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This week, we share an exclusive For the Journey conversation between Bill Haley and Gregory Thompson—an author and consultant at the intersection of moral imagination and social change. They discuss how the American church and culture have been interacting recently and explore the meaning and need for a dissident church deeply rooted in the way of Jesus.Support the show

Gregory Thompson's Peace Talks episode is both hard-hitting and thoughtful. He tackles why the dinner table is the BEST place for political conversations and why the church is the best place for cultivating the moral skill of discernment needed for such topics. Don't miss this one!Gregory Thompson is a writer, artist, cook, and creative leader who works at the intersection of contemplative, the critical, and the convivial. He currently serves as Co-Founder and Creative Director of Voices Underground, a team of scholars, artists, and activists devoted to racial healing through storytelling. He is author of The Welcome Table, a column on Hospitality and Culture at Comment Magazine, of Blood From the Ground: Racial Healing and Public Memory (forthcoming), and co-author of the award-winning Reparations: A Christian Call to Repentance and Repair. He holds an MA and a PhD from the University of Virginia, and can most likely be found in the kitchen.» Subscribe to PEACE TALKS Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peace-talks/id1590168616About the Center for Formation, Justice and Peace:Justice and peace come from the inside out—from the overflow of a transformed heart. This belief led our founder, Bishop Todd Hunter, to start the Center for Formation, Justice and Peace in 2021. The Center brings together a diverse, interdenominational community of people who want to be formed in love to heal a broken world. Because “religion” is often part of the problem, we've created a brave, Jesus-centered space for dialogue, questioning, creating, and exploration. PEACE TALKS introduces you to women and men who are working to undo oppression, leading to lives of deeper peace for all.*Connect with The Center Online!*Visit The Center's Website: https://centerfjp.orgFollow The Center on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/centerfjpFollow The Center on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CenterFjpFollow The Center on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/centerfjp/Support the show

This week, we share a Soundings Seminar conversation with Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson, the authors of the 2021 book Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Renewal.  Duke and Greg lay out how their book can help American Christians *See* the pervasive sin of white supremacy through our history, *Own* the need for restoration of wealth, truth, and power stolen from black communities, and embrace the biblical call to *Repair* our communities.  They explain how and why the church is uniquely equipped to take up the complex question of reparations, and they share candidly about the roots of many Christians' resistance to taking this question seriously.It is a challenging and stimulating conversation, and we hope you'll be blessed by it!Support the show

On this Kankakee Podcast episode, Kankakee County's own Gregory Thompson joins host Jake for a captivating conversation. They dive into Gregory's background, growing up in Kankakee County, and of course discuss his work in creative writing.Jake and Gregory dig into Gregory's passion for storytelling, which was in part inspired by reading Stephen King's works. He recalls challenging himself to rewrite "Cujo" which ended up serving as a pivotal moment, as it sparked his love for crafting stories. They explore Gregory's beginnings in screenwriting, his collaboration with Pathfinder's own Brian Prairie making sketches, and how he determines the right medium for each story. Gregory also touches on some of his novels, particularly Nightcry and The Golden Door, providing insights into their origins. The discussion highlights Gregory's writing process, emphasizing the importance of getting the first draft down before editing. Aspiring writers will find valuable advice, and the podcast ends with a glimpse of Gregory's upcoming projects.MEET YOUR GUESTGregory M. Thompson is an experienced writer in horror, science fiction, and fantasy. He got his start in screenwriting but shifted to fiction and comic writing in the early 2000s, while still occasionally returning to screenplays.Influenced by great authors like Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, and Scott Snyder, Gregory's work can be found in publications like Aphelion Webzine, Concisely, Midwest Literary Review, and various anthologies. His novels include Nightcry, The Golden Door, the Horde Trilogy, Indiscriminate, and My Only One.Gregory is also involved in comics and has successfully crowdfunded his horror comic, "Lilacs." When not writing, he enjoys football, horror board games, and biking. He lives in Illinois with his wife and two sons and often participates in events and conventions, where he makes an impact in the world of speculative fiction. If you're ready to turn your passion for music into a rewarding career, King Music on Broadway in Bradley would love to hear from you!Apply Here: https://form.jotform.com/232704487481057You can also use promo code KANKAKEEPOD at kingmusic.com for 10% off your order.Support the show

