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Dive into compelling stories of triumph, art, and activism as key voices reflect on changing Mississippi's state flag history. (episode originally aired June 5, 2024)This show is made possible by you! Our year end goal is to raise $50,000, and we are half way there. To become a member go to https://LauraFlanders.org/donate Thank you for your continued support!Description: In a time of division, how do we create a sense of collective freedom? It's a question that peace activist, artist and poet Genesis Be grapples with in all her work. Genesis Be has a new book out, People Not Things: Love Poems & Paintings for Humanity, and recently curated the Freedom Rising art show in Brooklyn, New York featuring work by incarcerated artists currently held by the Georgia Department of Corrections. She is the subject of the upcoming film “Mississippi Turning” about the successful years-long effort to remove the Confederate symbol from the state's flag. In this episode taped at the CUNY studios in NYC, we turn to a poet and a preacher. Genesis Be joins Laura Flanders and co-host Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, the Senior Minister for Public Theology and Transformation at Middle Church, to discuss how to reject stigmas and advance liberation. Genesis Be painted in the studio — for her and us it was a first.“I did my protest about the confederate flag that went viral, I hung a noose around my neck and draped myself in a confederate flag . . . It was a very scary time for me because I got thrown into the fight to change the Mississippi State flag. There were a lot of death threats, but a lot of support during that time.” - Genesis Be“The word freedom is hijacked often by folks: freedom from having to change, freedom from having to admit the humanity of others, freedom from having to widen the tent, freedom from having to let go of their sense of exceptionalism . . . This [conference] was a gathering of like-minded folks sharing a dream of all of us belonging and all of us saving this democracy, interfaith, intergenerational.” - Rev. Dr. Jacqui LewisGuests:• Genesis Be: Poet, Peace Activist, Artist; Author, People Not Things: Love Poems & Paintings for Humanity• Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis (Co-host): Senior Minister of Public Theology & Transformation, Middle Church, NYC. Author of several books including her latest Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World Watch the broadcast episode cut for time at our YouTube channel and airing on PBS stations across the country Subscribe to episode notes via Patreon Music In the Middle: “Blind Lady Say (Be Love)” by Genesis Be, courtesy of the artist. And additional music included- "Steppin" by Podington Bear. Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes:•. Prison Creative Arts Project: Imagination in the Face of Incarceration. Watch / Listen-Download Podcast and Full Conversation• How Radical Self-Love Can Heal the World. Watch / Listen-Download Podcast• Ask Angola Prison: What Difference Can a Play Make? Watch / Listen-Download Podcast and Full ConversationRelated Articles and Resources:•. Documentary (released Fall 2024) “Mississippi Turning” Artist & activist Genesis Be, after her controversial protest against Mississippi's Confederate Heritage Month, heads down to her home state of Mississippi to have an honest discussion with people on both sides of the debate, including her childhood friend, a proud descendant of Confederate soldiers. Watch the Trailer•. “People Not Things” by Genesis Be, recordings of her poetry via Bandcamp•. Middle Church Freedom Rising Conference Learn More Here•. People Not Things Exhibit. Learn More Here Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders, along with Sabrina Artel, Jeremiah Cothren, Veronica Delgado, Janet Hernandez, Jeannie Hopper, Sarah Miller, Nat Needham, David Neuman, and Rory O'Conner. FOLLOW Laura Flanders and FriendsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraflandersandfriends/Blueky: https://bsky.app/profile/lfandfriends.bsky.socialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LauraFlandersAndFriends/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lauraflandersandfriendsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLRxVeYcB1H7DbuYZQG-lgLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lauraflandersandfriendsPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/lauraflandersandfriendsACCESSIBILITY - The broadcast edition of this episode is available with closed captioned by clicking here for our YouTube Channel
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, pastor, speaker and author of the new book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule Breaking-Kindness That Can Heal the World, sits down with Tim to discuss her new book. Rev. Dr. Lewis explains her background and how that led her into ministry. Tim and Rev. Dr. Lewis discuss the reason she wrote her new book and how her own church's story inspired it. They also discuss how radical kindness can change our approach towards those who promote harm in an ethical fashion. Lastly, they discuss how to tackle complex issues the local community can't solve. Read 'Fierce Love' by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis Follow Us On Instagram @thenewevangelicals Support Our Work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis (she/her) uses her gifts as author, activist, preacher, and public theologian toward creating an antiracist, just, gun violence free, fully welcoming, gender affirming society in which everyone has enough. Jacqui is the Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church-preaching Fierce Love throughout the year. She is the first African American and first woman to serve as a senior minister in the Collegiate Church, which was founded in New York City in 1628 and is the oldest continuous Protestant Church in North America. A womanist theologian, Jacqui has preached at the Festival of Homiletics, the Wild Goose Festival, The Children's Defense Fund's Haley Farm, and was a featured speaker on the Together national tour with best-selling author, Glennon Doyle. She has been featured on the The Today Show, All In with Chris Hayes, AM Joy, The Melissa Harris Perry Show, NY1, ABC, NBC, PBS, CBS. Her writing has appeared in Harper's Bazaar, USA Today, Vox, The Huffington Post and more. Her newest book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World, was released in 2021 and is the subject of much of our conversation. Inspired by the Ubuntu philosophy “I am who I am because we are who we are”, Dr. Lewis shares practices necessary for transforming ourselves, our communities, and our world at large. Her Fierce Love is a manifesto for all generations, a universalist's vision for mending our broken hearts and fractured world.
