Black Woman Rising: Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil

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Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 29 August 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are sitting at the table with Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil to discuss her new book, “Becoming Brave” and her own evolution from pushing for racial reconciliation to racial justice. Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil is a dynamic speaker, teacher, author and reconciliation leader! She is a trailblazer, who is thoroughly loving and rigorously prophetic. Her mission is to inspire and empower emerging Christian leaders to be practitioners of reconciliation in their various spheres of influence. As an Associate Professor of Reconciliation Studies in the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, Dr. Salter McNeil directs the Reconciliation Studies program that prepares students to engage the culture around them as Christian reconcilers. She earned a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, a Doctorate of Ministry from Palmer Theological Seminary and was awarded Doctorates of Humane Letters from both North Park University and Eastern University. She is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church and is on the pastoral staff of Quest Church in Seattle, WA. Dr. McNeil is recognized internationally as one of the foremost thought-leaders of reconciliation and was featured as one of the 50 most influential women to watch by Christianity Today in 2012. She is the coauthor of The Heart of Racial Justice and the author of A Credible Witness, Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0 and Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil is married to Dr. J. Derek McNeil and they are the proud parents of two young adult children. Truth's Table Discount for Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley: Save 40% off Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley when you order at https://ivpress.com/reading-while-black using promo code TRUTH20. This offer expires on September 30, 2020. Get 40% off of Becoming Brave when you purchase at: https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/41909 Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/shop/truthstable?pid=46&cid=2742 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:15.0	press. Oh, yeah. Hey y'all, all,
0:35.0	all,
0:38.0	welcome to Truth's table, midwiser culture for Grace and Truth.
0:41.3	I'm a Kimmani, and I'm Christina. This table is built by a
0:44.6	black woman and four black women so welcome to the table see how you doing good?
0:49.8	I'm doing you know we're out here I have I have more bags unpacked you know I
0:57.6	I look at my home looks like people really live there and God has been really, really kind, you know, we've not been,
1:05.0	we've not been ill. I'm so grateful for my health in this particular season of
1:09.3	COVID-19, you know, it just makes you think about those types of things from day to day so how are you doing
1:14.5	E? Yes yes yes I'm also grateful for my health I'm doing well I just finished my
1:20.1	workout at home my home workout at home workout and yeah I'm really grateful I'm good to it's good to be in the
1:29.0	land of the living it's just something that I think I've taken for granted for far too long and it's no small thing. It's no small thing. So I'm grateful to be here, grateful to be at the table with you, my sister.
1:41.0	And I'm really excited because we have a black woman rising episode I feel like
1:48.6	we need like the sound of like a Phoenix sound you know for for these episodes you know like a Phoenix
1:54.8	rising. Rising.
1:55.8	We need theme music.
1:58.8	We need some theme music.
1:59.4	We believe in theme music.
2:01.1	We have one for Black Girl Magic, but we don't have one for Black Woman Rises.
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