Podcast appearances and mentions of traci blackmon

Dr. Traci Blackmon shares with attendees at GBAPP's Phoenix Rising conference. May 2024

This Sunday Worship Episode features a sermon captured from Rankin Memorial Chapel's Guest Preacher Reverend Traci Blackmon.  She preached from the Book of Isaiah.  SONG CHIOICE

"Where are your wounds?" Sermon by The Rev'd Traci Blackmon, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, March 12, 2023. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's Sermon Playlist.   Like us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & TikTok, and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at trinity-episcopal.org.

Next time on State of Belief Radio: the president signs the Respect for Marriage Act into law. For millions of American families, their status and safety is no longer in the hands of a potentially politicized Supreme Court. We'll look at how we got here – and how essential a broad religious coalition in support of the Respect for Marriage Act was to its passage – with the Rev. Traci Blackmon, Associate General Minister of the United Church of Christ. I'll also talk with Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, and Interfaith Alliance Director of Policy and Advocacy Katy Joseph. The intersectional network that came together in support of this legislation is poised to continue its advocacy… And with opposition so often deployed in the courts, she can talk to what legal strategies are most likely to effectively support continuing progress. And we'll hear the reaction of Father James Martin, editor-at-large at America Magazine and a leading Catholic voice for inclusion of LGBT persons in the life of the Church.

On behalf of the Elected Officers of the United Church of Christ, Karen Georgia Thompson, Traci Blackmon, and John C. Dorhauer – this week's podcast is offered as a memorial of gratitude to peace activist and Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh and his enduring, endearing spirit. Born: October 11, 1926 Died: January 22, 2022

Civil rights activists around the nation have staged everything from public protests to hunger strikes over the failure of President Biden, so far, to get lawmakers to pass voting rights legislation. In this week's Kaleidoscope with host Allison Keyes, she speaks with Rev. Traci Blackmon with Faith For Black Lives and the United Church of Christ about why they believe this is desperately needed.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On the "CBS News Weekend Roundup" with host Allison Keyes -- President Biden expands his administration's response to COVID-19 amid a surge driven by the Omicron variant. This as the Supreme Court blocks the president's vaccination rules for large companies. CBS's Steve Dorsey explains. As many schools struggle with an increasing number of cases, some in Minnesota and Oklahoma have gone virtual again, temporarily. Allison asks Dr. Ruth Kanthula, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at MedStar Health, if worried parents and teachers are overreacting. President Biden's push to get the Senate to change the rules to make it easier for Democrats to pass major voting rights legislation fails, as two moderates refuse to support the plan. Now, Democratic leaders will not fulfill their promised vote on the issue by Monday's federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. CBS's Nancy Cordes joins Allison with details. In the Kaleidoscope, Allison speaks with Rev. Traci Blackmon at the United Church of Christ about those efforts to pass voting rights legislation, and why this issue is so important to people of color. All this and much more on the "CBS News Weekend Roundup."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today you'll hear from six more hunger strikers (Joe Madison told us his story yesterday, as he begins his second month of striking for voting rights), who are also faith leaders in their communities. They detail their own motivation, hopes, and fears for our country as our voting rights are under attack. And as one of the guests succinctly notes: the deadline for our democracy is January 17th. Will congress take action? Guests: Rev. Stephen A. Green, Pastor, St Luke AME of Harlem Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould of Missouri Faith Voices Rev. Dennis James, III, Pastor, Pine Grove, AME, Columbia, SC Rev. Traci Blackmon, United Church of Christ Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III, Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago Rev. Jamal Bryant, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we mark 20 years since 9/11, we are releasing an episode that we first recorded with Valarie Kaur in 2020, after the launch of her book, See No Stranger. The book is both a practical guide to changing the world and a very personal and communal chronicle of our lives since 9/11.  And the paperback just dropped. This week, our host Rev. Michael-Ray Mathews joined Valarie, Rev. Traci Blackmon, Sr. Simone Campbell and many others in honoring Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh-American who was murdered in a hate crime in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. He was a businessman, a family man and a beloved friend to Valarie.  She will tell you that it was his death that sparked her activism. And she will tell you that Americans still have a lot to learn about the decades-long impact of 9/11 on people of color. So listeners, tune into this episode to hear Valarie's reflections in her own words.