Sharon Kleinbaum, senior rabbi and spiritual leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City, Khalid Latif, Imam, university chaplain for New York University, and executive director of the Islamic Center at NYU, and Jacqueline Lewis, senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village and the author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World (Harmony, 2021), share their relationship to their faith, plus talk about some of the similarities in the three Abrahamic religions.
Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 740 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more First the newsdump for about 12 minutes and then..... The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis uses her gifts as author, activist, preacher, and public theologian toward creating an antiracist, just, gun violence free, fully welcoming, gender affirming society in which everyone has enough. Buy her new book Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World Freedom Rising: Dismantling Fascism with Fierce Love Attend the Freedom Rising Conference After graduating with an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1992, Jacqui fell in love with urban ministry, leading two churches in Trenton, New Jersey. Fascinated with how faith heals the soul—so we can heal the world—she returned to graduate school, for a Ph.D. in Religion and Society: Psychology and Religion from Drew University (2004). Jacqui came to study Middle Church, received a call, and joined the staff in January 2004. Middle is the church of her dreams and prayers, a multiethnic rainbow coalition of love, justice, and worship that rocks her soul. Believing faith communities can lead the way to racial reconciliation, Dr. Lewis co-founded The Middle Project and The Revolutionary Love Conference with her spouse, The Rev. John Janka, which train leaders to create a more just society. Now in its 17th year, this justice conference has featured thought leaders and change agents like America Ferrera, Ani Di Franco, Tituss Burgess, Van Jones, Valarie Kaur, William J. Barber II, Melissa Harris-Perry, Wajahat Ali, Linda Sarsour, Sharon Brous, Brian McLaren, angel Kyodo Williams and Ruby Sales. Because of Dr. Lewis' dynamic leadership, Middle Church was featured in a national broadcast on CBS. A Bold New Love: Christmas Eve with Middle Collegiate Church aired on December 24, 2018, to more than 1,000,000 viewers. Dr. Lewis and Middle Church have been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Front Line at PBS, The Laura Flanders Show, and on Yahoo News, Grit TV, NY1, ABC, NBC, PBS, CBS New York Daily News, Here and Now with Sandra Bookman, and on the History Channel H2 series, The Bible Rules. To promote frank conversation about faith and society, Dr. Lewis created two national television programs: Just Faith, an on-demand television program on MSNBC.com, and Chapter and Verse at PBS. Dr. Lewis and Middle Church have been frequently featured in Now This news; her most recent post has received 222,000 views at their Instagram page. Dr. Lewis' has been interviewed on the radio at Sirius (John Fugelsang and Mark Thompson), The Brian Lehrer Show, All Things Considered and The Takeaway. The Associated Press covered the work of Middle Church and Dr. Lewis after the 2020 presidential election; over 13.3 million people read the story. Dr. Lewis' work has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, the front page of The New York Times website, New York Times Video, The New York Post, CNN i-report, Essence, Ebony.com, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, The Associated Press, The San Francisco Chronicle, U.S. News, The Public's Radio, The Houston Chronicle, The Seattle Times, The San Diego Union Tribune, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Yakima Herald. She has blogged for The Huffington Post, GLAAD, Patheos, and Believe Out Loud. Her books include The Power of Stories; Ten Essential Strategies (with John Janka); Becoming Like Creoles (with Curtiss de Young, et al), and the children's book, You Are So Wonderful! Harmony/Penguin Random House published her book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World in 2021. Her next book is the Just Love Story Bible for Children (Beaming Books, 2024). Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Jacqui is the first African American and first woman to serve as a senior minister in the Collegiate Church, which was founded in New York City in 1628 and is the oldest continuous Protestant Church in North America. A womanist theologian, Jacqui has preached at the Festival of Homiletics, the Wild Goose Festival, The Children's Defense Fund's Haley Farm, and was a featured speaker on the Together national tour with best-selling author, Glennon Doyle. Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis - author of the best-seller "Fierce Love: Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World" (2021) joins Tavis to explore the many facets of love and relationships, including what love means, the different types of relationships, and the challenges and rewards of being in a partnership.
Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude, but in the chaos of day-to-day life, it can sometimes be difficult to find something to be thankful for during challenging times. So, we talk to Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis, author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World, host of the “Love.Period.” podcast, and senior minister of New York City's Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village to find out what she's giving thanks for this holiday season.
Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude, but in the chaos of day-to-day life, it can sometimes be difficult to find something to be thankful for during challenging times. So, we talk to Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis, author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World, host of the “Love.Period.” podcast, and senior minister of New York City's Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village to find out what she's giving thanks for this holiday season.
Hopefully this conversation with Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis will be as much of a gift to you as it was for me. We explored some deep questions like, What was the failure of the people of Israel around the time of Yeshua ben Yosef? Is our own generation also failing Jesus as Messiah? What does it mean to be a "drum major for peace"? What is the church's culpability in racism? What is ubiquitously God's call on our life - whether we're Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Bantu, Sikh, or any other faith? What does it mean to be a theologian in residence in one's own life? The REV. DR. JACQUI LEWIS is Senior Minister and Minister for Vision, Worship, and the Arts at Middle Collegiate Church, a church that was founded in 1628 and one of the oldest continuous Protestant congregations in North America; and she is Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Middle Project which, along with Middle Church, hosted fifteen annual conferences to train faith leaders to combat racism, poverty and bigotry by growing multiethnic congregations that work for justice. Rev. Dr. Lewis is a prolific author, her latest book teaches us how to love the hell out of the world. It's called Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World. https://jacquijlewis.com/ https://www.middlechurch.org/ https://www.middleproject.org/ https://jacquijlewis.com/fierce-love/ https://twitter.com/RevJacquiLewis https://www.instagram.com/revjacquilewis/ https://twitter.com/coreysnathan
Hopefully this conversation with Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis will be as much of a gift to you as it was for me. We explored some deep questions like, What was the failure of the people of Israel around the time of Yeshua ben Yosef? Is our own generation also failing Jesus as Messiah? What does it mean to be a "drum major for peace"? What is the church's culpability in racism? What is ubiquitously God's call on our life - whether we're Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Bantu, Sikh, or any other faith? What does it mean to be a theologian in residence in one's own life? The REV. DR. JACQUI LEWIS is Senior Minister and Minister for Vision, Worship, and the Arts at Middle Collegiate Church, a church that was founded in 1628 and one of the oldest continuous Protestant congregations in North America; and she is Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Middle Project which, along with Middle Church, hosted fifteen annual conferences to train faith leaders to combat racism, poverty and bigotry by growing multiethnic congregations that work for justice. Rev. Dr. Lewis is a prolific author, her latest book teaches us how to love the hell out of the world. It's called Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World. https://jacquijlewis.com/ https://www.middlechurch.org/ https://www.middleproject.org/ https://jacquijlewis.com/fierce-love/ https://twitter.com/RevJacquiLewis https://www.instagram.com/revjacquilewis/ https://twitter.com/coreysnathan
On this week's episode of TheFallenState TV, host Jesse Lee Peterson is joined by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, Senior Minister of Middle Collegiate Church in New York City. She is an activist and also the author of "Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World." In this interview, Jesse and Dr. Lewis discuss her book and what it means to have "ferocious courage." They also get into: why is American culture so divided? What is the solution that will finally bring everyone together? Jesse and Dr. Lewis strongly disagree on the founding of America, Trump and Obama, who is to blame for the current state of race relations, and more. You don't want to miss it!
On this week's episode of TheFallenState TV, host Jesse Lee Peterson is joined by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, Senior Minister of Middle Collegiate Church in New York City. She is an activist and also the author of "Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World." In this interview, Jesse and Dr. Lewis discuss her book and what it means to have "ferocious courage." They also get into: why is American culture so divided? What is the solution that will finally bring everyone together? Jesse and Dr. Lewis strongly disagree on the founding of America, Trump and Obama, who is to blame for the current state of race relations, and more. You don't want to miss it!
