Podcasts about Oppression

I. Our hope is a hero. II. He brings light into darkness, vv1-2; liberty to the oppressed, vv3-5, and leadership to the kingdom, vv6-7. III. Because he's the Wonderful Counselor, the Might God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. 

I recorded my second conversation with my mom about my childhood and before during the pandemic, in the spring of 2020. Shortly after recording our first conversation, which covered race, George Floyd was murdered. You know the rest. I knew we had spent years as white minorities in India and in a black neighborhood in Philadelphia, at least part time.I was curious to learn more of the time she would have remembered better. In this episode we talk about being redlined, being the victim of race-based violence and objectifying, as well as the access to opportunity to resources for our skin color. Also friends who narrowly escaped Hitler, why my mom converted from Lutheran to Judaism, and bringing classes of her black students from Chicago in the 1960s to where she grew up in South Dakota, where the students declared the Native Americans had it worse.I've never understood the world people describe me coming from. I'm curious to hear the white experience from suburbs, never having lived as a minority, little crime or violence, never mugged, or whatever it's like. I presume it's no easier for them than anyone else, but it's foreign to me. I think if I learned it, I'd understand what people see in me.Anyway, my mom took a long time to agree to post this episode. I'm not sure her reasons, but I think America has so polarized talking about race that non-partisan mainstream people fear the consequences from those who benefit from polarizing from even simply sharing their personal experiences. I hope this episode helps defuse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Harriet Congdon discusses the history and harm created by Ephesians 5:21-6:9, while suggesting various lenses for liberative interpretation. 

Kate Slater is a white, anti-racist scholar and educator in a time where America's racial reckoning and call for justice has been heard across the nation and the world. She leads facilitation's and training's for both students as well as private organizations, and her passion for this work is palpable. We've rarely spoken to someone so fired up, and we jump right into how she got into this field of work, and when she first realized the depths of systemic racism (and her role within it). She discusses the difference between being non-racist and anti-racist, white privilege, individualism versus collectivism, the gaps in the American education system that she's trying to fill, and the fear mongering of critical race theory. But this summary is just the tip of the iceberg, you'll have to listen to find out more about Kate's work, and how she manages to do this while eight and a half months pregnant and with a toddler at home!You can follow Kate Slater on IG & at her website--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 600 episodes without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and thank you for being vaxxed!--SUPPORT US HERE!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts!Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions 

Psalms and Wisdom: Psalm 112 Psalm 112 (Listen) The Righteous Will Never Be Moved 112   1 Praise the LORD!  Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,    who greatly delights in his commandments!2   His offspring will be mighty in the land;    the generation of the upright will be blessed.3   Wealth and riches are in his house,    and his righteousness endures forever.4   Light dawns in the darkness for the upright;    he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.5   It is well with the man who deals generously and lends;    who conducts his affairs with justice.6   For the righteous will never be moved;    he will be remembered forever.7   He is not afraid of bad news;    his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.8   His heart is steady;2 he will not be afraid,    until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.9   He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor;    his righteousness endures forever;    his horn is exalted in honor.10   The wicked man sees it and is angry;    he gnashes his teeth and melts away;    the desire of the wicked will perish! Footnotes [1] 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet [2] 112:8 Or established (compare 111:8) (ESV) Pentateuch and History: 2 Kings 20 2 Kings 20 (Listen) Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery 20 In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.'” 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying, 3 “Now, O LORD, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 4 And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him: 5 “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD, 6 and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David's sake.” 7 And Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover.” 8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?” 9 And Isaiah said, “This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has promised: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?” 10 And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to lengthen ten steps. Rather let the shadow go back ten steps.” 11 And Isaiah the prophet called to the LORD, and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz. Hezekiah and the Babylonian Envoys 12 At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13 And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them. 14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? And from where did they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, from Babylon.” 15 He said, “What have they seen in your house?” And Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.” 16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD: 17 Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the LORD. 18 And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” 19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?” 20 The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his might and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place. (ESV) Chronicles and Prophets: Isaiah 9:8–10:34 Isaiah 9:8–10:34 (Listen) Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression 8   The Lord has sent a word against Jacob,    and it will fall on Israel;9   and all the people will know,    Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,    who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:10   “The bricks have fallen,    but we will build with dressed stones;  the sycamores have been cut down,    but we will put cedars in their place.”11   But the LORD raises the adversaries of Rezin against him,    and stirs up his enemies.12   The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west    devour Israel with open mouth.  For all this his anger has not turned away,    and his hand is stretched out still. 13   The people did not turn to him who struck them,    nor inquire of the LORD of hosts.14   So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail,    palm branch and reed in one day—15   the elder and honored man is the head,    and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;16   for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,    and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.17   Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men,    and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;  for everyone is godless and an evildoer,    and every mouth speaks folly.1  For all this his anger has not turned away,    and his hand is stretched out still. 18   For wickedness burns like a fire;    it consumes briers and thorns;  it kindles the thickets of the forest,    and they roll upward in a column of smoke.19   Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts    the land is scorched,  and the people are like fuel for the fire;    no one spares another.20   They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry,    and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;  each devours the flesh of his own arm,21   Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh;    together they are against Judah.  For all this his anger has not turned away,    and his hand is stretched out still. 10   Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees,    and the writers who keep writing oppression,2   to turn aside the needy from justice    and to rob the poor of my people of their right,  that widows may be their spoil,    and that they may make the fatherless their prey!3   What will you do on the day of punishment,    in the ruin that will come from afar?  To whom will you flee for help,    and where will you leave your wealth?4   Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners    or fall among the slain.  For all this his anger has not turned away,    and his hand is stretched out still. Judgment on Arrogant Assyria 5   Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger;    the staff in their hands is my fury!6   Against a godless nation I send him,    and against the people of my wrath I command him,  to take spoil and seize plunder,    and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.7   But he does not so intend,    and his heart does not so think;  but it is in his heart to destroy,    and to cut off nations not a few;8   for he says:  “Are not my commanders all kings?9   Is not Calno like Carchemish?    Is not Hamath like Arpad?    Is not Samaria like Damascus?10   As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols,    whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,11   shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols    as I have done to Samaria and her images?” 12 When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he2 will punish the speech3 of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 For he says:   “By the strength of my hand I have done it,    and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;  I remove the boundaries of peoples,    and plunder their treasures;    like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.14   My hand has found like a nest    the wealth of the peoples;  and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,    so I have gathered all the earth;  and there was none that moved a wing    or opened the mouth or chirped.” 15   Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it,    or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?  As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,    or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!16   Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts    will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors,  and under his glory a burning will be kindled,    like the burning of fire.17   The light of Israel will become a fire,    and his Holy One a flame,  and it will burn and devour    his thorns and briers in one day.18   The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land    the LORD will destroy, both soul and body,    and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.19   The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few    that a child can write them down. The Remnant of Israel Will Return 20 In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. 22 For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. 23 For the Lord GOD of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth. 24 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: “O my people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did. 25 For in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. 26 And the LORD of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt. 27 And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.”4 28   He has come to Aiath;  he has passed through Migron;    at Michmash he stores his baggage;29   they have crossed over the pass;    at Geba they lodge for the night;  Ramah trembles;    Gibeah of Saul has fled.30   Cry aloud, O daughter of Gallim!    Give attention, O Laishah!    O poor Anathoth!31   Madmenah is in flight;    the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.32   This very day he will halt at Nob;    he will shake his fist    at the mount of the daughter of Zion,    the hill of Jerusalem. 33   Behold, the Lord GOD of hosts    will lop the boughs with terrifying power;  the great in height will be hewn down,    and the lofty will be brought low.34   He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe,    and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One. Footnotes [1] 9:17 Or speaks disgraceful things [2] 10:12 Hebrew I [3] 10:12 Hebrew fruit [4] 10:27 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain (ESV) Gospels and Epistles: John 13 John 13 (Listen) Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, 4 rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet,1 but is completely clean. And you2 are clean, but not every one of you.” 11 For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.” 12 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant3 is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. 18 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled,4 ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.' 19 I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.” One of You Will Betray Me 21 After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. 23 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus' side,5 24 so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus6 of whom he was speaking. 25 So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.” 28 Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. 29 Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. 30 So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night. A New Commandment 31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.' 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial 36 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.” 37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” 38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times. Footnotes [1] 13:10 Some manuscripts omit except for his feet [2] 13:10 The Greek words for you in this verse are plural [3] 13:16 Or bondservant, or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface) [4] 13:18 Greek But in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled [5] 13:23 Greek in