Brooklyn Rob is solo tonight welcoming on Robert Smith , Gregory Thompson Jr, and Carl Ong of the Agent Ong Open. We discuss their action match on Oct 19th at Kyrene Lanes in CHandler AZ. We discuss what they are bowling on, how much, what their strategy is, and why i should bet on them. 

In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, Crystal chats with "Dr. G" about the complexities of campus politics. We delve deeper with our guest on how to understand and navigate a campus organization--both the explicit and implicit expectations and norms. Along the way there are many practical strategies and tips on how to get a handle on campus politics and relationship building in your own work.

Episode 36: #GriefAND White Supremacy featuring Gregory Thompson. Gregory is a pastor, scholar, writer, producer, and amateur cook whose work focuses on racial healing in America. He currently serves as Executive Director of Voices Underground, an initiative to build a national memorial to the Underground Railroad in Southeast Pennsylvania. Dr. Thompson is also a Research Fellow in African American Cultural Heritage at Lincoln University (HBCU), the Visiting Theologian for Mission at Grace Mosaic Church in Washington DC, and the co-author (with Duke Kwon) of Reparations: A Christian Call to Repentance and Repair (Brazos Press, April 2021). He received his PhD in the Theology, Ethics, and Culture program in the University of Virginia's department of Religious Studies, where he wrote his dissertation on Martin Luther King, Jr.

Anne Snyder is one of Faith Angle's newest Advisory Board members. She currently hosts The Whole Person Revolution podcast, and earlier this year she co-edited a volume entitled Breaking Ground, with over 45 short essays published throughout the pandemic. Spurring today's conversation, since May 2019 Anne has served as Editor in Chief of Comment Magazine. She is joined by one of its current contributors, Greg Thompson, who is the co-director of Voices Underground, a Pennsylvania-based, HBCU-affiliated initiative that promotes African American cultural history through scholarly research, community experiences, and historical memorialization. This conversation explores themes from Greg's regular Comment column, "The Welcome Table", which weaves together history, race, memory, hospitality, and a theology of belonging.   Guests Anne Snyder Gregory Thompson   Additional Resources  Comment Magazine The Welcome Table Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair, by Gregory Thompson and Duke Kwon The Whole Person Revolution Podcast , with Anne Snyder

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Welcome to Season 4 of Being Known Podcast where we are looking at trauma through the lens of hope and not fear.  This week we talk on how we can begin to heal from trauma with a look at the wholeness of integration.   We were made to create beauty and goodness in the world.  But evil has other plans, and wields trauma as a way to devour us before that goodness and beauty can be realized.   But - God had other plans beyond those of evil – plans that evil never saw coming, and still doesn't.  For indeed, God's intention is not to ignore trauma, but wade right into it and right up to it, allowing himself to be subjected to its worst possible form.  And so, despite the traumatic execution by crucifixion of a prisoner from a backwater village of a now non-existent ancient empire on a non-descript Friday – we call that Friday Good because God has come not merely to be with us in our trauma, but to transform them, bringing us to wholeness, to beauty and goodness, in ways we could never imagine.   Join us as we, together, imagine Jesus coming to find us in the bomb craters that make up the story of our lives – and as we then tell a new story of beauty and goodness that will transform our minds, and change our brains along the way.     Links, References and Resources Boundaries for Your Soul by Alison Cook, PhD. and Kimberly Miller Try Softer by Aundi Kolber Brainspotting by David Grand Generations Deep by Gina Birkemeier My Grandmother's Hands by ResmaaMenakem Reparations by Gregory Thompson and Duke Kwon   Scripture References Mark 5:25-24 Mark 3:20-34 Luke 24:13-35   Sign up to access the Being Known Podcast applications, the weekly exercises that connect what you are learning to your life in a practical way.  Scroll to the bottom of the page to sign up (not the pop-up).   As always, we invite you to stay connected with us via social media and YouTube: Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube (where we post the unedited videos of each episode AND the post show conversations.)     Please subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode and we always welcome your reviews on Apple Podcasts.  