This week, we're joined by the Reverend Jacqui Lewis to talk about her latest book 'Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World.' Also, the gang dives deeper into Cameron's mysterious maritime disappearance and swaps Tom Cruise stories. Also, a round of slices and the debut of our latest game: EGOTTA Be Kidding Me. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/relevantpodcast.
SHOUTIN' IN THE FIRE & FINDING FIERCE LOVE LEAD HOST: Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis GUEST: Dante Stewart Best-selling author and new voice, Dante Stewart, stormed the scene with his personal story. In 2016, he was a rising leader at his predominantly white evangelical church. But then came Donald Trump and Dante quickly found himself isolated amid a people unraveled. He needed to leave his god box and Dr. Lewis challenges us to do the same. Shoutin' In The Fire: An American Epistle, Dante's coming of age in a time of terror, calls us to reclaim and reimagine spiritual virtues like rage, resilience, and remembrance. Similarly, Dr. Lewis, in her new memoir, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World, says we need to bravely disengage from the old image of God and leave the confined god box of the Black space. Both agree: We need faith that speaks truth to pain and trauma, and pursues a truer love than the kind we're taught. Featured on CNN, The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Sojourners and more, Dante joins The FOUR to explore how these virtues might function against an unjust, unloving world.
Reverend Jacqui Lewis is Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church. She is the author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World and the host of the “Love.Period.” Podcast. Reverend Jacqui Lewis a regular of the show and she always leaves our listeners with a timely message about the power of love and radical acceptance. We spoke with the Reverend Jacqui Lewis, Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church about how she's making sense of the tragic Buffalo massacre.
Reverend Jacqui Lewis is Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church. She is the author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World and the host of the “Love.Period.” Podcast. Reverend Jacqui Lewis a regular of the show and she always leaves our listeners with a timely message about the power of love and radical acceptance. We spoke with the Reverend Jacqui Lewis, Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church about how she's making sense of the tragic Buffalo massacre.
The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis—Author, Activist, and Public Theologian—is the Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church, a multiracial, welcoming, and inclusive congregation in New York City that is driven by Love. Period. Jacqui is the author of several books, including her latest: Fierce Love Fierce Love by Dr. Jacqui Lewis: 9780593233863 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World. Middle Church and Jacqui have been featured in media such as The TODAY Show; Good Morning America; The Take Away; The Brian Lehrer Show; and in The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Her new podcast, Love.Period.http://www.jacquijlewis.com/love-period, is produced by the Center for Action and Contemplation. Follow Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis IG @revjaquilewis and Twitter @RevJacquiLewis Follow Drew Hart on Instagram and Twitter @druhart. Follow Jarrod McKenna on Instagram and Twitter @jarrodmckenna. Discover our global community on Twitter and Instagram @inversepodcast. Become a Patron of Inverse at https://www.patreon.com/InVerse Inverse Podcast is produced by Jen Kinney @iamjenkinney
LEAD CO-HOSTS: Lisa Sharon Harper and Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis GUEST: Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. The FOUR continue the conversation with Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. Globally revered, Dr. Moss is one of America's most distinguished leaders in the decades-long struggle for civil and human rights, health care, education and social justice. Join The FOUR for Part 2 of their conversation. Reverend Moss co-pastored with Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and was a board member and regional director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during Dr. King's tenure as founding president. He marched alongside Nelson Mandela against Aparteid. He served as an advisor to former President Carter at Camp David, and in 1994 he was the guest of former president Clinton at the Peace Treaty signing between Israel and Jordan; he served on President Obama's White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership Council; and board member and trustee of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Read more… Dr. Moss is the recipient of numerous awards, including: Role Model of the Year Award from the National Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Development (1992); Leadership Award from the Cleveland chapter of the American Jewish Committee (1996); Dr. Moss was bestowed the unique honor of the Lyman Beecher Lectureship on Preaching from Yale University (2004); and he was inducted into the 2007 Class of the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame. He holds six honorary degrees from colleges and universities in Ohio, Georgia, and Arkansas; Morehouse College named a set of dormitory suites in his honor where he was also president of the Morehouse College Board of Directors for nearly a dozen years. If his name sounds familiar, Otis Moss, Jr. is also “Pops”— dad to The FOUR's Otis Moss III, as well as Kevin Moss and Daphne Moss (deceased). Married to Mrs. Edwina Hudson Moss, they are the proud grandparents of five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Because family history is legacy, we have a few books to share: Preach! The Power and Purpose Behind Our Praise: America's premiere preaching father and son team, Otis Moss, Jr. and Otis Moss III, share their preaching, insight, and inspiration in their first-ever book together with sermons on social justice and other progressive Christian topics. Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All: Lisa Sharon Harper's odyssey to document 10 generations of her family — Black, white and Native American — in her newest book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World: Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis' stories from her own life and those of her mentors and inspirations, are accompanied by nine daily practices for transforming ourselves, our communities, and our world at large.