We're extremely humbled and excited as we have now pierced 82 countries with our podcast.  Thank you to every person who has taken the time to be a part of our broadcasting family.Some interviews are work.  This interview was enjoyable.Taking the witness stand today we have the high privilege and distinct honor to speak with Mr. Art McKoy, a tough-as-nails Vietnam Army veteran who for more than 50 years has been the outspoken lightning rod leader of Black-on-Black Crime Incorporated.Black on Black Crime Incorporated's mission is to help draw attention to the issue of crime, poverty and violence in Greater Cleveland, Ohio. To help make our communities safer, to provide positive alternatives for young people and assist whoever asks for help to the best of its abilities, as well as reducing the incidence of Black-on-Black crime, of course.Art has been an outspoken critic of the Cleveland Police Department, a flag bearer and firebrand for truth, justice and peace in the inner-city of Cleveland, as well as a staunch community activist and civil rights leader for many decades.  He has long “spoken the truth” about the police, both the “over-policing” and “under policing” in communities of color impacting upon the city.  Art is a hope-dealer!  Just landing Art on Light ‘Em Up was a huge achievement. Art's schedule is extremely busy, (we got him for 50 minutes) but he was very gracious to speak with us the day after election day, when Cleveland made history once more by electing its youngest ever Black mayor, Justin Bibb.  Art said, “We needed to get rid of some of those old folks from City Hall - those that “go along to get along”.We drilled deep on:♦ How to move the City of Cleveland forward and the biggest problems that need to immediately be pursued with the new administration.♦ How he'd bring “social justice” closer to the people of Cleveland if he was the Mayor or Chief of Police.♦ What is the City of Cleveland doing about its young men of color being gunned down in its streets?♦ Why the City of Cleveland has a problem with women-of-color going missing.♦ Fixing the Community Relations Board.♦ The Voinovich Rule.♦ Building a coalition between the predominantly Black east side and predominantly White and/or Hispanic west side of Cleveland.♦ His thoughts 9 years after Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams were shot at 137 times and murdered by Cleveland Police.♦ Issue 24 (which established a Civilian Review Board to review Cleveland police actions taken in the line of duty).♦ The endless struggles that the police have in policing themselves.Art knows better than most that Cleveland and communities of color (in general) have been witness to and “are suffering from too much pain.” He is a survivor of a vicious attack in 2018 in the doorway of his own place of business, in East Cleveland (The Superfly Barber Shop) where he was “sucker-punched” by an enraged customer, over a “5-dollar line” (touch-up hair cut) that he was providing to a young patron. The punch shattered Art's lens to his eye, broke his nose and he was left for dead.  6 months later, by the grace of God, he recovered! Art is a survivor, a warrior, and a good man. He is known by the deeds of the people who he has helped.  Art is “pressing forward”.  He knows all too well that “justice comes to those who fight, not those who cry”.  Art has been and always will be to us “The Real McKoy”.  You can find Art on Facebook at The University of Common Sense and you can hear him every Sunday night on WERE 1490 AM from 5pm to 7pm where he hosts The University of Common Sense.  Art for 14 years hosted the #1 radio show “Black on Black Crime” on 1100 AM WTAM.  This is an interview you certainly do not want to miss. Executive ProducerPhil Rizzo

People are actually quite resilient, but when young students are told they can be harmed by words, it can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Greg Lukianoff from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Special Guest: Greg Lukianoff.

It's truly amazing what prayer can do for us. This is about setting an intention and affirming who are you are. Setting healthy boundaries, inviting in optimum relationships.

