza was invited to talk with us on Freedom Road to give us a window into the most consequential struggle within the church today. The struggle to love everyone.
2024-12-171h 05
Freedom Road PodcastMaya Moore Irons and Jonathan Irons: Love and JusticeThis month we are joined by Maya Moore Irons and Jonathan Irons! Basketball icon, Maya is a two-time NCAA champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, four-time WNBA champion, and WNBA MVP. In February of 2019, Maya revealed that she would miss the upcoming season to focus on family and ministry dreams. Later that year, in a New York Times feature, Maya first went into detail about Jonathan Irons and his wrongful imprisonment and later opted to miss the 2020 season to continue focusing on Jonathan’s case and was ultimately successful when his conviction was vacated in March 2020, and he walked free th...
2024-12-041h 16
Freedom Road PodcastCorey Nathan, Processing Election 2024 ResultsIn this episode we are joined by Corey Nathan, host of Talkin' Politics and Religion Without Killin' Each Other, producer of Freedom Road Podcast and the founder of SCAN Media.We invited Corey to join us on Freedom Road for a frank, raw conversation meant to help us process the results of election 2024 and their implications for years to come.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We're also on Substack! So be sure to subscribe to freedomroad.su...
2024-11-191h 20
Freedom Road PodcastThe Journey to Eloheh: Randy and Edith WoodleyThis episode we are joined by indigenous theologians and practioners, Randy and Edith Woodley, authors of the new book Journey to Eloheh: How Indigenous Values Lead Us to Harmony and Wellbeing. Randy and Edith are the founders of the Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice, based in Oregon, which focused on developing, implementing and teaching sustainable and regenerative earth practices. They are also senior consultants with our Freedom Road Consulting group. We invited Randy and Edith to join us on Freedom Road today because our world is writhing right now. We need medicine.We’d...
2024-10-171h 11
Freedom Road PodcastKhristi Lauren Adams, Womanish TheologyIn this episode we are joined by theologian and author, Khristi Lauren Adams. Speaker, writer and youth advocate, Rev. Adams is an ordained Baptist Minister. She is the award winning author of Parable of the Brown Girl, as well as Unbossed: How Black Girls Are Leading the Way.Khristi was invited to join us on Freedom Road to explore the value of children, particularly Black girls, in all of our process of knowing God.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Ro...
2024-10-021h 05
Freedom Road PodcastTim Whitaker, The New EvangelicalsIn this episode we are joined by innovator and podcaster, Tim Whitaker, founder and host of The New Evangelicals podcast and growing organization. I also found out he’s a sought after professional drummer! Who knew?! You’ve probably seen Tim’s short, power-packed videos on Instagram and YouTube.We invited Tim to join us on Freedom Road to explore what it means to be a New Evangelical in a political moment when the political alliance between evangelicals and the MAGA movement has all but killed the credibility of that stream of the church.
2024-09-1857 min
Freedom Road PodcastFreedom Road and Truth’s Table Crossover at the DNCIn this episode we're joined by the amazing duo of award-winning Truth’s Table Podcast and Foundation, Dr. Christina Edmondson and the inimitable Ekemini Uwan. Cofounder and cohost of Truth’s Table Podcast and Foundation, Dr. Christina holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology and is a certified Cultural Intelligence facilitator, speaker and trainer. Ekemini Uwan is co-host of the award-winning podcast, Truth's Table and Get In The Word With Truth’s Table. Ekemini and Dr. Christina also co-authored the book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. We are so excited t...
2024-09-131h 06
Faith and Family Fellowship PodcastThe Freedom Path: How I Overcame PornographyThe Freedom Path: How I Overcame Pornography
Interview with Aaron Clark
In this Faith and Family Fellowship episode, Dallas interviews Aaron Clark, author of "The Freedom Path: How I Overcame Pornography".
About The Book:
Do you struggle with viewing pornography? Have you repeatedly tried to stop, but repeatedly failed? Is your hope of overcoming fading away? If the answer is yes, I have good news for you. I have been where you are. And I can tell you freedom is possible. Let me share with...
2024-09-1127 min
The Money Block™Episode 120: 2nd Amendment & Bitcoin? The Next Chapter of Freedom – Part 2On this episode Matt & Rick dive into the history & philosophy of rights and freedoms and how Bitcoin is the next chapter and embodiment of these ideas. #Freedom #BTC #Bitcoin #Liberty #History #2A #2ndamendment #rights #encryption
Cryptocurrency With Matthew J. Moore is produced by, Brian Larue: https://www.beyondyouproductions.com/
Tune into America's Bitcoin focused radio show and join hosts, Matthew J. Moore and Rick Jackson as they explore the new and exciting assets of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Matt & Rick will take you for an entertaining and informative ride...
2024-08-0853 min
Freedom Road PodcastThe Four on Democracy in BlackThis episode features three of our favorite people on the planet—Lisa's cohosts on The Four Podcast which cut a blaze of glory in 2022!The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III is senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. He is a preacher, poet, activist, author and filmmaker with an eye toward justice and equality, as evidenced through the gospel of Jesus Christ. He founded The Unashamed Media Group.The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is the first African American and first woman to serve as the senior pa...
