Being a Faithful Witness in Harrowing Times with Rev. Marcos Canales & Rev. Dr. Robert Chao Romero
The Allender Center Podcast
The Allender Center
4.7 • 648 Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
What does it look like to stand with a community through fire—both literal and systemic?
In this conversation, Rev. Marcos Canales and Rev. Dr. Robert Chao Romero join Rachael Clinton Chen to share their experiences leading and loving the Latino community in the Los Angeles area, especially during recent times of crisis. From homes lost and families displaced by devastating wildfires this year to the crushing weight of recent unjust immigration policies that threaten daily survival, these realities are urgent and relentless.
Amid these challenges, they share how they create space for lament, fierce hope, and necessary rest in their lives as leaders. They show what it means to bear witness with empathy, stand in true solidarity, and nurture resilience when the world feels like it's falling apart. Beyond politics, agendas, and policies, their witness points to a deeper hope in Jesus—one that sustains, heals, and empowers communities to keep moving forward.
We invite you to listen, learn, and be moved by their wisdom—shaped by personal and communal healing.
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| 0:00.0 | Friends, we live in a world where the traumatic impact of racism is far too often ignored or minimized, |
| 0:14.1 | but the wounds are real in our bodies, our families, and our stories. |
| 0:20.1 | At the Alliter Center, we believe that the healing of our wounds begins when we tell the truth, |
| 0:26.8 | when we name our experiences, when we share our stories in community. |
| 0:31.9 | Hi, I'm Linda Royster from the Allander Center, and I'm honored to invite you to our upcoming story workshop for racial trauma and healing. |
| 0:41.7 | This is a profound event that invites you deeply into the themes of your life, particularly core things that are common to people within racially marginalized communities of color, who have experienced personal |
| 0:56.4 | and collective trauma. |
| 0:58.5 | This story workshop is created for and led by black, indigenous Latino and Latina, and |
| 1:05.4 | Asian Pacific Islander people as the global majority of the world's population. |
| 1:12.7 | By centering the lived experiences of people of color, this story workshop can create a safer space for you as you |
| 1:19.2 | seek to understand, write, tell, and live your story in deeper and more transformative ways. |
| 1:27.1 | We're committed to making this offering financially accessible. |
| 1:31.3 | Thanks to the generosity of the stewardship foundation and our donor community. |
| 1:36.1 | Need-based scholarships are available. |
| 1:38.9 | If you or someone you know is interested in being a part of this powerful experience, |
| 1:45.9 | we invite you to check out the upcoming dates and register at the Alondocenter.org forward slash workshops. |
| 1:52.5 | Again, that's the Alondonjicenter.org forward slash workshops. |
| 1:57.4 | We would be honored to hold space for your story this year. |
| 2:22.5 | Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast. |
| 2:24.2 | I'm Dr. Dan Allender. |
| 2:25.9 | And I'm Rachel Clinton-Cenn. |
| 2:30.2 | We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world. |
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