Episode 139 - Christians are awakening to the legacy of racism in America like never before. While public conversations regarding the realities of racial division and inequalities have surged in recent years, so has the public outcry to work toward the long-awaited healing of these wounds. But American Christianity, with its tendency to view the ministry of reconciliation as its sole response to racial injustice, and its isolation from those who labor most diligently to address these things, is underequipped to offer solutions. Because of this, the church needs a new perspective on its responsibility for the deep racial brokenness at the heart of American culture and on what it can do to repair that brokenness. So, today Stephanie welcomes Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson, co-authors of a book that she is very eager to share with you, Reparations, in the context of our Shades of Red series. This is a deep, serious, and visionary conversation which, Stephanie hopes, will inspire you to embrace the practical steps of the Shades of Red series: to be informed, to intercede, to become involved, and to influence. "REPARATIONS" makes a compelling historical and theological case for the church's obligation to provide reparations for the oppression of African Americans. Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson articulate the church's responsibility for its promotion and preservation of white supremacy throughout history, investigate the Bible's call to repair our racial brokenness, and offer a vision for the work of reparation at the local level. They lead readers toward a moral imagination that views reparations as a long-overdue and necessary step in our collective journey toward healing and wholeness. MEET THE AUTHORS Duke L. Kwon (MDiv, ThM, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is the lead pastor at Grace Meridian Hill, a neighborhood congregation in the Grace DC Network committed to building cross-cultural community in Washington, DC. Kwon is active in public conversations around race, equity, and racial repair in the American church, and he lectures on these topics around the country. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Christianity Today, and The Witness. Gregory Thompson (PhD, University of Virginia) is a pastor, scholar, artist, and producer whose work focuses on race and equity in the United States. He serves as executive director of Voices Underground (an initiative to build a national memorial to the Underground Railroad outside of Philadelphia), research fellow in African American heritage at Lincoln University (HBCU), and visiting theologian for mission at Grace Mosaic Church in Washington, DC. He is also the cocreator of Union: The Musical, a soul and hip-hop-based musical about the 1968 sanitation workers' strike. Thompson lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. Follow them at the Reparations Projects on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reparations_project/   SHADES OF RED is a new original series by GospelSpice Ministries. We ponder humanity as loved, created, fallen and, in Christ, redeemed. SHADES OF RED brings you a simple theological perspective to understand the consequences of the curse of sin on humanity, followed by a practical approach to step up against the evils of our day, rooted in unity between man and woman. Weaving real-life Bible stories, this series will help you get informed, keep interceding, get involved, and keep influencing our generation. We will also occasionally welcome special guests who share our passion to fight against oppression in all its forms, for example through the fight against human trafficking, or through racial reconciliation, and more. Support us!

We are now hearing and reading about a subject that has been thrown in the back of the closet for decades. The question before us is: Should the descendants of slaves be compensated for the invaluable contributions that their ancestors made to the growth of the USA in our formative years? The various positions taken on this issue come from the arenas of politics, social justice and economics. Here we address it from the standpoint of religion. Our guest for these episodes from 2021 is Gregory Thompson, the author of the book "Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance & Prayer"

Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson join Shane Claiborne to discuss reparations, racism, and the church's responsibility today.   Follow Duke Kwon on Instagram! Go to @dukekwondc Follow Gregory Thompson on Instagram! Go to @gregory__thompson For more information on RLC, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org  Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians Instagram: @RedLetterXians Follow Shane on Instagram: @shane.claiborne Twitter: @ShaneClaiborne