Elle Dowd is a powerhouse for all good things.  Wife, mother, student, interferer, activist, clergy and purveyor of bold lips and a lip ring. Elle and her husband, Adam, came into my sphere during what is now being remembered as the Ferguson Uprising. In this turbulent time, I met many people, heard of more people, under the scariest of circumstances! I came across Elle through Twitter, and followed her through Facebook! When I heard that she had written a book, I knew two things:  I needed to read it and she needed to be on this platform!  As Elle is a member of the clergy, and I am a woman of faith, the conversation does delve into faith, the power of it, and how what we know s modern-Christianity glosses over needed issues relating to social justice, racism, and even how we as the Body of Christ gloss over how Christ was killed by the state.  From speaking about John Lewis, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Traci Blackmon and James Cone, Elle makes room in this conversation to have harder conversations. Why? The are needed and necessary. Baptized In Tear Gas is available August 10. Follow Elle on Facebook here.  To learn more about SOUL (Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation) click here.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/onthewritersblock/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/onthewritersblock/support

April 11, 2021. Today's sermon by guest Pastor Tina Reyes is on being more understanding, in this year of all years, of Thomas and the disciples for hiding out in a locked room and struggling with lack of faith and the need for more proof. Readings: 1 John 1:1-2:2, John 20:19-31 *** Transcript *** So as I said at the beginning of worship, I bring you greetings from LuMin St. Louis and all the students, and I also bring you greetings from the Central States Synod of the ELCA. It is indeed good to be here with you this morning as we hear the good news. This past week, a man named Earl Simmons died. I can't say I was really aware of who he was or what his gifts were to the music world, or even his journey, until reports of him being in the hospital and being in a vegetative state hit my social media accounts — and not just the news reports, but the instances of friends and colleagues who listened to his music and who were lamenting about how young he was and how he had struggled with his life and his faith in God through those 50 years. But it was the Reverend Traci Blackmon, who is a UCC pastor in residence across the street at Eden, until she wrote this on her wall about DMX, which was his rap name: “When I listen to DMX...I hear the lamentations and psalms lived out loud.And I wonder if we have sanitized the struggle out of human lives of faith.We’ve decided holiness is achievable instead of aspirational.We hear the stories of the text as victory instead of valiant.It's clear to me that DMX knows God.Not that it matters whether I know that or not.I’m glad I do.DMX’s God is not the God we meet at the finish line...this is the God who runs the race with us.” And there it was. (Now mind you I was mostly done with my sermon and I'm like, “Oh! Quote! Cool!”) But there it was: the gift of Easter, of faith, of hope that appeared to me this year in the lesson from John’s gospel. As Jesse told the kids, it's been a week since we proclaimed out loud, “Alleluia! Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed!” The alleluia banner is still on the altar here. Let me tilt down so you can see it. There it is. Alleluia! The Easter lilies are behind me, and I have forgotten how fragrant Easter lilies can be in small spaces, especially when you have almost 20 of them. The last church I served was a huge space, and we could have 20 and not really affect me. We’ve more or less gone back to our lives as they are right now. But in the text this morning, it is the same night. We begin on Easter night. I think it's important to remember that. It’s only been a matter of days since the disciples ran in fear, and their rabbi was killed and buried, and just hours, hours since Mary Magdalene came running to the upper room with the news of Jesus' resurrection. And so I imagine that they're huddled together in this room with the doors locked because they're trying to process the trauma that they have witnessed. (They wouldn’t have used those words, but that's what they're doing — they're trying to process all of these things that have happened.) And so they're together in comfort and community in their grief and questions, because they're wondering: what’s next? And: can we believe Mary? And: I don’t know how much more of this I can take. The text hits me in a way this year that it hasn’t before — which I believe is a gift in and of itself. You and I have been huddled more or less in small spaces within our immediate communities. I can tell you that that's not a great way to start campus ministry. When you can't actually be in relationship with students, it creates ways. And you have to be creative and you have to be open to different possibilities. And even though we've been huddled in small spaces in our immediate communities, it hasn’t stopped trauma and tragedy happening in the world around us. So I imagine the questions the disciples were uttering are probably familiar in our own lives, like: I don't know if I can take much more of this (not really a question but more of a statement). Or: I can’t breathe — whether it's from COVID which decimates lungs, or physical restraints cutting off air flow. And there's always that, “What’s next?” What's going to happen next? I know I cried that watching angry folks storming the Capitol on January 6th. And I cry that every time I see that legislatures are trying to restrict a transgender person's right to live as God created them. No beloved, the irony that we’ve been locked in our own dark upper rooms in fear and anxiety for the last year is not lost on me — and I wonder how long we’ve really been waiting for the hurt to stop. And even