“I'm going to be a little bit radical here and say there is no racial reckoning to be had … I don't know what further reckonings would look like short of tearing this country apart,” says Dr. Jason Hill, a professor of philosophy at DePaul University and author of “What Do White Americans Owe Black People: Racial Justice in the Age of Post-Oppression.” At the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida, we sat down with Hill to discuss our current political moment, the spread of https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-critical-race-theory (critical race theory), and his case against https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-reparations (reparations). “It befuddles me to see how someone who's living in Appalachia in a trailer park, who has no access to water, health care, is a walking practitioner of racism, and that that person should, in some sense, participate in a reparations program for … an upper-class black person with five college degrees.” Subscribe to the American Thought Leaders https://ept.ms/ATLnewsletter (newsletter) so you never miss an episode. Follow http://epochtv.com/ (EpochTV) on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus (https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus) Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus (https://twitter.com/EpochTVus) Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV (https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV) Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtv (https://gettr.com/user/epochtv) Gab: https://gab.com/EpochTV (https://gab.com/EpochTV) Telegram: https://t.me/EpochTV (https://t.me/EpochTV) Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/EpochTV (https://parler.com/#/user/EpochTV)

Co-host Jen Marley (@JenMarley1680) talks with Valeria Reynoso about the colonial origins of the sex trade and what liberal feminist discourse celebrating it means for Indigenous people in the Caribbean.  Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

God brought me through an amazing journey. One day He said to me, “YOU CAN LIVE IN CONSTANT SPIRITUAL WARFARE, OR YOU CAN LIVE IN MY GLORY.” I didn't know I had a choice! God began to teach me how to operate in discernment from the place of being insulated in His glory. It changed everything! I no longer felt like I lived in constant warfare and fighting off oppression. My quality of life was transformed. Learn more in today's podcast and at www.mattsorgermentoring.com

Weylin Lee reflects on how we are invited to confront the different forms of oppression that Jesus warns about and how some may even be expressed by our own community [Mark 12:38-44]. Reflection: What are the ways we can be consumed with ourselves? How might we be able to lay down power in exchange for mutuality? Who are the vulnerable that we need to draw attention to and advocate for? Practice: Identify our expression of narcissism.  What are the ways that we can be consumed with ourselves?  What are the ways we might embody the humility of Christ that doesn't carry entitlement? Releasing power for mutuality.  What do we do with the power and influence that we might have in our own circles and systems? What would it look like for us to lay down our power and engage in mutuality? Resources: Book: When Narcissism Comes to Church (Chuck DeGroat)

Are there constructs in our workplaces that reinforce forms of social oppression? How do we tear these barriers down? And what are some of the pitfalls employers can avoid in trying to address this? Lisa Toppin, global head of diversity and inclusion at Illumina, joins the podcast to discuss.

The one in which we talk about the need to seriously talk about the debt we owe to Black and Indigenous people. How can we ever repair at least some of the harm that was inflicted upon them? Let's talk.  

I. Jesus debates the Pharisees because the Sabbath matters as a day of rest for his disciples. II. Jesus rebukes the Pharisees because they laid heavy burdens on people by man-made legalistic and corrupt Sabbath demands. III. Jesus teaches us the true principles that will bless our own observance of the fourth commandment. 

Join us in our continuation of the Gospel of Matthew as we unpack Jesus' teachings on sexual sin, love, and temptation.Support the show (https://www.hopechurchnashville.com/give)

We give generously because we have generously been given so much from God. When we receive and rejoice in the depth of God's grace toward us in richly blessing us with his son whom he sent to die for our sins, our response of giving generously is not one of obligation but adoration. It is a delight and joy to give and live generously because we are responding to the joy and generosity of our loving Father.There are no two ways about it. James is very clear. If God doesn't manage our wealth it will ruin us. May the Holy Spirit bring to us a deeper understanding of our tende21.11.07

I. Jesus debates the Pharisees because the Sabbath matters as a day of rest for his disciples, vv1-2. II. Jesus rebukes the Pharisees because they laid heavy burdens on people by man-made legalistic and corrupt Sabbath demands, vv 1-2. III. Jesus teaches us the true principles that will bless our own observance of the fourth commandment, vv3-8. 

God brought me through an amazing journey. One day He said to me, “YOU CAN LIVE IN CONSTANT SPIRITUAL WARFARE, OR YOU CAN LIVE IN MY GLORY.” I didn't know I had a choice! God began to teach me how to operate in discernment from the place of being insulated in His glory. It changed everything! I no longer felt like I lived in constant warfare and fighting off oppression. My quality of life was transformed. Learn more in today's podcast and at www.mattsorgermentoring.com

Meghan Tschanz talks with us about her journey of befriending oppressed and exploited women across the globe, and how she noticed a connection between the worst kinds of abuse of women and the systems her childhood church had taught. (Trigger warning: sexual assault.) Meghan’s book Women Rising: Learning to Listen, Reclaiming Our Voice is her […] The post Meghan Tschanz: Resisting Oppression By Listening to Women appeared first on Gravity Leadership.

The one in which we discuss the inseparable way that Capitalism and Racism are joined together. Their union makes a system that is already based on inequality even more inequitable. 

GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom To Love God is to know God is to do God's commandments and we are Commanded to Love.You are all Unique and Beautiful RosesGROWing in God's Garden.Roses come in all different colors,even Blackyet, they are all Unique and Beautiful, Sturdy and delicate.         God's Beauty; You.Let's Sow Love to help other Roses GROW Love for God's Kingdom Building Purposes.  The Promised Land          a Beautiful view

From an outsider's perspective, it can seem obvious that cults are manipulative and oppressive. It can be hard to understand how members get drawn in. In this episode, Karen talks with Veronica, who was born into a cult and left at age 16. Their conversation explores life inside the cult experience, the struggles many former cult members face after leaving, and the frequency dynamics at play on spirit level. Don't miss the most important part of the episode, which is the Group Frequency Calibration® (GFC) at the end. It will help to clear control and fear patterns from you — so you can stay more centered, grounded, and hold your space better in the face of these dynamics. For those of you who actually have been part of a cult, whether by choice or by being born into it, I created a special GFC that we've made available for free on the Spherical Luminosity website, as a gift of community service. If this is you, this special GFC will help you begin to break free of the persistent frequency level "hooks" that tenaciously remain, often long after someone has physically separated from a cult. Please share it with someone who you feel might need it! https://www.sphericalluminosity.com/shop/uprooting-cult-frequencies/ Whichever GFC applies to you — the general one from this episode, or the specific one on the website for those who were part of a cult — clearing these patterns will help raise your resonance so you are better able to access the higher level frequencies. Let's rise together!