Vanessa & Bishop Todd could have talked to hours to this month's guest (and good friend) Greg Thompson. He is a scholar, writer, and artist of diverse creative background whose work focuses on race, religion, hospitality, and democracy in the United States. He serves as Executive Director of Voices Underground, an initiative to build a national memorial to the Underground Railroad outside of Philadelphia; Research Fellow in African American Heritage at Lincoln University (HBCU); and as Creative Director of Star & Lantern, a new Cocktail Bar in Kennett Square, PA whose story centers in the African American freedom struggle and the Underground Railroad (Opening June 2021). He is the Co-Creator of Union: The Musical, a soul and hip-hop based musical about the 1968 Sanitation Workers' Strike, Co-Author (with Reverend Duke Kwon) of Reparations: A Christian Call to Repentance and Repair and is currently writing a work that explores the role of love in the work of Martin Luther King.  He holds an M.A. and PhD from the University of Virginia.Twitter: @_wgthompasonVuproject.orgSupport the show

Pastor Dennis Allan continues our series on the Old Testament book, Exodus. In Exodus 12:35-36 God plunders the Egyptian people who turn over their financial and material wealth to the Israelite people as they leave Egypt. It's a staggering redistribution of wealth to a people group who had been oppressed and enslaved for hundreds of years. These verses create the framework for our conversation that starts in Exodus and then moves to Leviticus, Ezra, and the Gospel of Luke, all focused on the biblical and theological concept of reparations, which is the work of restoring that which has been broken and returning that which has been stolen. *Note: Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson's work, Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair, as well as Duke Kwon's talk, “Race Reparations” at the 2018 Q Conference were resources used in the researching of this sermon and we commend them to you.

It's Topic Toss Up time again and in this episode we look at the conversation in the Church and culture surrounding reparations as well as discuss the principles and realities relating to searching for a new local church. We hope you enjoy and please let us know what you think! Holy Post episode with Gregory Thompson on Reparations Substance Shoutouts: Trevor- With by Skye Jethani Philip- Owlegories Vincent- Samoht (Musical Artist) Alpha Exit Follow Us: Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube Channel Share Your Questions/Suggestions/Feedback With Us: Email: thesubstancepod@gmail.com Phone: 913-703-3883 Support Us: Join us for our "21 in 21" and send individual donations on CashApp to $TheSubstancePod or become a monthly supporter at the Anchor link below! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thesubstancepod/support

Randy and Kyle talk with Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson about their recent book Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair, in which they grapple with the church's responsibility to repair the great damage done to African Americans by the history--and ongoing reality--of racism in the United States. Duke and Greg are forceful and eloquent and refreshingly hopeful. It's an important conversation that will hopefully spawn many others.The letter discussed at the beginning of the episode can be found here: https://www.facinghistory.org/reconstruction-era/letter-jourdon-anderson-freedman-writes-former-master.The whiskey featured in this episode is Traverse City Straight Bourbon.Support the show

Earlier this year, Gregory Thompson and Duke Kwon released their book “Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair,” in which they make a biblical argument for the American church's responsibility to repay the debts inflicted upon black communities by systemic racism and white supremacy. In this moment of political division and evangelical panic over Critical Race Theory, it's not surprising that responses to the book have been polarized. One of the most negative and widely read reviews came from theologian Kevin DeYoung who said “Reparations” is “clearly not shaped by the gospel.” Thompson and Kwon then wrote a lengthy and detailed response to DeYoung's review. (Links to both are posted below.) In this episode, Thompson talks to Skye about the debate, criticism of his book, and what the white evangelical response to racism reveals about its theology, mission, and blind spots. Phil and Christian then join Skye to discuss Thompson's interview, and Christian shares a personal story to remind us all that change is possible. “Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair” - https://www.amazon.com/Reparations-Christian-Call-Repentance-Repair/dp/1587434504/ Kevin DeYoung Review - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/reparations-a-critical-theological-review/ Review Response 1 - https://thefrontporch.org/2021/07/sanctifying-the-status-quo-a-response-to-reverend-kevin-deyoung/ Review Response 2 - https://thefrontporch.org/2021/07/distinctively-christian-an-additional-response-to-reverend-kevin-deyoung/ Other resources referenced: https://www.amazon.com/Sum-Us-Everyone-Prosper-Together/dp/0525509569 https://religionnews.com/2021/07/12/dont-believe-in-systemic-racism-lets-talk-about-the-sexual-revolution-charlottesville-robert-e-lee/