more irony: out of caution and love for each other, here we are sharing worship together — and apart — at the same time, seeking comfort and joining in praise. And so I have to tell you that this year I’m not even mad at Thomas and the disciples for hiding out in a locked room, or Thomas not being there the first time and then joining them in that locked room. I get it! I get their behavior and their responses. I've pulled back the pointing finger at their lack of faith and the scapegoating of Thomas, his need for more proof. Somehow, this year, I’m with them — waiting with bated breath, wanting to see, to touch, to hear the good news of the risen Christ, just as they did. And I wonder: where are you, beloved? In the midst of their pain and their confusion, a wounded, risen Jesus meets them where they are. A wounded, risen Jesus gifts these siblings with exactly what they need in that moment. He breathes peace on them twice, and then he breathes the Holy Spirit in them. And they are comforted in their trauma and grief, and they know that it is indeed their beloved, that Mary was right. And somehow all those prophecies Jesus made, of his death and resurrection, were true. And it makes sense to me this year, more so than ever, that Thomas didn’t get it, isn’t comforted by their witness, and is still struggling with his own stuff. Thomas declares that he needs something for himself to begin his own healing, to make it make sense to him. It’s not that Thomas doubts. It's that Thomas has always needed something more, something different, to comprehend the love that Jesus offered. And that’s okay. It’s okay because there's not one single formula for healing or learning or believing. We live with an amazing diversity of abilities and understandings that were all created by same God. And here we are in this lesson, given a gift that uplifts that diversity. Before I went to seminary I was a middle school history teacher, and I worked with students of all different levels and abilities — from the brightest of the bright, to the students who were just trying to acquire English as a different language, to students who had emotional difficulties. Somehow they all ended up in my class. And in one of the wings in a teacher workroom, there was a quote put on the wall. And it said, “If the students don’t learn how you teach, then teach how they learn.” And my other favorite thing then is to tell Confirmation students, when we talk about our journey of faith it doesn't have a start and a stop, it's this long journey that lasts our lifetime. It's a journey, and we all take the same journey but differently, because we don’t have a socket in the back of our necks, like in the movie “Matrix” (showing my age a little bit) to hook up to the faith computer and to instantly have all the faith and power to comprehend what, in honesty, we just can’t. And so Jesus meets Thomas where Thomas is — still questioning, needing a different way of accessing and understanding the risen Christ. And so the wounded, risen Jesus enters the room a week later (and Thomas is with them) and he offers peace again to all of them, and then he doesn't put Thomas down, as have done for a bajillion years. He invites Thomas in. He invites Thomas into a relationship, into that close space, and says, “Put your finger here. See? Go ahead, touch.” And that is exactly what Thomas needed for Thomas' journey of healing and living and ministry. And that is exactly what Jesus — risen, wounded, and healing — does with us in our times of grief, and confusion, and heartache. Jesus meets us where we are and journeys with us in our own needs. And sometimes we don't recognize it as Jesus. Sometimes it's just the person who sits with us. Sometimes it's the stranger a table away (a year ago) who would offer a ketchup bottle or a napkin. Maybe it's an adult offering a verse of encouragement to a young college student struggling with being on their own for the first time. But Jesus meets us where we are, and journeys with us in our own needs. In our rush to celebrate the risen Christ, I believe that we often forget the pain and suffering and confusion and hurt and heartache — of Jesus and of those who loved him. It's why I believe that every year, on every second Sunday of Easter in the Revised Common Lectionary, we have this lesson. Faith is never about one or the other. Faith is about both and. We get this lesson not as an exemplar of how to believe. We get this lesson as a reminder of God’s love for us in the wounded, risen Jesus in our own wounded selves. And we come to know that Jesus is with us wherever we may find ourselves on our journey of faith. Beloved Jesus died & rose —    the gift that eternal death is not the end.And Jesus died & rose & comes to us —    that there may be life in this place for all of God’s people...And Jesus meets us in his woundedness & his divinity    and gifts us with his never-ending presence.And Jesus meets us in our woundedness & divinity    and gifts us with peace and the Holy Spirit.And Jesus is with us    and gifts us with peace and hope to meet the suffering, and the pain,    and the hardest of the hard stuff. The gifts given in those upper rooms to the disciples and the gifts given continually to us — of peace and the Holy Spirit — are with us, now and always, as we work to bring death to the sins of racism and white supremacy, and as we learn to welcome and celebrate all folks as God created them in amazingly diverse ways, and as we hold on just a little longer to our quarantines and our safe spaces. It is indeed the second Sunday of Easter. Jesus is with us and among us. Alleluia. Christ is risen. Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia! (Yes, there's the fist pump action here.) Thanks be to God! Amen. *** Keywords *** 2021, Christ Lutheran Church, Webster Groves, sermon, podcast, transcript, YouTube, video, Pastor Tina Reyes, Traci Blackmon, Confession of a woman who preaches, 1 John 1:1-2:2, John 20:19-31, Jesse Helton, COVID-19, coronavirus