GROW  Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom God could do it.God could Magically make all of our problems Go away.God don't work like that; our Lives are a Testimony to his Goodness,evil; works in the prevalent, God in the Quiet“Our spirit differs from our soul because our spirit is always pointed toward and exists exclusively for God, whereas our soul can be self-centered”- Be a Servant of Righteousness; the Spirit of God is within YouThe Spirit of God within You that is of God.God is Loveor a Self Serving Soul who's Heart is Cold?Sow Love, GROW

GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom We shall a Good morning, a Beautiful day, a Blessed evening and Peaceful night in our Lord.Rise, Lift, and Repeat.Lincoln changed the World.“Within three months of Lincoln's election, seven states had seceded from the Union. Just as Springfield, Illinois celebrated the election of its favorite son to the Presidency on November 7, so did Charleston, South Carolina, which did not cast a single vote for him. It knew that the election meant the “formation of a New Nation.”On April 9; Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his famed Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.Despite an order for a new phase of war shifting to guerrilla tactics, many troops followed Lee and also surrendered.The Civil War officially ended on May 13, 1865, and the Confederate States of America ceased to exist.January 1, 1863-  The Emancipation Proclamation was signed.April 9, 1865-  The official end of the Civil war and the end of Slavery of Africans for the World.Lynchings, injustice, enslavement Rise, fall, Teach, Learn, Love,  hate, discriminate, ,educate, infiltrate, God's Will;Critical Race Theory?All Races are Critical,       the Oppression affects us all.January 15, 1929-  Dr. King was born.  His final hope was for Genuine equality and Righteousness for all.  The Civil Rights Movement never stopped, it was paused so a Rose                  could GROW.“He's going to pick that roseAnd watch her as she growsIn his garden”One year before Dr King was killed, I was born.  For 1 year I was able to follow him through my Mother and Grandmother.Somebody told me To deliver this Message;              The Message is of Love

Jumu'ah Khutbah recorded at Green Lane Masjid, Birmingham, UK.https://www.greenlanemasjid.org

GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Some History of the Louisiana PD Mr. Brown said Mr. Brown was “knocking heads,”Hear what the Brown people have done to the Brown People for years and years;Racism deeply rooted in the Police department.He knew, Dr. King;  He saw the Vision God gave himThe Promised LandWhere One Will Be Judged by Character and not Skin ColorWe are creating the Vision by GROWing.God is The Director & The Producer Allow him to Direct your Beautiful Story to Produce the Victory and Glory.It is what is Is.Whatever it Is,Whatever you're Doing, put God in it (Love) andKeep on GROWing.God's Will shall be Done on Earth as it is in Heaven.It ain't about Me and Mine or You and yours.The World belongs to us and                     we belong to God.It's about God and His.        Sow Love, GROW

Fan of the show? https://www.patreon.com/newleftradio (Support us on Patreon)! Whether it's targeted at women in the workplace, Indigenous People's, or working Canadians, Canada loves oppression. On today's drop we look at a bombshell lawsuit that has been filed against the Alberta Premier's Office — but we shouldn't be surprised by it. The Saskatchewan Throne Speech calls for ‘more policing' in a policy move that's tone deaf to the moment. Should we expect anything else from neoliberals? Then, the Vatican announces a Papal visit to Canada after the outcry at the Catholic Church's role in the genocide of Indigenous Peoples, will we get an apology or something more? We wrap it all up with analysis of the two big announcements from the Bank of Canada this week — an end to quantitative easing and a forecasted hike of the bank rate. What does it mean for working people? https://twitter.com/Joe_Roberts01 (Follow Joe on Twitter) https://twitter.com/itsrodgermoran (Follow Rodger on Twitter) Support this podcast

Simple animals like jellyfish and hydra, even roundworms, sleep. Without brains. Why do they sleep? How can we tell a jellyfish is sleeping? Staff Writer Liz Pennisi joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about what can be learned about sleep from these simple sleepers. The feature is part of a special issue on sleep this week in Science. Next is a look at centuries of alien invasions—or rather, invasive insects moving from place to place as humans trade across continents. Sarah talks with Matthew MacLachlan, a research economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, about his Science Advances paper on why insect invasions don't always increase when trade does. Finally, a book on racism and the search algorithms. Books host Angela Saini for our series of interviews on race and science talks with Safiya Umoja Noble, a professor in the African American Studies and Information Studies departments at the University of California, Los Angeles, about her book: Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism.  This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy. [Image:  marcouliana/iStock; Music: Jeffrey Cook] [Alt text: brown marmorated stink bug pattern] Authors: Sarah Crespi; Liz Pennisi, Angela Saini See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As leaders, we need to remember that people can not run on empty, including ourselves. It's essential that we protect our mental health and that of our teams. Kevin Dedner serves as founder and CEO of the Washington D.C. based company - Hurdle, which provides culturally intentional teletherapy to eliminate barriers that make it harder for people of color to get mental health care. Kevin is deeply connected to Hurdle's mission, having suffered a period of depression where he found the biggest challenge to effective care was finding the right therapist who could truly understand and connect with his struggles as an African American man.  Kevin recently penned his first book, The Joy of the Disinherited: Essays on Oppression, Trauma and Black Mental Health.  An award-winning public speaker, Kevin has over 20 years of experience in the public health space.  Jump into this important episode, and learn how to create space to protect mental health On this episode: Kevin's incredible story and journey of deciding to use his skills for the good of leadership and his navigation of mental health  Learn the value and importance of utilizing the skill of gathering and building consensus among people  The pandemic really impacted people's mental health; did we handle it right? What could we have done better, and what can we do better? What we can do as leaders to protect the mental health of our teams and ourselves and create a mentally healthy environment  Leaders model behavior for their teams. Vulnerability is a superpower. Ask, ‘how are you feeling in this moment?'  How to be a reflective leader by sitting quiet and truly listening Key Takeaways: Leadership, just like life, is a conscious decision  Learn all you can from the wisdom of your elders  Allow everyone to be heard Leaders need to be conscious of protecting mental health  Give yourself space to be tired and take a break - “It's Okay” Sit quiet, listen, reflect  Tweetable Quotes: “I just think that's what leadership is about right now: how do we build consensus? How do we make sure that everyone's heard and feels heard?” - Kevin Dedner “I'm really diligent in protecting my mental health… It's not fair to your brain to go from one thing to the next thing.” - Kevin Dedner “Any time you move too fast, you're more prone to making mistakes.” - Kevin Dedner Connect with Kevin on https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-dedner-mph-/ (LinkedIn) and https://twitter.com/kdedner?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (Twitter). Be sure to visit https://www.hurdle.health/ (https://www.hurdle.health/) for more on the leading provider on culturally intentional healthcare. Resources: https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Disinherited-Essays-Trauma-Oppression-ebook/dp/B09HSN7VSM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 (The Joy of the Disinherited: Essays on Oppression, Trauma and Black Mental Health) Email: denis@leadingchangepartners.com Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ (http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/)  Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/) Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/)