On today's episode, Ryan and Colton talk through reparations. Are reparations biblical? Is it even possible to think of modern day reparations? Are white people to be punished for the sins of their ancestors?   As always, you can follow us on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bnwchurch/ . Also, feel free to reach out to us at bnwchurch@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!   Article Mentioned by Thabiti Anyabwile -  https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabiti-anyabwile/reparations-are-biblical/   Book Mentioned is “Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair” by Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson   * All views expressed in this podcast are those of Ryan Broushet and Colton Meo and do not reflect on the organizations, churches, and companies they are a part of *   Theme Music: “Dream Catcher” provided by Kevin MacLeod

As Christians, what responsibility do we have if we know a crime has been committed? Specifically, what about a theft? Authors and pastors Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson address those questions in their new book, Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair. Pastor Kwon joined me for this episode of the podcast to talk … Continue reading Episode 097 – Duke Kwon

Our guests Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson discuss the church's responsibility to heal racial brokenness and to lead the way in making concrete restitution and reparations to the descendants of the victims of slavery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Luke 10:30-37 Jesus finishes the story about "The Good Samaritan " saying “go and do likewise.” What does that look like today?  Duke L. Kwon and Gregory Thompson talked about this very thing in their book "Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair".Duke L. Kwon (MDiv, ThM, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is the lead pastor at Grace Meridian Hill, a neighborhood congregation in the Grace DC Network committed to building cross-cultural community in Washington, DC. Kwon is active in public conversations around race, equity, and racial repair in the American church, and he lectures on these topics around the country. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Christianity Today, and The Witness.Gregory Thompson (PhD, University of Virginia) is a pastor, scholar, artist, and producer whose work focuses on race and equity in the United States. He serves as executive director of Voices Underground (an initiative to build a national memorial to the Underground Railroad outside of Philadelphia), research fellow in African American heritage at Lincoln University (HBCU), and visiting theologian for mission at Grace Mosaic Church in Washington, DC. He is also the cocreator of Union: The Musical, a soul and hip-hop-based musical about the 1968 sanitation workers' strike. Thompson lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

With the news media now seriously considering possible evidence that COVID may have come from a lab, the Daily Wire's Ben Johnson talks about how media narratives can get in the way of journalism.  Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson discuss their book "Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair."

With the news media now seriously considering possible evidence that COVID may have come from a lab, the Daily Wire's Ben Johnson talks about how media narratives can get in the way of journalism.  Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson discuss their book "Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair."

I recommend an excellent new book, Reparations: A Call for Repentance and Repair, by Duke L. Kwon and Gregory Thompson, and I talk about the grammar of the gospel and compare that to the grammar of evangelicalism.

To stay up to date with our summer series, "White People Talking to White People About Racism," please subscribe: https://theinvitationcenter.org/subscribe To learn more about the series: https://theinvitationcenter.org/reparations-book-discussion The Rev. Dr. Denise Kingdom Grier offers a bold, honest, and frank discernment of the racism in America and the white church. Her courageous testimony provides the necessary and essential orientation as we invite white people to talk with white people about racism this summer 2021 in our reading of Reparations: A Christian Call For Repentance and Repair by Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson. Josh offers some orientation to Denise's orientation by walking through the details about how this summer series will work, and then he offers some context about why the Invitation is handling this book and the vocabulary of reparations. Finally, Josh offers a few meditative readings from Ephesians 3 to allow you time to take this very difficult conversation into contemplative practice. To go directly to the conversation with Denise, skip to 23:20. We are asking participants to buy the book from a black owned bookstore. In West Michigan, consider the store, We Are Lit! For a list of more black owned stores visit Literary Hub: https://tinyurl.com/pt8c48ua The March 4, 2021, “#LeaveLoud” episode of the Pass the Mic podcast mentioned can be found HERE: https://tinyurl.com/tsxj7998