In this episode of The Just Vote, Dean Kelly Brown Douglas speaks with The Rev. Traci Blackmon. Rev. Blackmon is the Associate General Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries for The United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. They discuss voter suppression issues in the upcoming election and faith leaders' role to inform their communities of the moral imperative to participate in voting.

A friendship forged in fire, a Rabbi for a Reverend, a song for a broken heart. Lisa and Macky visit with Rev. Traci Blackmon and Rabbi Susan Talve, whose friendship was solidified during the demonstrations in Ferguson, MO. They talk about standing together in the most pressing circumstances, being there for one another in the midst of incredible loss, and guiding the next generation of movement makers. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" performed by Etta James. Episode art by Emily Simons and transcript at https://auburnseminary.org/friends/ Please remember to share the episode. Support our work: https://auburnseminary.org/stlc-giving/ 

This month as we mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote—a milestone Methodist women helped to achieve—women are again mobilizing to make their voices heard through the franchise. Listen in on this conversation on voting and voter suppression. The discussion features women of faith who are working to ensure that every eligible voter can vote. Our guests are Sabrina White of the Baltimore Washington Conference United Methodist Women; the Rev. Traci Blackmon of the United Church of Christ; Liz OuYang, a civil rights attorney and voting rights expert; and the Rev. Dr. Brianna K. Parker, the founder and curator of the Black Millennial Café.

Jesus asks, "Who do you say that I am?" Is he a savior, lord, way-shower, teacher, friend, or…? How has your understanding changed over time? Pastor Sal talks about what Jesus looked like and who he was, sharing wisdom from John Pavlovitz and Traci Blackmon.

Lydia and Becca share there thoughts on the first day of Festival of Homiletics with lectures, sermons or interviews by Traci Blackmon, Katharine Hayhoe, Bill McKibben and Will Willimon.  Register for the rest of the week at www.festivalofhomiletics.com

• Get educated about the way COVID-19 is ravaging the poor and Black and Brown people. Follow the Poor People’s Campaign/William Barber, Ruby Sales, and Traci Blackmon. • Read and Write: Read Amos, Chapter 5, The Message version, every day for the next week. Each day after reading, write a letter demanding a response to COVID-19 that acknowledges the poor, Black and Brown people, the essential workers who are predominantly female and Black. • Your senators • Your congress person • The governor of your state • The mayor your city/town • Your local newspaper • Do small acts of self and neighborly love. • Buy a book of stamps from the USPS • Put your name and phone number on your neighbors’ doors so they can access you in case of emergency • Put your mask on, go outside for fresh air every day, keeping your distance. • Call somebody you love, let them hear your voice, every day

