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Mother Tree NetworkBLACK HISTORY MONTH– The Chaconne Emancipated with Michael Jamanis and Amanda KempI recorded this introduction on Frederick Douglass’s birthday which happens to be Valentine’s Day. Please check out Frederick Douglass Suite; Black History Month 2023In this episode, you get to hear Part One of the Chaconne Emancipated, a performance piece that interweaves Bach and African American spirituals with excerpts from Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech and Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.Did you know that Dr. King made that speech on the anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation at the Lincoln Memorial?After hea...2023-02-1741 min
Humans and Earth49 Architects of a New Humanity: Rhetta MorganReverend Rhetta Morgan is an interfaith minister, facilitator, artist and healer. Her work encompasses the intersections of spirituality, creativity and activism, all rooted in an intention to work and live in a more just world. She currently facilitates Anti-Bias work for the Anti-Defamation League, leads The Ecclesia Fortify Circle, a group that supports activists to develop spiritual practices, and recently returned from South Africa working as facilitator and healer with Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity. Find her at www.reverendrhetta.com If you want to be in service to love on this planet at thi...2023-02-1057 min
The Seed: Conversations for Radical HopeHow Do We Heal Amidst the Unspeakable? with Rev. Rhetta MorganDwight sits down with Rev. Rhetta Morgan to discuss the power and purpose of heartbreak, the magic of sitting with grief, and the connection between healing self/others/world. What does it mean to heal and hope in the midst of the unspeakable? “I want to invite people to go in the direction of the illogical,” Rev. Rhetta says. “It is illogical to be hopeful when everything around you is falling apart. I want you to do it anyway. I want you to go in that direction of the transcendent.” This conversation digs into the complexity, beauty, pain, and alchemy o...2022-10-0432 min
The ReMembering and ReEnchanting PodcastEpisode 11 - Spiritual Midwifery Conversation with Midwife Krystina Friedlander and Spiritual midwife Reverend Rhetta MorganSend us a textAn electric conversation between midwife and herbalist Krystina Friedlander and Rev Rhetta Morgan, a minister and spiritual midwife. We discuss the mysteries of accompaniment and birth giving, the violence enacted by the patriarchy including practices of modern medicine, trusting bodies, communal possibilities of spiritual midwifery, and trusting our center. Check out KrystinaKrystina's websiteKrystina's InstaCheck out RhettaRhetta’s WebsiteRhetta’s LinkedInFollow Sara Jolena and Sequoia SamanvayaSeq...2022-03-121h 15
The ReMembering and ReEnchanting PodcastEpisode 9 - Bless the Dark; A conversation with Rev. Rhetta MorganSend us a textIn this episode, spiritual activist, singing healer, and interfaith minister Reverend Rhetta Morgan shares music, poetry, and conversation with Reverend Sara Jolena Wolcott . On the even of the winter solstice, we enter the dark, meandering in its many meanings.Some key points:1:39 - Introduction of Rev Rhetta Morgan2:20 - Sara and Rhetta recite and sing Rilke’s poem on darkness; they let themselves wonder and wander around Rilke's insights.11:55 - Rhetta’ shares some of her work and insights about the Dark14...2022-02-261h 05