2024-08-061h 17The Money Block™Episode 118: Bitcoin: The Next Chapter of Freedom - Part 1On this episode Matt & Rick dive into the history & philosophy of rights and freedoms and how Bitcoin is the next chapter and embodiment of these ideas. #Freedom #BTC #Bitcoin #Liberty #History
Cryptocurrency With Matthew J. Moore is produced by, Brian Larue: https://www.beyondyouproductions.com/
Tune into America's Bitcoin focused radio show and join hosts, Matthew J. Moore and Rick Jackson as they explore the new and exciting assets of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Matt & Rick will take you for an entertaining and informative ride as they navigate this...
2024-07-2754 min
Freedom Road PodcastCongresswoman Jasmine CrockettThis episode we are joined by one of our favorite people shaping the political landscape right now! The inimitable Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas 30th District, basically Dallas County). You might have seen the viral clip of Congresswoman Crockett handing it to Marjorie Taylor Greene in the middle of a hearing on Capital Hill. The term was “Beach blonde bad built butch body.” As AOC said, “Don’t dish it if you can’t take it.” But we’re hear to talk about something more important today: This election and the stakes with Project 2025 looming on the horizon.We’d...
2024-07-241h 01
Freedom Road PodcastDaniel BannouraThis episode we are joined by Daniel Bannoura: PhD Candidate, Palestinian theologian, Qur’an scholar, Podcaster, and Entreprenuer.Daniel was invited to speak with us today, because he was one of the authors of the October 2023 Palestinian leaders’ call for western church leaders and theologians to repent. We wanted to talk about the condition of the western church and its response to what is happening in Gaza.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We're also on Substack! So be...
2024-07-231h 14
Freedom Road PodcastRevolutionary Optimism: 7 Steps for Living as a Love-Centered Activist, by Paul ZeitzThis episode we are joined by Dr. Paul Zeitz, a preventative medicine epidemiologist, author, and award-winning champion of global justice and human rights. Zeitz is the initiator of the Unify Movements, a movement building platform dedicated to catalyzing new, social, economic, and political systems committed to our collective repair, justice and peace.We invited Dr. Zeitz to speak with us today about his new book, Revolutionary Optimism: 7 Steps for Living as a Love-Centered Activist.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Ro...
2024-07-081h 02
Freedom Road PodcastRev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, Empowering to RepairIn this episode we are joined by speaker, educator and author, Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, who is Associate Professor of Reconciliation Studies and Director of the Reconciliation Studies program at Seattle Pacific University. Rev. Dr. Brenda is also associate pastor of preaching and reconciliation at Quest Church in Seattle, Washington, as well as the author of several books, including Becoming Brave, Roadmap to Reconciliation, Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0, and the classic, A Credible Witness.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We're also on...
2024-06-051h 09
Freedom Road PodcastKristen Irving, True BelieverIn this episode we are joined by the filmmaker of the new power-house documentary, True Believer, Kristen Irving. You might have noticed we’ve spoken with several filmmakers recently. All have released documentaries focused on White Christian Nationalism. They are all fabulous. But, folks, as Lisa mentioned, "True Believer hit me in a place I didn’t even know I had. As the credits rolled, I wept like a baby." True Believer is an intimate story of healing within and between a daughter and her mother, as they examine the impacts of their years inside a White Christian Nationalist chur...
2024-05-071h 12
Freedom Road PodcastGrace Ji-Sun Kim, When God Became WhiteIn this episode we are joined by theologian and author, Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim. Dr. Kim is Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion and the author or editor of 24 books, including: Surviving God, Spirit Life; Invisible; Hope in Disarray; Keeping Hope Alive and Reimagining Spirit. She is a co-editor for the Palgrave Macmillan Book Series, “Asian Christianity in the Diaspora” and she is the host of Madang podcast, which holds conversations on Christianity, religion and culture. Madang is hosted by Christian Century Magazine. Dr. Kim’s most recent book, When God Became White is already creating a stir a...
2024-04-241h 00
Freedom Road PodcastThe Cross, The Resurrection and GazaThis episode comes to you in partnership with Inverse Podcast. The diverse InVerse podcast community explores how the Scriptures can turn the world upside down, or be weaponized to uphold the status quo. So, this episode we’re going to talk the “T” word—theology. Theology is simply how we understand God and our relationship with God. Christian social ethics teaches that our understanding of God forms the basis for everything we do in the world. It impacts everything.This will we be a very special deep dive into the theo-ethical questions rising in the cont...
2024-03-241h 13
Freedom Road PodcastRev. Dr. Munther Isaac “Jesus Under the Rubble”This episode comes to you in partnership with The Historic African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the spirit of the Historic Black Church, which has begun to rise up and call for a ceasefire in Gaza, St. Thomas’s 17th rector, The Very Rev. Canon Martini Shaw and his team decided to focus the church’s Lenten season on understanding what’s going on in Gaza and why it matters for our faith. So, a portion of this episode has been listened to by the St. Thomas’s Community!Last episode...
2024-03-051h 07
Freedom Road PodcastRashid Khalidi “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine”This special episode comes to you in partnership The Historic African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas. In the spirit of the Black Church, which has begun to rise up and call for a ceasefire in Gaza, St. Thomas’s 17th rector, The Very Rev. Canon Martini Shaw and his team decided to focus the church’s Lenten season on understanding what’s going on in Gaza. So, a portion of this episode has been listened to by the parishioners of Historic African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas Church!When considering who should help us unders...