LEAD CO-HOSTS: Lisa Sharon Harper and Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis GUEST: Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. Where to begin? Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. is one of America's most distinguished voices, advocating for the achievement of education, civil and human rights, health care and social justice. His influence is global and revered. The FOUR are honored to invite Dr. Moss into a two part conversation with this influential and very special leader. Reverend Moss co-pastored with Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and was a board member and regional director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during Dr. King's tenure as founding president. He marched alongside Nelson Mandela against Aparteid. He served as an advisor to former President Carter at Camp David, and in 1994 he was the guest of former president Clinton at the Peace Treaty signing between Israel and Jordan; he served on President Obama's White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership Council; and board member and trustee of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Read more… Dr. Moss is the recipient of numerous awards, including: Role Model of the Year Award from the National Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Development (1992); Leadership Award from the Cleveland chapter of the American Jewish Committee (1996); Dr. Moss was bestowed the unique honor of the Lyman Beecher Lectureship on Preaching from Yale University (2004); and he was inducted into the 2007 Class of the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame. He holds six honorary degrees from colleges and universities in Ohio, Georgia, and Arkansas; Morehouse College named a set of dormitory suites in his honor where he was also president of the Morehouse College Board of Directors for nearly a dozen years. If his name sounds familiar, Otis Moss, Jr. is also “Pops”— dad to The FOUR's Otis Moss III, as well as Kevin Moss and Daphne Moss (deceased). Married to Mrs. Edwina Hudson Moss, they are the proud grandparents of five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Because family history is legacy, we have a few books to share: Preach! The Power and Purpose Behind Our Praise: America's premiere preaching father and son team, Otis Moss, Jr. and Otis Moss III, share their preaching, insight, and inspiration in their first-ever book together with sermons on social justice and other progressive Christian topics. Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All: Lisa Sharon Harper's odyssey to document 10 generations of her family — Black, white and Native American — in her newest book. Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World: Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis' stories from her own life and those of her mentors and inspirations, are accompanied by nine daily practices for transforming ourselves, our communities, and our world at large.
LEAD HOST: Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis GUEST: Kaliswa Brewster Sure she plays the “tough guy” characters on television shows such as Billions and Blue Bloods, but in real life, Kaliswa Brewster is a bright shining delight. A cancer survivor and marathon runner, this spirited and charming Black millennial actor, activist and influencer spoke with The FOUR about how this generation of movement builders navigates cultural boundaries and Black-led movements, and what we might learn from them. Millennials like Kaliswa embody what Dr. Lewis calls “a demanding, heart transforming, fierce love” that breaks through “tribalism” to find connection and community. Walking the walk, Kaliswa's friendships, alliances, and sensibilities cross genres, ethnicities, genders and religion. She is living out what Dr. Lewis calls in her new book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World, a healing antidote to our divisive culture. It's ubuntu, the Zulu philosophy of “I am who I am because we are who we are.” Jesus' command is for us to love ourselves, our family, friends, neighbors, and the world. Dr. Lewis asks, what if we actually did that? Follow @kaliswa on Instagram and Twitter.
