Podcasts about sparrow conference

Our friend, Delano Squires (from the Heritage Foundation), thinks there is a very specific formula for cultural renewal. We are doing a deep dive on the root causes of our cultural collapse and the pathway out of the mess. Resources mentioned: ª Pro Child Politics: https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Child-Politics-Cultural-Economic-National/dp/B0D6LT3ZB3 ª God's Vision for REAL Human Flourishing: https://youtube.com/live/hWun8BuxhjE • Part 1 of our discussion about the 2019 Sparrow Conference: https://youtu.be/F8zH7ruT5hk

everal weeks ago, theologian Ekemini Uwan was interviewed on stage at the Sparrow Conference for Women. But when Uwan, a Nigerian American who frequently speaks out against racism and white supremacy, began doing so at the conference, people in the audience began walking out, according to a report from The Witness. Uwan later tweeted that she had to hire an attorney to force the conference to send her photos and video of her interview. YouTube also removed a video of her remarks at the request of Sparrow, and the conference’s social media did not include her images or quotes, in contrast to those of other speakers. Earlier this year, author Kathy Khang preached at chapel at Baylor University. Khang, a veteran speaker, included an anecdote mentioning an 11-year-old boy who was arrested after not standing during the Pledge of Allegiance. In the middle of Khang’s talk, a Baylor student stood up and said, “That’s not what happened. He was making terroristic threats to his teacher.” The event deeply rattled Khang, both for her personal safety in the moment and also when the same student who attended the event posted a video slamming her. It’s important that the conference organizers who invite women of color to speak—especially when the speakers are delivering a message that may challenge the audience—ensure the audience is prepared to hear their message, says Khang. “If you’re asking me to talk about the church, what are the ways you’ve already prepared your audience to hear this message?” said Khang. “What are the books you’ve had them read? Who are the other speakers who have come in? What is the reception like for them? What is the follow-up you have planned for the event you’re inviting me to?” When attendees find themselves uncomfortable by the remarks of a particular speaker, that can be a good time for their own personal reflection, says author Natasha Sistrunk Robinson, who also frequently teaches at Christian conferences. “We don’t always have to agree, but what is going on here? What are the blind spots?” said Sistrunk Robinson. “Have you been stretched and challenged by this in a good way?” Sistrunk Robinson and Khang joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and theology editor Caleb Lindgren on Quick to Listen, to discuss how Christian conferences and institutions can do a better job supporting the women of color that they invite to address their audiences.

Ashley, Elijah, and Ryan talk through whiteness based on the recent Sparrow Conference and Ekemini Uwan’s interview with Elizabeth Woodson. Ashley provides her perspective as one of the worship leaders at the conference. Grab your favorite beverage and let’s talk! ———————————— Show Notes: Ekemini and Elizabeth interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9JQntpn71I Sparrow Conference Apology: https://sparrowwomen.com/apology Ekemini Uwan’s Blog Post: http://www.sistamatictheology.com/blog/2019/4/7/the-blood-of-jesus-is-the-bridge-not-my-back Ekemini Uwan Twitter: https://twitter.com/sista_theology Truth’s Table: https://www.truthstable.com Elizabeth Woodson: http://www.elizabethwoodson.org/ ———————————— If you wanna get at us (and we know you do) you got options: Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/wetalkdifferent Email: holla@wetalkdifferent.com Facebook: facebook.com/wetalkdifferent Twitter: twitter.com/wetalkdifferent Instagram: instagram.com/wetalkdifferent/ Website: wetalkdifferent.com You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, SoundCloud, or Stitcher so you'll never miss an episode! Please leave a review on iTunes as it helps other people find our podcast. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wetalkdifferent/id1161601126 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4B2wxEvCri6Q7JTgONJfse?si=OqH_Qaz2QkuqVQiyIeN8pA SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/wetalkdifferent Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wetalkdifferent