2024-02-271h 07
Freedom Road PodcastGod & CountryIn this critical election year where the most dedicated base for the GOP candidate is a rising tide of White Christian Nationalism within the evangelical community, we must take the time to understand it. So, we invited the producer/director of God & Country, Dan Partland, to join us in conversation. Based on the book, The Power Worshipers by Katherine Stewart, God & Country focuses in on the inner-workings of the White Christian Nationalism Movement, the decision-makers and the funders.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @fr...
2024-02-1346 min
Freedom Road PodcastBad Faith: THE FILMThis episode we are joined by the filmmakers of the newly released and riveting documentary, “Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy.”Director Stephen Ujlaki has produced more than 25 feature films, made-for-television movies and documentaries, and served as dean of the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television. With 10 years of directing and producing experience in Hollywood, Chris Jones, co-directed the film.“Bad Faith” offers us all an incredible lesson in the roots and fruits of Christian Nationalism in the U.S. The film follows two streams of...
2024-01-231h 06
Freedom Road Podcast2023! with guests Rev. Dr. Waltrina Middleton, Dr. Claudia Owens Shields and Corey NathanThis episode we have part of Lisa Sharon Harper's posse on the show! Rev. Dr. Waltrina Middleton, Dr. Claudia Owens Shields and Corey Nathan are all partners with our work on Freedom Road. Waltrina is the executive director of Community Renewal Society and a senior consultant with Freedom Road, specializing in Spiritual Formation. Claudia is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in multi-ethnic psychology, formerly tenured professor at the Chicago School of Psychology. Claudia also serves as a senior consultant with Freedom Road. And, finally, Corey Nathan is the celebrated host of the Talkin' Politics...
2024-01-0246 min
Freedom Road PodcastRabbi Sharon BrousThis episode we are joined by Rabbi Sharon Brous. In 2013 Rabbi Brous was listed as America’s #1 most influential Rabbi. Her 2016 TED Talk “It’s Time to Reclaim Religion” has been viewed 1.5 million times and is utterly inspiring. At 30 years old, Rabbi Brous founded IKAR back in 2004. IKAR is a spiritual community in Los Angeles that has become a magnet for LA’s unaffiliated Jews. Rabbi Brous has joined us on Freedom Road Podcast before when she and T’ruah president, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, helped us to understand Anti-Semitism.Rabbi Brous was invited to join us on F...
2023-12-191h 12
Freedom Road PodcastRev. Dr. Mitri Raheb: Advent in Palestine – TodayOn this episode we are joined by Dr. Mitri Raheb, Founder and President of Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem. The most widely published Palestinian theologian to date, Dr. Raheb is the author and editor of 50 books including: Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible; In the Eye of the Storm: Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire and Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible through Palestinian Eyes—among many, many others.Dr. Raheb was invited to speak with us from Bethlehem, because the world has watched the death toll of Pa...
2023-11-281h 03
Freedom Road PodcastDavid Gushee: Defending Democracy from its Christian EnemiesThis month we are joined by one of the foremost Christian ethicists in the world, Dr. David Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, and Chair of Christian Social Ethics at Vrije Universiteit (“Free University”) Amsterdam, and Senior Research Fellow, International Baptist Theological Study Centre and he is the author of several books, most recently, Defending Democracy from its Christian Enemies.Dr. Gushee was invited to speak with us because, well—we need his wisdom and expertise right now. Not only is the Christian church a consistent foe of democracy in an age...
2023-11-141h 05
Freedom Road PodcastRobert P. Jones: The Hidden roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American FutureThis month we are joined by Robert P Jones, President and Founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and the New York Times Best Selling author of several books, including: The End of White Christian America and White Too Long. Most recently, you might have heard the hubbub about his latest book,The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future.We invited Robby to speak with us today, because Robert’s work with PRRI, coupled with his outstanding work as an historian and the homework he has done as...
2023-10-311h 06
Freedom Road PodcastBritney Whaley “Cop City”This episode we are joined by Britney Whaley, South East Regional Director of the Working Families Party. There’s a lot to unpack, just when we mention the Working Families Party and we will get there. But the reason Britney was invited to join us is because she is a core organizer in the struggle to stop Cop City in Atlanta, GA.We need to understand what is happening in Atlanta and its implications for the world we are building for the next generations.We’d love to hear your...
2023-10-171h 08
Freedom Road PodcastTamice Spencer-Helms: Faith UnleavenedOn this episode we are joined by Tamice Spencer-Helms, author of Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin and George Floyd and founder of Sub:Culture Incorporated, a nonprofit that provides holistic support and crisis relief for Black College Students.We invited Tamice to speak with us about internalized oppression – the oppression of the self over the self. How to see that its present? How to acknowledge it? And How to break free?We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @free...
2023-10-041h 00
Freedom Road PodcastDr. Claire A. NelsonOn this episode, we are joined by Dr. Claire Nelson, Futurist, Sustainability Engineer, Social Entrepreneur, Storyteller, the Founding President of the Institute of Caribbean Studies, and the chief ideation leader of the Futures Forum.We invited Dr. Nelson to speak with us because as we consider the question of Repair, it helps us to broaden our view to consider what it will take to grow Black voices in a just society.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We...