Enjoy the REV. DR. JACQUI LEWIS as she reads a brief excerpt from her recent book FIERCE LOVE: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World
The Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis is Senior Minister and Minister for Vision, Worship, and the Arts at the Middle Collegiate Church, a 900-member multiracial, multicultural, and inclusive congregation in New York City. She is also the Executive Director and co-founder of The Middle Project, an institute that trains ethical faith leaders for a more just society.She's the author of multiple books including her latest Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World
Alistair shares from Luke 3:15-17, 21-23 and Acts 8:14-17 as part of KNEC Church Online on 9 January 2022. www.knec4jesus.org.uk “If you want to know what love looks like, Rabbi Jesus is saying, here it is: Love crosses borders and boundaries; it makes new cultural rules; it cares for the stranger. Love turns strangers into friends. Fierce love is rule-breaking, border-crossing, ferocious, and extravagant kindness that increases our tribe. . . . In any relationship, fierce love causes us to cross boundaries and borders to discover one another, to support one another, to heal one another. When we do this, when we go crazy with affection, and offer wild kindness to our neighbour across the street or across the globe, we make a new kind of space between us. We make space for discovery and curiosity, for learning and growing. We make space for sharing stories and being changed by what we share.” [Jacqui Lewis, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World (New York: Harmony Books, 2021)]
Guest Info/Bio:This week we welcome the incredible Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis! We talk all about her brand new book, “Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World.” Jacqui is an author, activist, preacher, public theologian who uses her gifts to work toward creating an antiracist, just, fully welcoming society in which everyone has enough. Jacqui graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary with a M.Div. and obtained her PhD in Psychology and Religion from Dew University. She is currently the senior pastor at Middle Collegiate Church. Jacqui has been featured on a number of television shows including: The Today Show, All in with Chris Hayes, AM Joy, The Melissa Harris Perry Show, NY1, ABC, NBC, PBS, CBS, and WPIX. She also created two national television programs: Just Faith, and on-demand television program on MSNBC.com, and Chapter and Verse at PBS. Dr. Lewis has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, the front page of the New York Times website, New York Times Video, The New York Post, CNN i-report, Essence, ebony.com, the New York Post, and more. Guest (Select) Publications:Ten Essential Strategies to Becoming a Multiracial Congregation; The Power of Stories; a Guide for Leaders in Multi-Racial, Multi-Cultural Congregations; the children's book, You Are So Wonderful!; Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World.Guest Links:www.middlechurch.org www.jacquijlewis.com Twitter: @RevJacquiLewis Instagram: @revjacquilewis Stay on top of all of the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com ( http://www.thedeconstructionists.com ) Go there to check out our blog, snag a t-shirt, become a Patreon supporter, listen to our entire back catalogue, or follow us on social mediaSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
This Christmas Eve, enjoy catching up with these recent conversations about connecting: Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis, senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village and the author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World (Harmony, 2021), offers a guide for getting past today's tribalism and competition to see that we are all in this together. Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist at Texas Tech University, chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy, lead author for the Second, Third, and Fourth US National Climate Assessment, host of the PBS digital series Global Weirding and the author of Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2021), talks about how to avoid letting political polarization derail actions, big and small, to address climate change. As families gather to celebrate the holidays, many singles and unmarried couples might face questions from family members about their relationship status. Katherine Hertlein, relationship therapist and professor in the couple and family therapy program at Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada Las Vegas, offers advice for responding to their intrusive questions. Before we gather with folks with different media diets, WNYC's The United States of Anxiety host Kai Wright and senior digital producer Kousha Navidar offer an experiment to get past the filter bubbles that define what information gets to us. Anna Sale, host of the WNYC Studios podcast Death, Sex & Money and author of the book Let's Talk About Hard Things (Simon & Schuster, 2021), shares her tips for how to have conversations about tough subjects, and why she thinks it's beneficial to talk it out. These interviews were lightly edited to fit the format; the original web versions are available here: Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on Coming Together (Nov. 9, 2021) Climate Science for All (Sept. 23, 2021) How to Respond to Meddling Family Members (Dec. 6, 2021) My Bubble, Your Bubble (Nov. 23, 2021) Hard Conversations Can Be the Best Conversations (May 4, 2021)
Book interview with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis for “Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World”
We're living in a world divided. Some "hot-mess times," as author, activist, and public theologian Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis puts it. Race and ethnicity, caste and color, gender and sexuality, class and education, religion and political party - they've all become demographic labels that reduce our differences to simplistic categories in which "we" are vehemently against "them." In her new book, FIERCE LOVE: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World, Rev. Dr. Lewis urges us to forge a new path forward - one driven by love, empathy and compassion. Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is the first female and first Black Senior Minister to serve in the progressive Collegiate Church, which dates to 1628. Her activism work has been featured by the TODAY Show, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among many others. She is the creator of the MSNBC online show Just Faith and the PBS show Faith and Justice, in which she led important conversations about culture and current events. Her new podcast, Love.Period, is produced by the Center for Action and Contemplation. Visit https://jacquijlewis.com Sister Jenna is a trusted spiritual mentor committed to bridging divides in societies and building relationships between global influencers. She is the founder and director of the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Museum in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area and the host of America Meditating Radio. Visit https://www.meditationmuseum.org & https://www.americameditating.org. #RevDrJacquiLewis #FierceLove #TheNextNormal #SisterJenna #MeditationMuseum
