History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read, and it does not

refer merely or even principally to the past.

On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us,

are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do. It could scarcely be otherwise, since it is to history that we owe our frames of reference, our identities, and our aspirations. This is pass the mic.

Dynamic Voices for a diverse church. This is Pass the Mic.

Greetings and God bless. Welcome to another episode of Past the Mike, dynamic voices for a diverse church powered by the witness, a black Christian collective.

I'm your host Tyler Burns. You can follow me on Twitter at Burns 23 follow at your own risk and joining me as

always is the president of the witness the man the myth the legend the best-selling

author mr. blue check verified himself Jamar tisby, what's going on, brother?

This episode I'm excited about.

It is right up my alley, but we're gonna have a great dialogue on it.

It's 2020, and as you probably noticed,

we're switching things up a little bit.

Jamar started the episode by reading a quote from the classic writer and activist James

Baldwin.

James Baldwin talks in that quote about the witness of history.

This entire first season we're going to talk about the theme, Can I Get a Witness?

Now you've probably heard us say it before.

We're going to get further contours on what we mean.

What does it really mean to be a witness? What does it really mean to represent ourselves and our

savior well in light of our culture in light of the politically charged

socially tight intense all of the pressures that we're going to be facing in life

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