2023-09-1959 min
Freedom Road PodcastDr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes: Sacred Self-CareOn this episode, we are joined by Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes, theologian, psychologist, and author of Too Heavy a Yoke, Black Women and the Burden of Strength, and her newest work, a 49-day devotional titled, Sacred Self-Care: Daily Practices for Nurturing Our Whole Selves.We invited Dr. Walker-Barnes to speak with us, because folk are tired for multiple reasons. The gig economy has folks working 2-3 jobs while climate change has folks running from forest fires while dodging tornadoes, trying to breath when you take your dog for a walk, and trying to survive record-breaking...
2023-09-051h 19
Freedom Road PodcastRev. Dr. Michael Nabors “Doing Reparation”On this episode we are joined by Rev. Dr. Michael Nabors, Senior Pastor of the Historic Second Baptist Church of Evanston, IL. Recently, Second Baptist Church has become a leading faith center in America in facilitating Race Talk Solidarity Circles in local communities. Since 2019, Dr. Nabors has been part of the Steering Committee for Evanston Reparations, the first municipal reparations program in the United States, allocating 10 million dollars to Black Evanstonians to repair historical damages due to racism.We invited Rev. Dr. Nabors to speak with us because the bulk of truth-telling and reparations...
2023-08-221h 07
Freedom Road PodcastDr. Terence Lester – All God’s ChildrenOn this episode we are joined by Dr. Terence Lester, PhD, author of several books, including his most recent, All God’s Children: How Confronting Buried History Can Build Racial Solidarity.We invited Terence to speak with us because his book, All God’s Children offers practical advice for the next generations of faith communities that understand in order to move forward, they have to look back.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We're also on Substack! So be...
2023-08-091h 13
Freedom Road PodcastJohn Blake – More Than I ImaginedOn this episode we are joined by John Blake, award winning journalist at CNN and author of the celebrated book, More Than I Imagined: What A Black Man Discovered About The White Mother He Never Knew.We invited John to speak with us because – HIS STORY. OMG. And the way he tells it. OMG. You must know about it and you must read it.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Thread or Insta Lisa @lisasharper or to Freedom Road @freedomroad.us. We're also on Substack! So be sure to s...
2023-07-2658 min
Freedom Road PodcastAndre HenryOn this episode we are joined by Andre Henry, author of All the White Friends I Couldn’t Keep, cohost of the Hope and Hard Pills Podcast, local LA-based activist and singer/songwriter/producer. His work has been featured in The Nation, The New Yorker, New York’s Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., and Super Bowl LVI.!Andre was invited to speak with us because he understands joy! And he understands the power of the arts to bring hope and vision and health—and we need some o...
2023-07-041h 12
Women with Ambition: Making Money, Seeking Freedom, & Chasing DreamsKristin’s Journey From Pain To Purpose and Her Ambitious GoalsGet ready to be inspired by Kristin Sparks' incredible life transformation! Kristin has had her fair share of struggles, including health problems, addiction, and financial stress. But she didn't let these things hold her back. Instead, she fought hard and transformed her life completely.
GUEST BACKGROUND
Kristin Sparks is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, transformational retreat facilitator, and podcast host. She is a philosopher and deep thinker, and she is always searching for and mastering ways in which to help the greater good, which is exemplified through her multiple positions and endeavors.
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2023-06-2947 min
Freedom Road PodcastRev. Gail Song BantumOn this episode, we are joined by Rev. Gail Song Bantum, Lead Pastor of Quest Church, which recently voluntarily cut ties with its denomination—the Evangelical Covenant Church—because of its hard right turn on LGBTQIA+ inclusion.Pastor Gail was invited to speak with us today, because she is an eye witness to a profound come-to-Jesus moment taking place right now inside of white evangelical denominations. She posted her letter to the denomination online. Lisa read it. We are going to talk about it.We’d love to hear your t...
2023-06-1551 min
Freedom Road PodcastBONUS EPISODE: Lisa Sharon Harper on Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each OtherThis is a special presentation of an interview with Lisa Sharon Harper on TALKIN' POLITICS & RELIGION WITHOUT KILLIN' EACH OTHER. Here are the show notes on this episode from our friends at TP&R:"In this conversation with renowned speaker, writer, activist and artist, Lisa Sharon Harper, we discuss Lisa's own genealogy, which she painstakingly researched for her 2022 book FORTUNE: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All, and how doing the work of genealogy is doing the work of history. We also got into some theology! In...
2023-06-071h 18
Freedom Road PodcastRev. Carlos RodriguezOn this episode, we are joined by Carlos Rodriguez, CEO of The Happy Givers and author of Simply Sonship, Drop the Stones and the upcoming book, Flip the Tables.We invited Carlos to speak with us today, because he is one of the most dynamic speakers doing this work. His recent posts on Instagram have been captivating followers. He’s bringing the prophetic fire and we're here for it.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Tweet to Lisa @LisaSHarper or to Freedom Road @FREEDOMROADUS. We're also on Substack! So b...
