A Time of Lament for Ahmaud Arbery

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Join us for this rebroadcast of a special live event lamenting the heinous murder of Ahmaud Arbery on February 23rd in Brunswick, Georgia. In this episode Jemar and Tyler are joined by Ally Henny and Michelle Higgins to unpack our feelings, our pain, our reality, and our responsibility as we move forward. Do not look away. Enough is enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Dynamic Voices for a diverse church. This is Pass the Mic.
0:09.2	Well, greetings and God bless, welcome to another episode of Pastor Mike, dynamic voices for a diverse church, powered by the witness a black Christian collective.
0:21.0	If you're tuning in for the first time, I'm your host Tyler Burns. You can follow me on Twitter at Burns 23 follow at your own risk and today we have a special episode for you. The world has been captivated and gripped by the shocking heinous tragic murder of
0:36.0	Ahmad Arbury in Brunswick, Georgia on February 23rd by two armed white men.
0:41.5	So many of us have been trying to figure out how we feel, deal with it, and
0:45.2	last week we had the privilege of going live with a few of our friends to members of the
0:49.9	witness, to lament, to have a discussion about what we should do next and how we should feel.
0:54.8	I'm joined in this episode by the president of the witness, Jemar Tisbee.
0:58.2	I'm joined by one of our executive team members Ali Hinni and also a friend of the
1:02.1	show, the founder of Faith for
1:03.4	justice Michelle Higgins of course you know her as one-third of truth's table I hope
1:08.2	that this episode while it may not necessarily be set up in the same way as a
1:12.2	podcast would typically be would be a sense of encouragement for you, a sense of refreshing.
1:17.0	I pray that we would not go back to normal. I pray that we would not miss this opportunity to do some serious self-examination.
1:23.2	That's what I did live on this podcast.
1:25.7	That's what so many did as they were watching and listening.
1:28.4	And I hope that's what you do as well.
1:30.2	Take some time and prepare yourself for this very important conversation about Ahmad Arbury and our responsibility. The COVID-19-19 pandemic officially ended on May 11th, 2023.
1:49.7	While it only lasted three years, the pandemic impacted almost every institution in America.
1:55.0	Research studies have examined the impact of COVID on economics, housing, and
1:59.2	secular employment, but how did COVID-19 impact the American Church?
2:04.0	On this podcast COVID and the Church, we will explore the results of our landmark study published
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