Are y’all ready? We have one of our great friends on the podcast today. Ekemini Uwan joins us to talk about her recent traumatic experiences at The Sparrow Conference and all of the things. We talked about anti-racism, secondary trauma, the power of speaking to our black kinsmen, and speaking the truth in love. Break your notepads out for this one. Ekemini drops some gems! Read more about Ekemini’s experience at the Sparrow Conference in an article by our very own DeeDee Roe “Captive Audience: A Black Woman’s Reflection on the Sparrow Conference”: https://thewitnessbcc.com/captive-audience/ Read Ekemini’s open letter here “The Blood of Jesus is the Bridge, not my Back” by Ekemini Uwan: http://www.sistamatictheology.com/blog Ekemini’s PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/ekeminiuwan Truth’s Table’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable Follow Ekemini on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/sista_theology Follow Ekemini on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/spottieottiedopealiciousangel/ Ekemini Uwan is a public theologian who received her Master of Divinity degree in 2016 from Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS) in Philadelphia, PA. She is the co-host of Truth’s Table podcast alongside Michelle Higgins and Dr. Christina Edmondson. During her time at WTS, Ekemini won the 2015 Greene Prize in Apologetics Award. In 2018, Christianity Today named her among “10 New or Lesser-Known Female Theologians Worth Knowing.” Her writings have been published in the Huffington Post Black Voices, Christianity Today, and The Witness: A Black Christian Collective to name a few. Her insights have been quoted by CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Yorker among other publications. “Evangelicals and the Loss of Prophetic Imagination” by Sharon Hodde Miller: https://mereorthodoxy.com/evangelicals-loss-prophetic-imagination/

Sometimes it feels like “mom world” is another planet. A nursing shield? An all-terrain stroller? Funny-shaped food? It seems easier to build friendships with women in our season of life, but the gospel gives us a bigger picture of community. In this episode, Emily and Laura interview Elizabeth Woodson about building flourishing friendships with women in other seasons of life—particularly singles. Elizabeth is a Bible teacher who writes, teaches, and helps to develop leaders at The Village Church and serves as the Director of Resources for the Sparrow Conference. Christian moms and singles can have the most important thing in common: our faith in Christ. So press in a little deeper with a woman in a different season and enjoy God’s gift of community.   VIEW TRANSCRIPT   MENTIONED ON THE SHOW: Elizabeth Woodson’s website Elizabeth on Instagram & Twitter The Village Church Sparrow Conference 2019 RELATED ARTICLES, RESOURCES, AND CONTENT: Related R|M resources: “God’s Grace Beyond our ‘Mom Tribes,’" - Abby Hummel, Risen Motherhood “The Gospel Comes with a House Key,” - Rosaria Butterfield, Risen Motherhood “When We’re Offended: The Cost of Being a Peacemaker,” - Lauren Weir, Risen Motherhood “Members, Not Measures: A Call to Own One Another’s Joys and Sorrows,” Abbey Wedgeworth, Risen Motherhood “Moms Make Peace Through Christ,” - Emily Jensen, Risen Motherhood Ep. 38, Friendship & Motherhood - Risen Motherhood Ep. 43, Serving Others Right Where You’re At - Risen Motherhood Ep. 55, Hospitality in the Little Years - Risen Motherhood Ep. 65, Finding Your Tribe: Momma, Who is Your Primary Community? - Risen Motherhood Around the internet: Messy Beautiful Friendships: Finding and Nurturing Deep and Lasting Relationships, - Christine Hoover Life Together, - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community, - Brett McCracken “6 Costs of Real Friendship,” - Jen Thorn, Christianity Today “Loneliness, Friendship, and the Goodness of God,” - Melissa Kruger, TGC “Woman Enough for Friendship,” - Jasmine Holmes, Fathom Magazine Ep. 17, By Faith with Christine Hoover: On Friendships for Moms with Emily & Laura - By Faith RM APPLY QUESTIONS It’s great to have a close group of mom friends, but God also designed Christian community to include a variety of ages, experiences, and gifts. Women in different seasons of life can have flourishing friendships if we’re willing to find common interests, have honest conversations, and build on our shared love of Christ. We’re made to be in community and to encourage our sisters-in-Christ, and that happens across every season of life. Do you have friendships with women who are in different seasons of life than you? If so, how can you further invest in these friendships? If not, can you think of any women who share similar interests with you in other areas? Consider inviting one of them to join you for coffee, bread baking, running, etc. There are common threads in all our lives. We all experience pain, loss, and difficulty; and we all experience joy, thankfulness, and hope. The gospel meets us where we are in our different situations and enables us to mourn and rejoice with one another. How is a shared love of Christ the foundation for friendship? How does it connect you to other sisters-in-Christ who may be experiencing different life events than you? Moms and singles can be tempted to run away from hard relationships, but God calls us to consider one another as more important than ourselves. What would it look like to approach a difficult friend with grace? How can you find out how to love that person well? If we want to be true friends, we have to open up our lives to others—which means opening our homes too. What are your expectations for the “right conditions” to be hospitable? Are these biblical requirements or heart idols? How can you open up space this week to invite a single woman over? All women are told to have spiritual children in the faith regardless of our life seasons. We’re to steward the information God gives us by pouring into a younger sister-in-Christ. Is discipleship a regular part of your life? How can you make time for it and who might you “do life” with? 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My guest for The Happy Hour # 227 is Rachel Joy. Rachel is a pastor's wife, mom to four and the Founder & Executive Director of Sparrow Women. Sparrow Women exists to catalyze the next generation of reconcilers. Rachel is a believer in strong coffee, long dinners, and spontaneous dance parties. On today's show Rachel shares the story of how she came to start Sparrow Women and the Sparrow Conference. Rachel and I talk about what it was like for her when she first started to dig deep and ask questions about racial equality, reflect on her own privilege, and examine how the world is truly set up. I love how Rachel says we are all Kingdom Cultivators, but to do the work, we must first understand what God's kingdom is.  Rachel and I discuss how the topic of racial harmony and reconciliation can seem overwhelming at first, and she provides some first steps to take. Rachel also honestly shares how the walk can be messy, the conversations difficult, and we're not promised that it will be easy. But, we are called to be peacemakers and reconcilers, and with Christ, it is possible.  {You can listen to the show HERE, and make sure you never miss a Happy Hour by subscribing through your favorite podcast app (ie. iTunes, Stitcher).  And of course, I would love if you would share with your friends!} Links From the Show Sparrow Women Sparrow Conference 2019 - Use code: HAPPY for special discounted rate! What Rachel is loving: Ball Frixion pens, Seek The Peace candles, glass sliding bookshelf that feels like home What Rachel is reading: Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, The Ministry of Ordinary Places by Shannon Martin Come join The Happy Hour on Patreon If You Only Knew Connect with Rachel Twitter// Instagram // Facebook Sparrow Women: Twitter// Instagram// Facebook Connect with Jamie + The Happy Hour Facebook // Twitter // Instagram // YouTube Join us on Patreon! Do you love The Happy Hour? If so, we’d love if you’d leave a review! If You Only Knew by Jamie Ivey