2023-05-241h 12
Freedom Road PodcastTransgender Lives MatterOn this episode, we’re going to talk about transgender identity and its weaponization within the American political arena. We’ve invited three people whose voices, lives and faith can shed light on a topic that has been intentionally obfuscated in the melee of political warfare. Nicole Garcia, a queer transgender Latina, is currently the Faith Work Director for the National LGBTQ Task Force. Carmarion D. Anderson-Harvey is a trans-identified woman who is the Alabama State Director within Human Rights Campaign’s Project One America. Carmarion is also currently serving...
2023-05-091h 17
Freedom Road PodcastAlly Henny: I won’t shut up!In this episode, we are joined by popular influencer, Ally Henny, Vice President of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, and the author of I Won’t Shut Up: Finding Our Voice When the World Tries To Silence You.Ally was invited to speak with us today, because in these days of terror and targeted violence against Black and Brown bodies we need a word from someone demonstrating her kind of courage.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Tweet to Lisa @LisaSHarper or to Freedom Road @FREEDOMROADUS. We're also...
2023-04-261h 15
Freedom Road PodcastMorgan Harper Nichols: You Are Only Just BeginningIn this episode, we are joined by popular poet and artist, Morgan Harper Nichols.We invited Morgan to speak with us today, because her poetry and art are forces for healing in the world. And we need some healing right about now.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Tweet to Lisa @LisaSHarper or to Freedom Road @FREEDOMROADUS. We're also on Substack! So be sure to subscribe to The Truth Is... And, keep sharing the podcast with your friends and networks and letting us know what you think!...
2023-04-111h 10
Freedom Road PodcastRev. Dr. Luke A. Powery on BECOMING HUMANOn this episode, we are joined by Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery, Dean of Duke University Chapel and associate professor of homiletics at Duke Divinity School. He is also the author of the new and celebrated book, Becoming Human: The Holy Spirit and the Rhetoric of Race.We invited Dr. Powery to speak with us today, because we have been on a decolonizing journey this year. And the wisdom Dr. Powery drops in his book, Becoming Human, can help us on this journey.We’d love to hear your th...
2023-03-2858 min
Freedom Road PodcastChristena Cleveland: I'm Too Sacred For ThisOn this episode, we are joined by Christena Cleveland, a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is the founder and director of the Center for Justice + Renewal as well as its sister organization, Sacred Folk.Christena has been on a living pilgrimage of transformation recently—the decolonizing pilgrimage. One of the products of this transformational journey was Christena’s awe-inspiring book, God is a Black Woman, which dropped onto bookstore shelves in February 2022. She’s also built a powerful Patreon community that is doing the work of decolonizing their faith and their minds...
2023-03-141h 21Women with Ambition: Making Money, Seeking Freedom, & Chasing DreamsHow Miranda Tackles Life-Changing Transitions To Pursue Her Ambitious GoalDo you embrace life's changes and know how to turn transitions into opportunities for growth and success? In this fascinating episode, we explore the importance of handling transitions effectively, especially when feeling stuck or unsure of what path to take. Follow Miranda's journey as she faces major decisions and shares her strategies for staying on track towards her ambitious goals."
GUEST BACKGROUND
Miranda is a freelance financial writer and nationally recognized money expert. She has a journalism background and an MBA and focuses on writing and podcasting about money on the internet. She loves being...
2023-03-0257 min
Freedom Road PodcastA New Vision for Public Safety with Jamila Hodge (EJ-USA)On this episode, we are joined by Jamila Hodge, executive director of Equal Justice USA (EJ-USA). Jamila brought 15 years of criminal justice experience as a prosecutor, policy advisor, and technical assistance provider to her role at EJ-USA when she joined the team as their new leader in 2021.EJ-USA is a national organization that works to transform the justice system by promoting responses to violence that break cycles of trauma. EJ-USA works at the intersection of criminal justice, public health, and racial justice to elevate healing over retribution, meet the needs of survivors, advance racial...
2023-02-281h 00
Freedom Road PodcastCandice Benbow and Church GirlsOn this episode, we are joined by Candice Benbow: Author, Essayist, Public Theologian and Eductor. Candice is the creator of the Lemonade Syllabus, the author of Red Lip Theology, which launched to much acclaim earlier this year, and a regular contributor to Essence Magazine.Candice was asked to join us for this conversation because as we enter 2023, this is a year deeply meaningful for people of African descent on U.S. soil. We commemorate several major milestones this year; the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Declaration, the 60th anniversary of the Birmingham Children’s Ma...
2023-02-021h 05
Freedom Road PodcastFox and Rob “Time”On this episode we are joined by Sibil Fox and Rob Richardson, featured in the award-winning Amazon documentary, Time, which is now published as an incredible book that tells more of the story. Fox and Rob are a formerly incarcerated couple. Fox served 7 years and Rob did 21 years time behind bars in Angola prison in Louisiana. Lisa invited Fox and Rob on the program because they learned something about resilience, they learned something about our broken justice system, they learned something about grace—doing all that time.We’d love to hear your thoughts. Tweet Lisa at @LisaS...