Gregory Thompson graduated with Full-time Web Development Cohort 45. I’m a native to Mississippi who’s been living in Nashville for the past 4 years. I first developed a passion for software development as a Junior in high school while taking an introductory course in Python. I was fascinated by software’s seemingly limitless possibility for growth, creativity, and problem solving, and still am to this day. After years of learning to code on my free time, I decided to turn my love of problem solving into a career. I am a full stack developer with experience in React, C#, and .Net as my primary languages and frameworks. I look forward to growing as a developer and learning every step of the way.

Pastors Duke L. Kwon and Dr. Gregory Thompson build a historical and theological case for reparations -- and address the various thefts of white supremacy that continue to hurt our Black communities in their latest book: Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair. In this podcast episode, Duke L. Kwon and Dr. Gregory Thompson talk about why they need to write a theological case for reparations, why it's important to support and love hurting communities, reasons why Christians debate the reparations issue, ways church leaders and pastors can properly address systemic sins at church, ways to address racial justice issues and reparations in church meetings, and how white supremacy is a theft of truth, power, and wealth, ways to talk with children about racism, and what the parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us about love and reparations. You can catch the YouTube video of this conversation here: http://www.mikedelgado.org/podcast/reparations/ Duke L. Kwon (MDiv, ThM, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is the lead pastor at Grace Meridian Hill, a neighborhood congregation in the Grace DC Network committed to building cross-cultural community in Washington, DC. Kwon is active in public conversations around race, equity, and racial repair in the American church, and he lectures on these topics around the country. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Christianity Today, and The Witness. Gregory Thompson (PhD, University of Virginia) is a pastor, scholar, artist, and producer whose work focuses on race and equity in the United States. He serves as executive director of Voices Underground (an initiative to build a national memorial to the Underground Railroad outside of Philadelphia), research fellow in African American heritage at Lincoln University (HBCU), and visiting theologian for mission at Grace Mosaic Church in Washington, DC. He is also the co-creator of Union: The Musical, a soul and hip-hop-based musical about the 1968 sanitation workers' strike. Thompson lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

How can we heal the racial divide in our time? Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson argue the answer lies in reparations.  What insights might the Bible offer?  Gabe talks with the pair about there new book,  "Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair."

“We are not establishing some new morality that is an over-realized understanding of heaven on earth. Reparations are love of neighbor.” - Duke Kwon Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair is a brand new book from Pastor Duke Kwon and cultural educator Gregory Thompson that’s sending shockwaves through the American church. On this timely and hotly debated topic of reparations to the African American community, Kwon and Thompson use theology and history to argue that the church has a unique moral responsibility to repair our nation’s original sin. In this episode of the Praise Hands Podcast, hear Duke and Gregory talk through: Frameworks for understanding racism, white supremacy, and reparations The church’s crucial role in developing America’s racial caste system How Christian creatives can use their repentant imaginations to create change Each week on the Praise Hands Podcast, join Robby Valderrama and learn from creative, cross-cultural solutionists at the American intersection of church, race, music, and economics. Support the show at http://praisehands.com/donate.