Whilst the UK is dealing with a serious knife crime problem affecting teenagers especially in our cities, America is dealing with a gun problem. In the city of St. Louis, Missouri, the number of children who’ve been killed by a gun keeps on rising. According to latest figures 23 have died this year, most of them were caught in the cross fire, doing normal things like playing outside their house. Mothers, some who’ve lost a child,, marched in the City last weekend to express their anger. Siobhann Tighe meets the organiser, the Reverend Traci Blackmon, A new BBC drama series ‘World on Fire’ tells the story of World War Two through the lives of ordinary people, from all sides of the conflict. Jenni talks to one of the stars of the series Lesley Manville about taking on a role that's so different from that of Cathy in the series ‘Mum’. Lucia Osborne-Crowley was fifteen when she was violently raped by a stranger. In her book ‘I Choose Elena’ she's writesabout the aftermath - her silence, shame, and, what she feels is the lasting impact on her body. And we speak to the woman who led Europe to victory over the US in the Solheim Cup Presenter Jenni Murray Producer Beverley Purcell Guest; Lucia Osborne-Crowley Guest; Lesley Manville Guest; Catriona Matthew Reporter Siobhann Tighe

Our guest is the Reverend Traci Blackmon. She is the Executive Minister of Justice & Witness Ministries for The United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO, which borders the city of Ferguson. In this episode, we examine and reflect on the theme that has shaped this podcast - Prophetic Resistance. This is fitting as Pastor Traci was a central figure in the Ferguson Uprising - the movement moment that gave birth to this podcast project.  In this unfiltered conversation, Traci speaks her truth about confronting Empire within ourselves, how standing in one’s truth is an act of resistance and how to make space for grace. This is the fourth and final installment in a series recorded in New York City in April 2019 during the Revolutionary Love Conference.  This annual justice conference is hosted by Middle Collegiate Church and The Middle Project and draws faith leaders and activists across various movements for justice and healing.  Thanks again, to Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Middle Church. Show Notes: Listen to Pastor Traci’s full speech from the Revolutionary Love Conference: https://youtu.be/GWs0tJj3HdM

Becca and Lydia talk about Thursday at the Festival of Homiletics where they heard Traci Blackmon preach on the road of the Good Samaritan and talk about social justice preaching, Yvette Flunder preach on Easter and Jesus breaking out of the tomb and Sarah Ciavarri talk about how to use Brene Brown in preaching, plus poetry by Natasha Trethewey.  

Revolutionary Love 2019: The Politics of Faith

This Sunday we kick off our 2018 Distinguished Pulpit Series with the Rev. Traci Blackmon. Recorded Sunday, July 8, 2018 from the pulpit of Mayflower Congregational UCC Church in Oklahoma City.

This month listen in and "Listen up!" as Lisa Sharon Harper offers this extended convo on #BlackGirlMagic! Rev. Traci Blackmon, United Church of Church Executive Minister of Justice and Local Ministries; Rev. Leslie Copeland-Tune, Director of Ecumenical Advocacy Days; and Rev. Sekinah Hamlin, Director of Faith Affairs at the Center for Responsible Lending join the panel.

Rev. Traci Blackmon is the Executive Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries for the United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. A featured voice with many regional, national, & international media outlets and contributor to print publications, her communal leadership & healing work in the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown, Jr., in Ferguson, MO has gained her both national & international recognition and audiences, from the White House to the Carter Center to the Vatican. She was appointed to the Ferguson Commission by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon & to the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships for the White House by President Barack Obama. Rev Blackmon's mission is an expanded understanding of church as a sacred launching pad of community engagement and change. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 33456]

Rev. Traci Blackmon is the Executive Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries for the United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. A featured voice with many regional, national, & international media outlets and contributor to print publications, her communal leadership & healing work in the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown, Jr., in Ferguson, MO has gained her both national & international recognition and audiences, from the White House to the Carter Center to the Vatican. She was appointed to the Ferguson Commission by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon & to the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships for the White House by President Barack Obama. Rev Blackmon's mission is an expanded understanding of church as a sacred launching pad of community engagement and change. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 33456]