2023-01-181h 05
Freedom Road PodcastMichael Emerson and The Religion Of WhitenessOn this episode we are joined by Dr. Michael Emerson, renowned sociologist and Head of the Department of Sociology at University of Illinois, author of the landmark sociological study on evangelicals and race, Divided by Faith.In the context of the rise of white Christian nationalism—and the shameless claiming of that moniker by a growing gaggle of politicians— we invited Dr. Emerson to Freedom Road, because Lisa was blown away by a talk that he gave based on his most recent study of the white evangelical religion. There are things that he and his team found that...
2023-01-0353 minWomen with Ambition: Making Money, Seeking Freedom, & Chasing DreamsHow Coralee is Breaking Ground in the Automotive Industry and Taking On Her Ambitious GoalDo ever feel ripped off by dishonest service advisors? Find out how best-selling author and one of Canada’s Used Car week 40 under 40 winners, Coralee, is single-handedly trying to bring integrity to the automotive industry through her ambitious goal!
GUEST BACKGROUND
Coralee started in the automotive industry at 18 years old as an automotive technician apprentice. She has experience in both sales and service at dealerships and independents. Her book Five Star Service Advisor has been a best seller on Amazon multiple times. In 2022 Coralee was a 40 under 40 at Canada's Used Car week in Toronto, Canada. Co...
2022-12-3026 min
Freedom Road PodcastVoices of Lament with Natasha Sistrunk RobinsonThis month we are joined by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson, T3 Leadership Solutions, founder and cochair of Leadership Links. Most noted for her book, A Sojourners Truth and Mentor for Life. Natasha’s latest project brought together a bunch of dynamic women writers to contribute to Voices of Lament: Reflections on Brokenness and Hope in a World Longing for Justice.Natasha was invited to speak with us because Voices of Lament lifts the curtain to help us see past the white veneer of the evangelical church—to see its impact on women of faith—of color.We’d l...
2022-12-1254 min
Freedom Road PodcastJoin the Resistance with Michelle Ferrigno WarrenThis month we are joined by Michelle Ferrigno Warren, President and CEO of Virago Strategies, a consulting group that provides strategic direction and project management for civic engagement campaigns alongside communities affected by racial and economic injustice. Michelle's new book, JOIN THE RESISTANCE: STEP INTO THE GOOD WORK OF KINGDOM JUSTICE, offers a roadmap into the movement for so many of you who are looking around and saying how can I help make difference?We’d love to hear your thoughts. Tweet Lisa @LisaSHarper or Freedom Road at @FREEDOMROADUS. And, keep sharing the podcast wi...
2022-11-301h 03Women with Ambition: Making Money, Seeking Freedom, & Chasing DreamsWelcome to the Women with Ambition: Making Money, Seeking Freedom, Chasing Dreams Podcast!In this introductory episode, I will explain what the podcast is about, my journey to getting started, and what you can expect from each episode.
2022-09-2409 min
Redeemed VisionEpisode 21 - Living in Freedom (Special Guest: Bob Appleby)Think that freedom from pornography is impossible? THINK AGAIN.
Join Freedom Coaching Founder Steve Pokorny and Bob Appleby as they engage the very real issue of pornography compulsion, but how one can be victorious by living in authentic FREEDOM. If you're wondering if there is hope for those trapped by lust, you'll want to tune in!
About Bob Appleby: Bob is a husband, father and Knight of Columbus from Rochester NY. As a lifelong "Blue-Collar" worker, he has dabbled in HVAC, plumbing, utilities and is currently a truck driver.
Bob has recently opened up about his Freedom Coaching experience in Fa...
2022-09-1357 min
Freedom Road PodcastFeaturing The FOUR: Ruby SalesThis month, we feature an episode from a new podcast featuring Freedom Road's Lisa Sharon Harper: The FOUR. You can check out other episodes of The FOUR at thefour.black.Few have worked harder to cut and mend the ties between oppressor and oppressed than the one and only Ruby Nell Sales. The FOUR are honored to be joined by this iconic human rights activist, public theologian, and social critic.Ms. Sales’ long fight for freedom began in the 1960s with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, SNCC, at Tuskegee University, as a student freedom fighter in L...
2022-08-161h 02
Freedom Road PodcastFeaturing The FOUR: Kristin Kobes Du MezThis month, we feature an episode from a new podcast featuring Freedom Road's Lisa Sharon Harper: The FOUR. You can check out other episodes of The FOUR at thefour.black.Kristin Kobes Du Mez catapulted to the top of the best-seller list with her book, Jesus and John Wayne. A leading church historian, she joins The FOUR in a real eye-opener for the team. Kristin pulls back the curtain on conservative white evangelical America to give us a behind-the-scenes look at the white evangelical movement, what got us to January 6th, and where we may go next. I...
2022-07-1258 min
Saint Louis In TuneFreedom's Home: The Freedom Suits MemorialNot far from where Dred and Harriet Scott submitted the freedom suit which ultimately became a historic Supreme Court case, stands a new memorial commemorating all freedom suits filed by slaves in St. Louis between 1812 and 1865. Freedom's Home, the name given to the sculpture by the artist Preston Jackson, is the hard work of many specifically The Honorable Judge David C. Mason. Saint Louis In Tune discussed the upcoming unveiling of the sculpture with Judge Mason and sculptor Preston Jackson and the meaning for all.[01:00] Judge David C. Mason InterviewTimeframe of Project[02:01] What...