Rachel Joy is the Founder and Director of the Sparrow Conference, a catalytic gathering in Dallas, Texas connecting women to God and His heart for racial reconciliation. In this episode, Rachel and I discuss how truth brings freedom, freedom brings identity and identity brings purpose in your life. She shares the story of how God brought her on this journey in her own life and how it led her to start this ministry while raising her family of four children with her husband in Dallas, Texas.  Sparrow exists to catalyze the next generation of reconcilers through the annual conference, Sparrow Resources, Sparrow Lead, & will soon pursue justice and mercy with the launch of The Sparrow Center. Rachel has lead and taught Bible Studies for almost 20 years. She is married to Trevor, a pastor at The Village Church, and they live in Highland Village, Texas with their four children. Her days are spent pursuing more of Jesus with her family and church community. She can be found with a large cup of coffee--juggling the joy of raising four children, church life, Sparrow life--all while trying trying to channel her inner Joanna Gaines (who doesn't) and always looking for a reason to dance in the kitchen! 

This week I get the joy of chatting with Rachel Joy, founder of the Sparrow Conference! She is a mom of four, a pastor's wife, and the Founder and Director of Sparrow Conference - a catalytic gathering connecting young women to Jesus, the Bible, one another and the local church. She has lead and taught Bible studies for over fifteen years because it's Rachel's passion to see young women come to the powerful, saving grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ.  It is her joy to point to Jesus because in Him alone do we find truth, freedom, identity and purpose. Rachel describes her life as busy, loud, crazy and she absolutely loves it! You will often find her drinking far too much coffee, having a dance party with her little ones, writing for fun and having a good, long dinner with folks from church or the neighborhood. Rachel calls The Village Church in Highland Village, Texas home.

“You are worth more than many sparrows.”  -Matthew 10:31   My guest today is Rachel Joy. Rachel is a wife and mama to four beautiful children (Addison, Benjamin, Everett, and new baby Annie). Rachel has lead and taught Bible studies for over fifteen years, and it is her passion to see young women come to the powerful, saving grace and knowledge of Jesus. After hosting a college women’s Bible study in 2010, God began to stir in Rachel a desire to gather young women together on a larger scale hear and study the Bible and to help them develop a fixed identity in Christ. She prayed through and developed the idea and, with the help of an amazing support team, the first Sparrow Conference was held in Denton, Texas in the fall of 2012.   In today’s episode, you’ll hear Rachel’s heart and passion for the work she does, as well as all the details about this year’s conference. The theme is “Draw Near” and the lineup of speakers is nothing short of spectacular.   Enjoy today’s episode, “Drawing Near”, and listen to the incredible story of a woman following her heart, listening for God, and stepping into a calling that is blessing people across the miles.