Why should Christians in particular participate in the work of reparations? Duke Kwon and Greg Thompson, the co-authors of Reparations, talk with Amy Julia about white supremacy, the harms and thefts of centuries of racism, and the imaginative, beautiful, restoring work of reparations. (scroll down for book giveaway!)Show Notes:Duke L. Kwon is the lead pastor at Grace Meridian Hill in Washington, DC, and Gregory Thompson is a pastor and the executive director of Voices Underground. They are the co-authors of Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair.Connect online:Twitter: @dukekwondc and @_wgthompsonInstagram: @dukekwondc, @gregory__thompson, @reparations_projectVoices Underground: vuproject.orgOn the Podcast: Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and RepairW. E. B. Du BoisLove Is Stronger Than Fear episode with David SwansonThe National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum#justicedepositsReparations in Tulsa, OKHBO: True Justice“If we understand racism for what it really is, the harms go far beyond personal relationships. They go deeper, they go longer, they go wider, and for centuries.” - Duke“We are calling people not simply as white people to engage in the work of reparations...We’re calling the Christian church—everyone who bears not whiteness per se but everyone who bears the name of Christ—because the Church itself as a community, as a corporate entity, was complicit in, and actually active perpetrators of, the evils of white supremacy.” Duke"Could it be true that our theological tradition actually invites us to [the work of reparations]?” Greg“…we invented education, markets, city planning—I’m not worried about our creativity once we start asking questions. What I’m worried about is our resistance to asking questions.” GregBOOK GIVEAWAYTo enter to win a copy of Reparations:1. Share this podcast episode on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, and be sure to tag Amy Julia Becker when you share.OR2. Go to this episode post on Amy Julia's Instagram and tag a friend in the post's comments.Shipping to continental US addresses only__Thank you to Breaking Ground, the co-host for this podcast.Head, Heart, Hands, Season 4 of the Love Is Stronger Than Fear podcast, is based on my e-book Head, Heart, Hands, which accompanies White Picket Fences. Check out free RESOURCES that are designed to help you respond to the harm of privilege and join in the work of healing. Learn more about my writing and speaking at amyjuliabecker.com.

How can we heal the racial divide in our time? Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson argue the answer lies in reparations.  What insights might the Bible offer?  Gabe talks with the pair about there new book,  "Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair."

Duke Kwon is a minister in Washington, D.C., at Grace Meridian Hill, which is part of the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA). Gregory Thompson pastored for 20 years — most of it in Charlottesville, Va. — in that same denomination, which is decidedly on the conservative side of American Christianity in terms of its theology. The PCA itself was formed by congregations who objected to the civil rights movement.And yet these two men, one an Asian-American and the other a Caucasian-American, have written a book called "“Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair.”And one of their primary points is that they don’t think the place to start is with questions like, “How much?,” “Who gets them?” and, “Who has to pay them?”Thompson said he and Kwon wrote the book for two reasons: they want the American Christian church — including the conservative and mostly white evangelical wing in which they have pastored — to help lead and shape the debate over reparations, and they also know that the conservative church is still broadly resistant and often fiercely hostile to even considering the topic, even as the Episcopal church and other more mainline denominations are grappling with it and in some cases embracing it.It’s a tall order within conservative, largely white evangelical Christianity. On Thursday, the first major rejoinder to their book came from a conservative evangelical pastor with a significant national following. Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina — another PCA congregation — wrote a critical review for The Gospel Coalition, a prominent evangelical website.Thompson and Kwon represent a corner of evangelicalism that parts with liberal Christians in significant ways in how it reads and interprets the Bible and in how it understands the faith’s core teachings. Yet evangelicals like Thompson and Kwan also believe that true fidelity and orthodoxy requires a much broader understanding of what the Christian gospel means than the narrow interpretation that has dominated much of conservative evangelicalism for a long time.And they argue that it's critical for Christians to grapple with this issue, not only as a matter of faithfulness to their professed doctrine, but also as a matter of credibility. The stakes, the argue, are high because many are watching and weighing their own faith in light of the church's response to this.Outro music: "Bloomsday" by Samantha Crain Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelonggame. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to The St James Files. Young Tilly Green is sent on a treasure hunt over London after the death of her cousin, Dr Gregory Thompson. What awaits the young Primary School Teacher? CAST Keeper of Arcane Lore - Steve Archer Tilly Green - Emma Bamford Theme Music by Steve Archer Music was created by the glorious Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), and the BomBARDed Podcast, available at bombarded.bandcamp.com