2022-06-2248 min
Freedom Road PodcastFunding ColorAt a moment when our nation stands at one of the greatest transition points in its history, the work of faith leaders of color is critical, yet often goes underfunded--leaving leadership pipelines that lack capacity to maximize their gifts, apply their grassroots knowledge and scale innovative strategies that could bless us all. Click into this convo with movement leaders of color, grounded in their faith and visioning new ways to fund America's transformation! Listen in as Rev. Dr. Alexia Salvatierra (Academic Dean of Centro Latino, Fuller Seminary, alexiasalvatierra.com), Micky ScotBey Jones (The Justice Doula, mickyscottbeyjones.com) and Nikki Toy...
2022-05-041h 06
Teach Me, Teacher#256 Dear Freedom Writer with Erin Gruwell (pt.1)Hello everyone! Over twenty years ago, the students in first-year teacher Erin Gruwell's high school class in Long Beach, California, were labeled "unteachable"—but she saw past that. Instead of treating them as scores on a test, she understood that each of them had a unique story to tell. Inspired by books like Anne Frank's diary, her students began writing their own diaries, eventually dubbing themselves the Freedom Writers. Together, they co-authored The Freedom Writers Diary. In Dear Freedom Writer, the next generation of Freedom Writers shares its struggles with abuse, racism, discrimination, poverty, mental health, imposed borders, LGBTQIA+ identity, an...
2022-03-2832 min
Freedom Road PodcastWhere Do We Go From Here? Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King's final book with Dr. Drew HartThe world recently watched white nationalists scale the walls of the US Capitol Building to attempt an insurrection; killing 6 people, including 3 police officers. The world watched as 147 GOP members of Congress affirmed the lie that fueled the insurrection. The world watched as scores of GOP Senators voted not to even hear the evidence against the one man most responsible for the violence and the lies. Where do we go from here?Writing months before his passing, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr tells us exactly what happened on January 6, 2021 as he charts the path for America’s reformatio...
2021-02-0158 min
Freedom Road PodcastCritical Race Theory and IntersectionalityIn the final dark days of 2020, six presidents of Southern Baptist Seminaries issued publicly condemned Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality; forbidding the subjects from being taught at their institutions. Join host Lisa Sharon Harper on Freedom Road with special guests: Dr. Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro (Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality scholar), Marlena Graves (evangelical scholar and activist), Dr. Drew Hart (professor of Theology, Race and Justice), Dr. Dennis Edwards (Pastor and New Testament scholar), Dr. Chris Williamson (Pastor of a multi-racial church in Nashville, TN and author). Dive deep, lean in and listen as these evangelical scholars and leaders of color...
2021-01-011h 16
Turmeric and Tequila™64. Freedom Finders"May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right." - Peter Marshall This one is for my dream chasers! I had the pleasure of welcoming Devin Scott, Co- Founder of Freedom Finders, a DIALY broadcast inviting you to join them on their journey to Freedom. Transforming your "BROKE" mindsets to "GROWTH" mindsets by taking consistent daily action. There are 3 Main Focuses: 1) Finances 2) Quality of Life 3) Personal + Youth + Community Development. Devin is an entrepreneur, investor, salesman, and all-around hard worker. W...
2020-09-3051 minTurmeric and Tequila™64. Freedom Finders"May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right." - Peter Marshall This one is for my dream chasers! I had the pleasure of welcoming Devin Scott, Co- Founder of Freedom Finders, a DIALY broadcast inviting you to join them on their journey to Freedom. Transforming your "BROKE" mindsets to "GROWTH" mindsets by taking consistent daily action. There are 3 Main Focuses: 1) Finances 2) Quality of Life 3) Personal + Youth + Community Development. Devin is an entrepreneur, investor, salesman, and all-around hard worker. W...
2020-09-3051 min
Freedom Road PodcastPublic Safety Town Hall: Dreaming Another WayInterfaith leaders came together in the wake of the death of Mr. George Floyd by officers who knelt on his neck and body as he pled with them, “I can’t breathe!” In the weeks before and since Mr. Floyd’s death, multiple other black men, women and children have been killed by police. Listen as 14 of the most prolific and prophetic faith leaders in our nation engage the National Town Hall on Policing and Law Enforcement.Featuring: Host, Lisa Sharon Harper, Freedom RoadRabbi Sharon Brous, IKAR- Los AngelesValar...
2020-08-311h 04
The Jerry Springer PodcastThe Freedom Riders-Part 2 - EP 272This is part two of a two part series.On May 4, 1961, a group of 13 African-American and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. The Freedom Riders, who were recruited by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a U.S. civil rights group, departed from Washington, D.C., and attempted to integrate facilities at bus terminals along the way into the Deep South. African-American Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters, and vice versa. The group encountered tremendous...
2020-08-0529 min
The Jerry Springer PodcastThe Freedom Riders-Part 1 - EP 271the Freedom Riders - Part One of TwoOn May 4, 1961, a group of 13 African-American and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. The Freedom Riders, who were recruited by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a U.S. civil rights group, departed from Washington, D.C., and attempted to integrate facilities at bus terminals along the way into the Deep South. African-American Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters, and vice versa. The group encountered tremendous violence fr...