We're living in a world divided. Some "hot-mess times," as author, activist, and public theologian Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis puts it. Race and ethnicity, caste and color, gender and sexuality, class and education, religion and political party - they've all become demographic labels that reduce our differences to simplistic categories in which "we" are vehemently against "them." In her new book, FIERCE LOVE: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World, Rev. Dr. Lewis urges us to forge a new path forward - one driven by love, empathy and compassion. Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is the first female and first Black Senior Minister to serve in the progressive Collegiate Church, which dates to 1628. Her activism work has been featured by the TODAY Show, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among many others. She is the creator of the MSNBC online show Just Faith and the PBS show Faith and Justice, in which she led important conversations about culture and current events. Her new podcast, Love.Period, is produced by the Center for Action and Contemplation. Visit https://jacquijlewis.com Sister Jenna is a trusted spiritual mentor committed to bridging divides in societies and building relationships between global influencers. She is the founder and director of the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Museum in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area and the host of America Meditating Radio. Visit https://www.meditationmuseum.org & https://www.americameditating.org. #RevDrJacquiLewis #FierceLove #TheNextNormal #SisterJenna #MeditationMuseum
We're living in a world divided. Some "hot-mess times," as author, activist, and public theologian Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis puts it. Race and ethnicity, caste and color, gender and sexuality, class and education, religion and political party - they've all become demographic labels that reduce our differences to simplistic categories in which "we" are vehemently against "them." In her new book, FIERCE LOVE: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World, Rev. Dr. Lewis urges us to forge a new path forward - one driven by love, empathy and compassion. Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is the first female and first Black Senior Minister to serve in the progressive Collegiate Church, which dates to 1628. Her activism work has been featured by the TODAY Show, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among many others. She is the creator of the MSNBC online show Just Faith and the PBS show Faith and Justice, in which she led important conversations about culture and current events. Her new podcast, Love.Period, is produced by the Center for Action and Contemplation. Visit https://jacquijlewis.com Sister Jenna is a trusted spiritual mentor committed to bridging divides in societies and building relationships between global influencers. She is the founder and director of the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Museum in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area and the host of America Meditating Radio. Visit https://www.meditationmuseum.org & https://www.americameditating.org. #RevDrJacquiLewis #FierceLove #TheNextNormal #SisterJenna #MeditationMuseum
Book interview with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis for “Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World”
Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis is the first female and first Black Senior Minister at the historic Collegiate Church in New York City, which dates to 1628. Her new book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World was featured in Spirituality & Health's Books We Love 2021 and is available now. Read Rev. Lewis' guest column in the September/October 2021 issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis is the first female and first Black Senior Minister at the historic Collegiate Church in New York City, which dates to 1628. Her new book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World was featured in Spirituality & Health's Books We Love 2021 and is available now. Read Rev. Lewis' guest column in the September/October 2021 issue.
Multiple Guilty Verdicts for the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery Nicole Lewis, senior editor of Jurisprudence at Slate, discusses guilty verdicts in Ahmaud Arbery murder case. The Omicron Variant and Vaccine Inequity Dr. Bhakti Hansoti, an associate professor of emergency medicine and international health at Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg School of Public Health will join us to discuss the latest. Eating Leftovers in Style Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful joins The Takeaway to talk about how to make use of leftovers in style. And we also talk with him about his pasta, cascatelli, which was recently named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best inventions of 2021. Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis Talks About 'Fierce Love' She is the author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World and the host of the “Love.Period.” Podcast and she left our listeners with a timely message about the power of love and radical acceptance. For transcripts, see individual segment pages.
Multiple Guilty Verdicts for the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery Nicole Lewis, senior editor of Jurisprudence at Slate, discusses guilty verdicts in Ahmaud Arbery murder case. The Omicron Variant and Vaccine Inequity Dr. Bhakti Hansoti, an associate professor of emergency medicine and international health at Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg School of Public Health will join us to discuss the latest. Eating Leftovers in Style Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful joins The Takeaway to talk about how to make use of leftovers in style. And we also talk with him about his pasta, cascatelli, which was recently named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best inventions of 2021. Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis Talks About 'Fierce Love' She is the author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World and the host of the “Love.Period.” Podcast and she left our listeners with a timely message about the power of love and radical acceptance. For transcripts, see individual segment pages.
