Fire to Advocate w/ Rev. Alisha Gordon

Woman Evolve with Sarah Jakes Roberts

The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.8 • 6.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Quick, get Alicia on the keys—'cause THIS girl is on fiyaaa! Our guest co-host, Rev. Alisha Gordon, is out here doing the Lord’s work & it’s LIT! As the founder and Executive Director of TheCurrentProject.org, Sis connects programming and policy to close the social and economic gap for Black single mothers. She & SJR talk pulpits & politics, their lived experiences as single moms in the church, taking on the Goliath of systemic inequalities, plus a life reimagined! And Delegation, W.E. kickin’ that whole “bootstrap mentality” to the curb. Advocacy involves those with access getting #BootsOnTheGround & institutions putting the resources where their mouth is. Now, gone ignite your passion & blaze a trail for baddies behind you! This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp + Zocdoc + Athletic Greens. Holla at ‘em to REVOLUTIONIZE your health!

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0:00.0	God can't bless you for tend to be or who you can care yourself to.
0:04.8	He can only bless you and the lane that was created for you.
0:09.0	I feel that for somebody.
0:12.0	You don't need no itch, it's a unique boundary.
0:15.0	What?
0:16.0	I don't need your lights, I don't need your elevation.
0:19.0	All I need is a God fighting for me that's there for all things.
0:23.0	All things, all things.
0:26.0	Child.
0:31.0	Okay, listen, I have a very serious question for you.
0:35.0	This honestly, low key, it's probably the most serious question you'll be asked all week.
0:41.0	How church are you?
0:42.0	Like, are you so churchy that you insert church phrases into regular regular conversations?
0:47.0	Don't front, like you haven't replaced saying, okay, with amen and quiet as it's kept.
0:52.0	I know I'm not the only one that changed the color red to red like the blood of Jesus to add more context to the shade of lipstick I'm looking for.
1:00.0	Drop me a comment on the socials on the Womeningbawth comment section and tell me how churchy are you.
1:05.0	And guess what?
1:06.0	To my new girls, not so churchy, guess what?
1:08.0	That's all right.
1:09.0	Some of us more churchy than we need to be too much churchy.
1:11.0	We'll hold it down for the rest of you.
1:13.0	What's more important than being churchy, than being full of all of these colloquialisms is having a real authentic relationship with you.
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