2020-07-2929 min
Freedom Road PodcastLGBTQ+ Inclusion and Exclusion in the ChurchMuch like the issue of slavery in the early 19th century, the issue of LGBTQ inclusion is splitting denominations across the United States. On opposite sides of the fault-line are those calling for inclusion and those engaging processes and crafting policies that exclude LGBTQ+ people from various levels of membership and leadership. Churches usually avoid this conversation, because the stakes are so high and the outcomes so painful.This month Freedom Road Podcast, Activist Theology Podcast and Red Letter Christians leverage the power of story to engage this fraught conversation together. Join Lisa Sharon Harper, Dr. Robyn...
2020-05-061h 08
Freedom Road PodcastRuth Ana Buffalo and the Stories the Land TellsThis month on Freedom Road Podcast join host, Lisa Sharon Harper, and special guest State Representative Ruth Anna Buffalo--the first Native American woman Democrat elected to North Dakota's State Assembly. In honor of Native American History Month, the two recount stories from their recent pilgrimage through the stories of Buffalo's people, the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation on the Fort Berthold Reservation. They consider the stories the land tells about historic and current violence and resilience in Native America.
2019-11-1458 min
The Jerry Springer PodcastThe Freedom Riders: Part 2 - EP231This is part two of a two part series.On May 4, 1961, a group of 13 African-American and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. The Freedom Riders, who were recruited by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a U.S. civil rights group, departed from Washington, D.C., and attempted to integrate facilities at bus terminals along the way into the Deep South. African-American Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters, and vice versa. The group encountered tremendous...
2019-10-1529 min
The Jerry Springer PodcastThe Freedom Riders - EP 230On May 4, 1961, a group of 13 African-American and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. The Freedom Riders, who were recruited by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a U.S. civil rights group, departed from Washington, D.C., and attempted to integrate facilities at bus terminals along the way into the Deep South. African-American Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters, and vice versa. The group encountered tremendous violence from white protestors along the route, but also drew international attention t...
2019-10-0829 min
Authors on the Air Global Radio NetworkFreedom TrainToday, Shannon speaks with Gerry and Janet Souter about their book, Selling Americans on America - Journey into a Troubled Nation. The book is a historical account of a little-known chapter in American history: The Freedom Train. America was in a crippled state following World War II, and the Freedom Train toured the country, displaying 130 original documents and irreplaceable objects - from the National Archives, Library of Congress and private collections - that helped build our nation, establish and defend our Freedom values, patriotism and unity. The train was guarded by United States Marines and helped to unite Americans behind...
2019-09-0432 min
Freedom Road PodcastThe Fruits of U.S. Exploitation of Immigrant Labor - Migrant Workers and DetentionIn this second episode of the Freedom Road Podcast two-part series on Immigration, Exploitation and Labor in the U.S. join host, Lisa Sharon Harper, and company as they travel from The Alamo to the Borderlands; shining light on America's labor system--a system perpetually dependent on the no-cost and low-cost labor of black and brown immigrant labor.
2019-08-061h 28
Freedom Road PodcastOn Freedom Road: The Roots of U.S. Exploitation of Immigrant Labor - Slavery and PeonageOver the next two episodes pilgrimage with us on Freedom Road Podcast as we stand on the land where whips cracked backs to bleed more work from black and brown bodies. Stand with us in a literal valley of dry bones—a mass grave filled with the bodies of men and boys swept up in the post-antebellum terror of peonage. Sit with us as we speak with a descendant of America’s Bracero program and faith leaders pushing back against the exploitation of asylum seekers in America’s detention system today.Host, Lisa Sharon Harper, and Sandy Ovalle...
2019-07-031h 05
Freedom Road PodcastRuby Sales: Lessons from the Southern Freedom Movement for Right NowMomma Ruby Sales is back. As the nation commemorates the life and death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and the invaluable contributions of the Civil Rights Movement, listen in and grab your pen and paper to take notes as Ruby Sales (SNCC activist and celebrated theologian) shares the pearls of wisdom she gleaned from the Southern Freedom Movement.
2019-04-0358 min
Freedom Road PodcastHER-stories from the #RubyWooPilgrimageThis month on Freedom Road, Lisa Sharon Harper, celebrates Women’s History Month with four women of the Ruby Woo Pilgrimage! Listen in as Meighan Stone (Council on Foreign Relations, Indivisible and former president of The Malala Fund), Andrea Ackerman and Melissa O’Keefe (Christ City Church DC) and Barbara Noe Kennedy (Travel Writer) reflect on the wisdom they gleaned from our nation’s foremothers‘ intersectional struggle for equality. This isn’t just history. This is straight up wisdom for right now.
2019-03-051h 06
Freedom Road PodcastJustice Agenda 2019Join host, Lisa Sharon Harper, in this mind-blowing conversation with East Harlem pastor and author Jose Humphreys, indigenous scholar Dr. Randy Woodley, South African activist Rene' August and white Evangelical consultant Alexei Laushkin. Run and get pen and paper and #takenotes as these four Freedom Road Consultants consider the nature of justice, what justice will require of the church and share their #JusticeAgenda2019!
2019-01-081h 10