Upasna Barath joins us to share her unique experience of growing up in America as an Indian girl as well as returning to India as an American. Listen to her perspective on cultural structures of oppression as she delves into the topic with her unique insight into how they got there and how we can dismantle them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hi Family, we're Amanda and Tafarrah and we are passionate about Child Protection andFamily Protection. We know the Child Protection System is oppressive and we are determined to demand change. Over the last decade we've followed the policies created and implemented with the intent to ensure child safety. Home visits, school visits, background checks, requesting records and so MUCH MORE. We know what Social Workers are trained to do after a report of abuse and/or neglect is received on your family and we are giving all our knowledge to you. Families of Color, Families in Crisis, and Families in Poverty are negatively impacted by CPS at a much higher rate. Oppression is deeply rooted in the policies created to Over Police Families. “Take Your Knee off the Necks of Families” “They Can't Breathe”What is OPERATION STOP CPS? A Choice to be the solution to the systemic oppression plaguing the Child Protection System (CPS). Operation Stop CPS is a movement to protect families from the Child Protection System (CPS). The movement focuses on exposing the harms of CPS and creating change campaigns forfamilies that are currently forced to interact with the system. Operation Stop CPS was founded by two seasoned pros in the field of Child Protection. While working on the frontlines protectingchildren from abuse and neglect, they simultaneously worked to protect families from the oppressive Child Protection System. The blinders were removed and they both saw the problem: The misunderstood and unchecked power of the Child Protection System that makes parents and caretakers fearful that their children will be taken away causing them to comply and consent to unlawful and oppressive laws and policies. Operation STOP CPS's goal is to educate society on the Child Protection System to unmask the systematic oppression that has continued to wreak havoc on the lives of families. IG | FB | Website: www.operationstopcps @operationstopcps Website Book Link ($15.00 E-book): https://www.operationstopcps.com/offers/QDGtzFXm/checkout Amazon Book Link: Respond in Power Guide: A Parent and Caretaker Guide to the Child Protection System https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094CXWT2W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_J6JJ8AJCZJT5HJJ7RYMZ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thesoulkoach/message

Christ has set us free from the oppression of our enemy, the devil. This also includes thoughts originating from that kingdom meant to influence our lives negatively. Join me as we look at scripture and the strategies used against us which Christ has defeated.

Dr. Thema provides a guided meditation for healing experiences of discrimination, rejection, marginalization, exclusion, or oppression. Listeners are reminded to attend to their body, their cultural heritage, and their sacred identity for holistic empowerment and wellness.

Dan Bos | Ecclesiastes 4

Armutsabwertung ist ein Standard des Boulevardjournalismus, der mit Hilfe von Klischees ganze gesellschaftliche Gruppen stigmatisiert. "Das ist Deutschlands faulster Arbeitsloser!" Ein Satz, der viel Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zieht. Doch es ist mehr als ein Medienphänomen: Die Soziologie erforscht Armutsabwertung schon länger. Welche Erkenntnisse gibt es über die Motive? Wer neigt besonders dazu, nach unten zu treten? Und was hat das für Folgen für Betroffene? Sebastian Friedrich hat sich sowohl wissenschaftlich als auch journalistisch mit dem Thema beschäftigt und mit Armutsforschern und Sozialpsychologinnen gesprochen. Im Gespräch mit Host Maja Bahtijarević erklärt er, inwiefern sich manchmal auch Arbeitslose selbst das Narrativ zu eigen machen, welche Folgen Armutsabwertung für die Kinder hat - und warum damit ökonomische Zustande zementiert werden. Die Hintergrundinformationen • Stereotype und Medien | Walter Lippmann: Die öffentliche Meinung. Wie sie entsteht und manipuliert wird. Westend Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. • Abwertung von Armen in den Medien | Christian Baron, Britta Steinwachs 2012: Faul, Frech, Dreist. Die Diskriminierung von Erwerbslosigkeit durch BILD-Leser*innen. Edition Assemblage, Münster. • Faulheitsdebatten | Hans Uske: Das Fest der Faulenzer. Die öffentliche Entsorgung der Arbeitslosigkeit. DISS, Duisburg 1995 • Faulheitsdebatten | Frank Oschmiansky, Silke Kull, Günther Schmid: Faule Arbeitslose? Politische Konjunkturen einer Debatte. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Berlin 2001 https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/11519 • Faulheitsdebatten | Matthias Kaufmann: Kein Recht auf Faulheit. Das Bild von Erwerbslosen in der Debatte um die Hartz-Reformen. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2013. • Armut | Christoph Butterwegge: Armut, 4. Auflage. PapyRossa Verlag, Köln 2019. • Langzeitstudie zur Gruppenbezogenen Menschenfeindlichkeit | Wilhelm Heitmeyer (Hg.): Deutsche Zustände 1-10. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main/Berlin 2002-2011 • Aktuelle Mitte-Studie der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung | Andreas Zick, Beate Küpper (Hg.): Die geforderte Mitte. Rechtsextreme und demokratiegefährdende Einstellungen in Deutschland. Verlag J.H.W. Dietz, Bonn 2021 https://www.fes.de/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=65543&token=be951e80f3f538cca04a67567b9da4b995a93c64 • Auswirkungen der Abwertung von Armut auf Kinder | Carolin Butterwegge, Christoph Butterwegge: Kinder der Ungleichheit. Wie sich die Gesellschaft ihrer Zukunft beraubt. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2021. • Marktförmiger Extremismus | Eva Groß: Marktförmiger Extremismus und Gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit. Konzepte, Zusammenhänge und Verläufe. In: Gerd Grözinger, Arne Heise, Helge Peukert (Hg.): Ökonomie in der Krise. Analyse, Kritik, Umgestaltung. Metropolis Verlag, Marburg 2020. • Marktförmiger Extremismus | Eva Groß, Julia Gundlac, Wilhelm Heitmeyer: Die Ökonomisierung der Gesellschaft. Ein Nährboden für Menschenfeindlichkeit in oberen Status- und Einkommensgruppen. In: Wilhelm Heitmeyer (Hg.): Deutsche Zustände Folge 9. Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2010. • Soziale Dominanztheorie | Jim Sidanius, Felicia Pratto: Social Dominance. An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy an Oppression. Cambridge University Press, Cambrigde 1999. • Geschichte der Arbeitslosigkeit | Markus Promberger: Eine kurze Geschichte der Arbeitslosigkeit. 3 Teile. http://doku.iab.de/grauepap/2005/Promberger_2005_GeschichteAlo.pdf • Klassismus | Francis Seeck, Brigitte Theißl (Hg.): Solidarisch gegen Klassismus. Organisieren, intervenieren, umverteilen, 3. Auflage. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2021. • Klassismus | Andreas Kemper, Heike Weinbach: Klassismus. Eine Einführung. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2009. • Verfolgung sogenannter "Asozialer" | Anne Allex: Die vergessenen Opfer der Nazis. Wie viele "Asoziale" und "Kriminelle" wurden tatsächlich ermordet? In: ak - analyse und kritik Nr. 610, November 2015 https://archiv.akweb.de/ak_s/ak610/06.htm. • Auswirkungen von Faulheitsdebatten auf Hilfeempfänger*innen | Andreas Hirseland, Philipp Ramos Lobato: "Die wollen ja ein bestimmtes Bild vermitteln" - Zur Neupositionierung von Hilfeempfängern im aktivierenden Sozialstaat. SWS-Rundschau Jg. 54 Nr. 2 (2014) https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/48044.