Rev. Traci Blackmon is the Executive Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries for the United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. A featured voice with many regional, national, & international media outlets and contributor to print publications, her communal leadership & healing work in the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown, Jr., in Ferguson, MO has gained her both national & international recognition and audiences, from the White House to the Carter Center to the Vatican. She was appointed to the Ferguson Commission by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon & to the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships for the White House by President Barack Obama. Rev Blackmon's mission is an expanded understanding of church as a sacred launching pad of community engagement and change. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33456]

Rev. Traci Blackmon is the Executive Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries for the United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. A featured voice with many regional, national, & international media outlets and contributor to print publications, her communal leadership & healing work in the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown, Jr., in Ferguson, MO has gained her both national & international recognition and audiences, from the White House to the Carter Center to the Vatican. She was appointed to the Ferguson Commission by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon & to the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships for the White House by President Barack Obama. Rev Blackmon's mission is an expanded understanding of church as a sacred launching pad of community engagement and change. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33456]

Rev. Traci Blackmon is the Executive Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries for the United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. A featured voice with many regional, national, & international media outlets and contributor to print publications, her communal leadership & healing work in the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown, Jr., in Ferguson, MO has gained her both national & international recognition and audiences, from the White House to the Carter Center to the Vatican. She was appointed to the Ferguson Commission by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon & to the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships for the White House by President Barack Obama. Rev Blackmon's mission is an expanded understanding of church as a sacred launching pad of community engagement and change. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33456]

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In this special one hour Holy Week conclusion of the series, Sacred Conversations To End Racism, Rev. Traci Blackmon opens up about her personal experience of white supremacy as a child growing up in Alabama, and then in Charlottesville this past summer. With an extended reflection on Holy Week and a journey towards resurrection, the realities that not everyone will be transformed are juxtaposed with a radical call to hope and to go on even when the way is literally made impossible.

Season 2: This episode is the second in a three-part series of recordings from the Prophetic Resistance Summit, held in Indianapolis, Indiana in October 2017. Rev. Traci Blackmon delivered a closing address that  powerfully re-imagined the story of Moses and the Burning Bush and reminded us that Ferguson was burning before the shooting death of Michael Brown. Rev. Blackmon is the Executive Minister of Justice & Witness Ministries of The United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. Show Notes:  Learn more about the Prophetic Resistance Summit,https://thinkprogress.org/prophets-resistance-undermine-trump-8cfdda05ab1a/

"Prophetic resistance is only possible for those who can still dream ... those who can imagine a better world while they are awake." Sermon by Traci Blackmon at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, January 14, 2018. Readings: I Samuel 3:1-10 and John 1:43-51. For a text of the sermon, visit our website: https://allsaints-pas.org/where-are-the-dreamers/. You can also follow us on Twitter @ASCpas. Donate to support the mission and ministries of All Saints at https://allsaints-pas.org/donate/donate-now/.

Part 2 in a 4 week series coinciding with Advent and focusing on just borders and intersecting issues. This week's guest is Gabriela Baruch, member of Mariposas Sin Fronteras, a group supporting lgbtq migrants in transition and being held in detention centers. A highlight from Rev. Traci Blackmon's words shared before the launch of the Poor People's Campaign is woven into the lectionary reflection.

In order to try and answer that question you need to understand the difference between prejudice and racism, know what systemic racism is, and be aware of implicit racial bias. All of which, Drs. Brandy Liebscher and Danielle Beck talk about in episode 7. Because this episode takes a more instructional approach, it’s been divided into two parts. In part 1, Brandy talks about racism vs. prejudice, systemic racism, and the importance of being actively anti-racist (even if you’re not overtly racist, which we hope you are not!). And in part 2, Danielle provides an in-depth, research-based explanation of implicit racial bias and how it impacts our daily lives. An upcoming episode will focus on how to unlearn racial biases in our own lives.   Resources discussed in episode 7: Rev. Traci Blackmon on showing up as an ally Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Discussions About Race What is Systemic Racism? Is Reverse Racism a Thing? Krista Tippet’s interview with Mahzarin Banaji Project Implicit Additional resources: Review of Beverly Tatum’s book Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People  