A conversation with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis activist, preacher, public theologian, and author, about her new book: Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World Find more of Rev. Dr. Lewis's great work at: Other Books jacquijlewis.com Facebook Twitter: @RevJacquiLewis
The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is an author, Activist, and Public Theologian, the first woman and first Black Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church, which is a multiracial, incredibly welcoming, and inclusive congregation in the Lower East Side of New York City, which dates to 1628. Growing up in church in the South Side of Chicago, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., when she was nine incited what would become a lifelong devotion to activism and social justice. Graduating school, then spending a decade working in the corporate world, she felt called to redefine how she would step into her own exploration of faith, attending Princeton Theological Seminary, then devoting herself to urban ministry, with the intention of reimagining what faith, church, and community could be. Eventually becoming a leader in Middle Church, Rev. Lewis has been instrumental in bringing together what she calls a “multiethnic rainbow coalition of love, justice, and worship that rocks her soul,” and has remained a leading voice in activism, with her work have featured by the TODAY Show, MSNBC, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, among many others. She is the creator of the MSNBC online show, Just Faith and the PBS show, Faith and Justice, in which she led important conversations about culture and current events. Her podcast, Love.Period., is produced by the Center for Action and Contemplation. And her new book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World, is a deep exploration of faith, race, justice and transformation, bundled with exercises that invite you in a path of personal growth, activism and collective elevation.You can find Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis at: Website | Instagram | Love.Period. podcastIf you LOVED this episode:You'll also love the conversations we had with Bishop Michael Curry about love as a path to reconciliation and healing.My new book Sparked.Check out our offerings & partners: Peloton: Access high-energy workouts, instantly. Discover Peloton: streaming fitness classes to you live and on-demand. With the Peloton Bike, there's nothing like working out from home. Learn more at onepeloton.com. New members can try Peloton classes free for 30 days at onepeloton.com/app. Terms apply.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A conversation with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis activist, preacher, public theologian, and author, about her new book: Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World Find more of Rev. Dr. Lewis's great work at: Other Books jacquijlewis.com Facebook Twitter: @RevJacquiLewis
Hosts Stephany Spaulding, Laura Truax and Dan Deitrich sit down with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis to talk about her new book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World. Rev. Dr. Laura Truax is senior pastor of LaSalle Street Church in Chicago and serves on the Seminary Advisory Board at the University of Dubuque. Dr. Truax holds a master of divinity degree from Loyola University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the joint program of North Park Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary. She is the author of Undone: When coming apart puts you back together (2013) and Love Let Go: Radical Generosity for the real world (2017) and is part of the Red Letter Christians. @revtruax // facebook.com/laura.truax1 Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, associate professor of Women's and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) and former U.S. Senate candidate for the state of Colorado. She holds a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a M.A. in American Literature and a Ph. D. in American Studies both from Purdue University. She is the author of Recovering from Racism: A Guidebook to Beginning Conversations (2015) and Abolishing White Masculinity from Mark Twain to Hiphop: Crisis in Whiteness (2014). @drstephanyrose // facebook.com/stephanyrose Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic votecommongood.com votecommongood.com/podcast facebook.com/votecommongood twitter.com/votecommon
Love Period. returns with a brand new season based on the themes found in Rev. Jacqui's new book Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World. To kick things off, Wajahat Ali is returning to discuss the theme of Chapter One: "Love Yourself Unconditionally. It All Starts Here." In this conversation, Wajahat explains what loving himself unconditionally has meant to him, and how he was able to pass that on to his children. New to Season 2, after the interview, Jacqui concludes with a reflection on making this practical in everyday life. Wajahat is the author of the forthcoming book Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American. Resources: Jacqui's new book Fierce Love can be found here. Wajahat's new book Go Back to Where You Came From (out January 2022) can be found here. A transcript for this episode can be found here. Connect with us: We'd love to hear your thoughts, comments, or feedback. Send us an email. Rev. Jacqui Lewis Ph.D.: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Wajahat Ali: Twitter | Website Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!
Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis, senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village and the author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World (Harmony, 2021), offers a guide for getting past today's tribalism through teachings of philosophy and faith by recognizing common humanity.
Airing LIVE Saturday, September 11th, 8:35-11:00am ET. Gather with host Brian Lehrer as we listen to parts of the anniversary ceremony and the reading of the names. We'll talk to guests and each other to mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11/2001. Guests include: Nuala McGovern, presenter of OS on the BBC World Service presenter, former executive producer of The Brian Lehrer Show; Beth Fertig, WNYC/Gothamist senior reporter, and Rose Arce, executive producer of Soledad O'Brien Productions; Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate, in 2001 U.S. Senator from New York; Gerald "Jerry" Sanford, retired FDNY firefighter and the author of It Started with a Helmet: A Retired Firefighter's Return to New York City the Day Before 9/11(iUniverse, 2021); Daisy Khan, founder and executive director of Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) and the author of Born with Wings: The Spiritual Journey of a Modern Muslim Woman (Random House, 2018), and Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis, senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village and author of the forthcoming Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World (Harmony, November 2021). Join the conversation: (646)435-7281
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