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Old Testament: Isaiah 59–62 Isaiah 59–62 (Listen) Evil and Oppression 59   Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,    or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;2   but your iniquities have made a separation    between you and your God,  and your sins have hidden his face from you    so that he does not hear.3   For your hands are defiled with blood    and your fingers with iniquity;  your lips have spoken lies;    your tongue mutters wickedness.4   No one enters suit justly;    no one goes to law honestly;  they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,    they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.5   They hatch adders' eggs;    they weave the spider's web;  he who eats their eggs dies,    and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.6   Their webs will not serve as clothing;    men will not cover themselves with what they make.  Their works are works of iniquity,    and deeds of violence are in their hands.7   Their feet run to evil,    and they are swift to shed innocent blood;  their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;    desolation and destruction are in their highways.8   The way of peace they do not know,    and there is no justice in their paths;  they have made their roads crooked;    no one who treads on them knows peace. 9   Therefore justice is far from us,    and righteousness does not overtake us;  we hope for light, and behold, darkness,    and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.10   We grope for the wall like the blind;    we grope like those who have no eyes;  we stumble at noon as in the twilight,    among those in full vigor we are like dead men.11   We all growl like bears;    we moan and moan like doves;  we hope for justice, but there is none;    for salvation, but it is far from us.12   For our transgressions are multiplied before you,    and our sins testify against us;  for our transgressions are with us,    and we know our iniquities:13   transgressing, and denying the LORD,    and turning back from following our God,  speaking oppression and revolt,    conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words. Judgment and Redemption 14   Justice is turned back,    and righteousness stands far away;  for truth has stumbled in the public squares,    and uprightness cannot enter.15   Truth is lacking,    and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.   The LORD saw it, and it displeased him1    that there was no justice.16   He saw that there was no man,    and wondered that there was no one to intercede;  then his own arm brought him salvation,    and his righteousness upheld him.17   He put on righteousness as a breastplate,    and a helmet of salvation on his head;  he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,    and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.18   According to their deeds, so will he repay,    wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies;    to the coastlands he will render repayment.19   So they shall fear the name of the LORD from the west,    and his glory from the rising of the sun;  for he will come like a rushing stream,2    which the wind of the LORD drives. 20   “And a Redeemer will come to Zion,    to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD. 21 “And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring,” says the LORD, “from this time forth and forevermore.” The Future Glory of Israel 60   Arise, shine, for your light has come,    and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.2   For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,    and thick darkness the peoples;  but the LORD will arise upon you,    and his glory will be seen upon you.3   And nations shall come to your light,    and kings to the brightness of your rising. 4   Lift up your eyes all around, and see;    they all gather together, they come to you;  your sons shall come from afar,    and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.5   Then you shall see and be radiant;    your heart shall thrill and exult,3  because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,    the wealth of the nations shall come to you.6   A multitude of camels shall cover you,    the young camels of Midian and Ephah;    all those from Sheba shall come.  They shall bring gold and frankincense,    and shall bring good news, the praises of the LORD.7   All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you;    the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;  they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,    and I will beautify my beautiful house. 8   Who are these that fly like a cloud,    and like doves to their windows?9   For the coastlands shall hope for me,    the ships of Tarshish first,  to bring your children from afar,    their silver and gold with them,  for the name of the LORD your God,    and for the Holy One of Israel,    because he has made you beautiful. 10   Foreigners shall build up your walls,    and their kings shall minister to you;  for in my wrath I struck you,    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.11   Your gates shall be open continually;    day and night they shall not be shut,  that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,    with their kings led in procession.12   For the nation and kingdom    that will not serve you shall perish;    those nations shall be utterly laid waste.13   The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,    the cypress, the plane, and the pine,  to beautify the place of my sanctuary,    and I will make the place of my feet glorious.14   The sons of those who afflicted you    shall come bending low to you,  and all who despised you    shall bow down at your feet;  they shall call you the City of the LORD,    the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 15   Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,    with no one passing through,  I will make you majestic forever,    a joy from age to age.16   You shall suck the milk of nations;    you shall nurse at the breast of kings;  and you shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior    and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 17   Instead of bronze I will bring gold,    and instead of iron I will bring silver;  instead of wood, bronze,    instead of stones, iron.  I will make your overseers peace    and your taskmasters righteousness.18   Violence shall no more be heard in your land,    devastation or destruction within your borders;  you shall call your walls Salvation,    and your gates Praise. 19   The sun shall be no more    your light by day,  nor for brightness shall the moon    give you light;4  but the LORD will be your everlasting light,    and your God will be your glory.520   Your sun shall no more go down,    nor your moon withdraw itself;  for the LORD will be your everlasting light,    and your days of mourning shall be ended.21   Your people shall all be righteous;    they shall possess the land forever,  the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,    that I might be glorified.622   The least one shall become a clan,    and the smallest one a mighty nation;  I am the LORD;    in its time I will hasten it. The Year of the Lord's Favor 61   The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,    because the LORD has anointed me  to bring good news to the poor;7    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,  to proclaim liberty to the captives,    and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;82   to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor,    and the day of vengeance of our God;    to comfort all who mourn;3   to grant to those who mourn in Zion—    to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,  the oil of gladness instead of mourning,    the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;  that they may be called oaks of righteousness,    the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.94   They shall build up the ancient ruins;    they shall raise up the former devastations;  they shall repair the ruined cities,    the devastations of many generations. 5   Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks;    foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;6   but you shall be called the priests of the LORD;    they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;  you shall eat the wealth of the nations,    and in their glory you shall boast.7   Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion;    instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot;  therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion;    they shall have everlasting joy. 8   For I the LORD love justice;    I hate robbery and wrong;10  I will faithfully give them their recompense,    and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.9   Their offspring shall be known among the nations,    and their descendants in the midst of the peoples;  all who see them shall acknowledge them,    that they are an offspring the LORD has blessed. 10   I will greatly rejoice in the LORD;    my soul shall exult in my God,  for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;    he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,  as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress,    and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.11   For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,    and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up,  so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise    to sprout up before all the nations. Zion's Coming Salvation 62   For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,    and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet,  until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,    and her salvation as a burning torch.2   The nations shall see your righteousness,    and all the kings your glory,  and you shall be called by a new name    that the mouth of the LORD will give.3   You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD,    and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.4   You shall no more be termed Forsaken,11    and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,12  but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,13    and your land Married;14  for the LORD delights in you,    and your land shall be married.5   For as a young man marries a young woman,    so shall your sons marry you,  and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,    so shall your God rejoice over you. 6   On your walls, O Jerusalem,    I have set watchmen;  all the day and all the night    they shall never be silent.  You who put the LORD in remembrance,    take no rest,7   and give him no rest    until he establishes Jerusalem    and makes it a praise in the earth.8   The LORD has sworn by his right hand    and by his mighty arm:  “I will not again give your grain    to be food for your enemies,  and foreigners shall not drink your wine    for which you have labored;9   but those who garner it shall eat it    and praise the LORD,  and those who gather it shall drink it    in the courts of my sanctuary.”15 10   Go through, go through the gates;    prepare the way for the people;  build up, build up the highway;    clear it of stones;    lift up a signal over the peoples.11   Behold, the LORD has proclaimed    to the end of the earth:  Say to the daughter of Zion,    “Behold, your salvation comes;