"All of life is rehearsing the world we dream about....We are the ones we've been waiting for.” This week’s episode of That’ll Preach is a rebroadcast of the most popular episode from the first year of That’ll Preach. Revisit episode 12, Do YOU Want a Revolution?, in which Jacqui Lewis talks about the sermon she preached at the 2016 Revolutionary Love conference. And then be sure to register for the 2017 Revolutionary Love conference at Middle Church on April 28-30 and join the conversation with William Barber, Brian McLaren, Valarie Kaur, Miguel De La Torre, Traci Blackmon, and more as we all join the movement for Revolutionary Love in our nation and our world. And as always, you we hope you can join us this Sunday and every Sunday at Middle Church in the East Village or online at www.MiddleChurch.org. See you soon!

09/15/2015. Sermon by Rev. Traci D. Blackmon, Pastor, Christ the King United Church of Christ, Florissant, MO. Scripture reading: I Kings 17:1-7.

"The long-term goal is to change perception, to change attitudes and peoples beliefs." TODAY ON GOING BEYOND… The suspicion of Law enforcement is perhaps the biggest challenge that must be overcome. Chris Krehmeyer with Reverend Traci Blackmon, Pastor at Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. A deeper conversation about Ferguson with Pastor Traci in a 2-part series. Pastor Traci is on the frontline concentrating on helping the families and friends of those who have been affected by the terrible events in Ferguson and St. Louis. There are several voluntary neighborhood groups starting to form to help keep the area safe from both themselves and the law enforcement personnel. In the same sense pro-active movements from residents are starting to gather momentum. The portrayal of Fergusson by the mainstream media has been less then fair to the area as a whole. The tragic death of Michael Brown may have been the event that brought the St. Louis area to national and international attention, but the real issues underlying are long standing and deep rooted in racial disparity. The importance of how an African American should have at the very least an expectation and assurance that they can walk and move freely around without expecting unwarranted harassment from the law enforcement community. The true power of the community is in peoples vote and its important to let the elected officials know that they work for the people, and are answerable to the people. Information needs to be presented in a manner that everybody can understand, not just the elite few. How churches and community organizations in St. Louis need to have a concerted effort into convincing people to vote in elections. Pastor Traci through a website – prayingwithourfeet.org – is determined to stop the African American people of Fergusson and St. Louis being just heard solely in the media – but also being a force to be reckoned with in the polls at election time.

"The long-term goal is to change perception, to change attitudes and peoples beliefs." TODAY ON GOING BEYOND… The suspicion of Law enforcement is perhaps the biggest challenge that must be overcome. Chris Krehmeyer with Reverend Traci Blackmon, Pastor at Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO. A deeper conversation about Ferguson with Pastor Traci in a 2-part series. Pastor Traci is on the frontline concentrating on helping the families and friends of those who have been affected by the terrible events in Ferguson and St. Louis. There are several voluntary neighborhood groups starting to form to help keep the area safe from both themselves and the law enforcement personnel. In the same sense pro-active movements from residents are starting to gather momentum. The portrayal of Fergusson by the mainstream media has been less then fair to the area as a whole. The tragic death of Michael Brown may have been the event that brought the St. Louis area to national and international attention, but the real issues underlying are long standing and deep rooted in racial disparity. The importance of how an African American should have at the very least an expectation and assurance that they can walk and move freely around without expecting unwarranted harassment from the law enforcement community. The true power of the community is in peoples vote and its important to let the elected officials know that they work for the people, and are answerable to the people. Information needs to be presented in a manner that everybody can understand, not just the elite few. How churches and community organizations in St. Louis need to have a concerted effort into convincing people to vote in elections. Pastor Traci through a website – prayingwithourfeet.org – is determined to stop the African American people of Fergusson and St. Louis being just heard solely in the media – but also being a force to be reckoned with in the polls at election time.