Christina Grove is an eighth-grade social studies teacher at Brittany Woods Middle School, and this year became the District's Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy Facilitator because of her unwavering passion and conviction for racial equity and justice. Earlier this year Christina was named “Teacher of the Year” for The School District of University City.

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Morning: Isaiah 59–61 Isaiah 59–61 (Listen) Evil and Oppression 59   Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,    or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;2   but your iniquities have made a separation    between you and your God,  and your sins have hidden his face from you    so that he does not hear.3   For your hands are defiled with blood    and your fingers with iniquity;  your lips have spoken lies;    your tongue mutters wickedness.4   No one enters suit justly;    no one goes to law honestly;  they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,    they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.5   They hatch adders' eggs;    they weave the spider's web;  he who eats their eggs dies,    and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.6   Their webs will not serve as clothing;    men will not cover themselves with what they make.  Their works are works of iniquity,    and deeds of violence are in their hands.7   Their feet run to evil,    and they are swift to shed innocent blood;  their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;    desolation and destruction are in their highways.8   The way of peace they do not know,    and there is no justice in their paths;  they have made their roads crooked;    no one who treads on them knows peace. 9   Therefore justice is far from us,    and righteousness does not overtake us;  we hope for light, and behold, darkness,    and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.10   We grope for the wall like the blind;    we grope like those who have no eyes;  we stumble at noon as in the twilight,    among those in full vigor we are like dead men.11   We all growl like bears;    we moan and moan like doves;  we hope for justice, but there is none;    for salvation, but it is far from us.12   For our transgressions are multiplied before you,    and our sins testify against us;  for our transgressions are with us,    and we know our iniquities:13   transgressing, and denying the LORD,    and turning back from following our God,  speaking oppression and revolt,    conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words. Judgment and Redemption 14   Justice is turned back,    and righteousness stands far away;  for truth has stumbled in the public squares,    and uprightness cannot enter.15   Truth is lacking,    and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.   The LORD saw it, and it displeased him1    that there was no justice.16   He saw that there was no man,    and wondered that there was no one to intercede;  then his own arm brought him salvation,    and his righteousness upheld him.17   He put on righteousness as a breastplate,    and a helmet of salvation on his head;  he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,    and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.18   According to their deeds, so will he repay,    wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies;    to the coastlands he will render repayment.19   So they shall fear the name of the LORD from the west,    and his glory from the rising of the sun;  for he will come like a rushing stream,2    which the wind of the LORD drives. 20   “And a Redeemer will come to Zion,    to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD. 21 “And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring,” says the LORD, “from this time forth and forevermore.” The Future Glory of Israel 60   Arise, shine, for your light has come,    and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.2   For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,    and thick darkness the peoples;  but the LORD will arise upon you,    and his glory will be seen upon you.3   And nations shall come to your light,    and kings to the brightness of your rising. 4   Lift up your eyes all around, and see;    they all gather together, they come to you;  your sons shall come from afar,    and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.5   Then you shall see and be radiant;    your heart shall thrill and exult,3  because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,    the wealth of the nations shall come to you.6   A multitude of camels shall cover you,    the young camels of Midian and Ephah;    all those from Sheba shall come.  They shall bring gold and frankincense,    and shall bring good news, the praises of the LORD.7   All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you;    the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;  they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,    and I will beautify my beautiful house. 8   Who are these that fly like a cloud,    and like doves to their windows?9   For the coastlands shall hope for me,    the ships of Tarshish first,  to bring your children from afar,    their silver and gold with them,  for the name of the LORD your God,    and for the Holy One of Israel,    because he has made you beautiful. 10   Foreigners shall build up your walls,    and their kings shall minister to you;  for in my wrath I struck you,    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.11   Your gates shall be open continually;    day and night they shall not be shut,  that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,    with their kings led in procession.12   For the nation and kingdom    that will not serve you shall perish;    those nations shall be utterly laid waste.13   The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,    the cypress, the plane, and the pine,  to beautify the place of my sanctuary,    and I will make the place of my feet glorious.14   The sons of those who afflicted you    shall come bending low to you,  and all who despised you    shall bow down at your feet;  they shall call you the City of the LORD,    the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 15   Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,    with no one passing through,  I will make you majestic forever,    a joy from age to age.16   You shall suck the milk of nations;    you shall nurse at the breast of kings;  and you shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior    and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 17   Instead of bronze I will bring gold,    and instead of iron I will bring silver;  instead of wood, bronze,    instead of stones, iron.  I will make your overseers peace    and your taskmasters righteousness.18   Violence shall no more be heard in your land,    devastation or destruction within your borders;  you shall call your walls Salvation,    and your gates Praise. 19   The sun shall be no more    your light by day,  nor for brightness shall the moon    give you light;4  but the LORD will be your everlasting light,    and your God will be your glory.520   Your sun shall no more go down,    nor your moon withdraw itself;  for the LORD will be your everlasting light,    and your days of mourning shall be ended.21   Your people shall all be righteous;    they shall possess the land forever,  the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,    that I might be glorified.622   The least one shall become a clan,    and the smallest one a mighty nation;  I am the LORD;    in its time I will hasten it. The Year of the Lord's Favor 61   The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,    because the LORD has anointed me  to bring good news to the poor;7    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,  to proclaim liberty to the captives,    and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;82   to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor,    and the day of vengeance of our God;    to comfort all who mourn;3   to grant to those who mourn in Zion—    to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,  the oil of gladness instead of mourning,    the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;  that they may be called oaks of righteousness,    the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.94   They shall build up the ancient ruins;    they shall raise up the former devastations;  they shall repair the ruined cities,    the devastations of many generations. 5   Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks;    foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;6   but you shall be called the priests of the LORD;    they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;  you shall eat the wealth of the nations,    and in their glory you shall boast.7   Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion;    instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot;  therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion;    they shall have everlasting joy. 8   For I the LORD love justice;    I hate robbery and wrong;10  I will faithfully give them their recompense,    and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.9   Their offspring shall be known among the nations,    and their descendants in the midst of the peoples;  all who see them shall acknowledge them,    that they are an offspring the LORD has blessed. 10   I will greatly rejoice in the LORD;    my soul shall exult in my God,  for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;    he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,  as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress,    and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.11   For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,    and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up,  so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise    to sprout up before all the nations. Footnotes [1] 59:15 Hebrew and it was evil in his eyes [2] 59:19 Hebrew a narrow river [3] 60:5 Hebrew your heart shall tremble and grow wide [4] 60:19 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add by night [5] 60:19 Or your beauty [6] 60:21 Or that I might display my beauty [7] 61:1 Or afflicted [8] 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind [9] 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty [10] 61:8 Or robbery with a burnt offering (ESV) Evening: 1 Thessalonians 4 1 Thessalonians 4 (Listen) A Life Pleasing to God 4 Finally, then, brothers,1 we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification:2 that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control his own body3 in holiness and honor, 5 not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. 7 For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. 8 Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. 9 Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, 10 for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, 11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, 12 so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one. The Coming of the Lord 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord,4 that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words. Footnotes [1] 4:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 10, 13 [2] 4:3 Or your holiness [3] 4:4 Or how to take a wife for himself; Greek how to possess his own vessel [4] 4:15 Or by the word of the Lord (ESV)

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As many of us are getting used to opening up our lives again in the middle of a pandemic, we might start to feel different kinds of feelings and thoughts about how safe and comfortable we might feel. Being at the pub, cafe, theatre, cinema, meetings, conferences or protests now has a very different set of concerns or anxieties for many of us. Also over the last couple of years the protests around the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sarah Everard, and also the Kill the Bill protests have been a reminder to us that our capacity to feel safe and comfortable in public spaces has been extremely unfairly distributed in the modern era. And furthermore we maybe now have a greater awareness how people's experiences of systemic oppression might show up in people's bodies in the context of complex post traumatic stress disorder. So I thought it would be timely to talk about the body and to invite Kim Loliya onto the show to talk about her work as a therapist, particularly somatic therapy, and for us to learn more about how we might connect with our bodies and where this can be a necessary part of a broader politics of solidarity too. Please support the Patreon! patreon.com/culturesexrelationships

Imagine you've forgotten once again the difference between a gorilla and a chimpanzee, so you do a quick Google image search of “gorilla.” But instead of finding images of adorable banana-obsessed animals, photos of a Black couple show up. Is this just a glitch in the algorithm? Or, is Google an ad company, not an information company, that's replicating the discrimination of the world it operates in? How can this discrimination be addressed and who is accountable for it? Our guest today, UCLA professor, MacArthur Fellow, and best-selling author of “Algorithms of Oppression,” Dr. Safiya Noble answers some of these questions. This week's episode comes from the At Liberty archive.