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Dr. Otis Moss III is the Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Chicago. As a social activist and community leader, Dr. Moss has a unique perspective on issues critical to the Black Community. Today he speaks with Ramses Ja on the topic of voting rights and the church's role in protecting the rights of Black people.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Robert Mitchum and Joel Hood, Tribune staff reportersCHICAGO TRIBUNE...December 25, 2007 The church choir conductor and teacher was found slain in his South Shore apartment Sunday morning, officials said. Donald Young, 47, of the 2300 block of East 69th Street, was found unresponsive by police about 7:30 a.m. Sunday, the Cook County medical examiner's office said. Young suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report. Police are investigating. Young was the conductor of the choir for the last 20 years at Trinity United Church of Christ, said Jeremiah Wright, the church's pastor. He was "one of those classic, incredible good news stories," Wright said. "He wasn't a gangbanger, didn't do drugs, wasn't in trouble, no police record." Young also taught 4th grade at Guggenheim Elementary School. He was planning on attending graduate school to be a principal in Chicago Public Schools, Wright said. Young was also heavily involved in the church, where he had been active since he was 12, Wright said. He was a deacon and one of the founding members of the choir, which he conducted last week in its 30th anniversary performance. "He was always so energetic and enthusiastic about the church and about music," said Rev. Stacey Edwards-Dunn, another member of the church staff.  

Today, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is often watered down and sanitized. But in reality, he was a radical leader who believed fervently in the beloved community, economic justice and ending war. On today’s episode, guest host Jamar Orr will welcome the Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright to talk about Dr. King’s legacy in the 21st century.Reverend Wright became the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in 1972. Under his leadership, its membership grew from 87 to over 8,000 members by 2008. As a thought leader in the Black theology movement, he has lectured at seminaries and universities across the United States.Jamar and Reverend Wright reflected on the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. King’s revolutionary message and the recent attack on Capitol Hill. I hope you’ll enjoy this powerful lesson in history. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Otis Moss III, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, draws on the words of Martin Luther King Jr. in this sermon on the nation’s current darkness and God’s coming light. This audio is a recording from the Pannell Center’s 2021 MLK Virtual Celebration on January 13, 2021.

There’s a deep spiritual tradition of African-American ministers preaching a social gospel - that dates back to some of our earliest history as a nation. It was made most famous by Dr. King - but what does that look like now, half a century later? The newly-elected Georgia Senator Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock will be the first member of the clergy in the Senate in four decades. He comes from the same pulpit that Rev Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once occupied at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Guests: Reverend Otis Moss III, pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Carol Wu, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Naomi Shavin and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Axios' Margaret Talev and Mike Allen walk us through what they're preparing for on election night. Plus, how the election could come down to Pennsylvania's mail-in ballots. And, why voting is a sacred right. Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev, and Mike Allen, Noah Feldman, constitutional law professor at Harvard University, and Revered Otis Moss, senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Carol Wu, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: Biden campaign: "Under no scenario" will Trump be declared winner on election night How the Supreme Court is handling election cases A decades-long blue wave Rev. William Barber and Laurene Powell Jobs talk voter suppression Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An hour to sit with, and be filled. Two voices — one from the last century, one from ours — who inspire inward contemplation as an essential part of meeting the challenges in the world. Howard Thurman’s book Jesus and the Disinherited, it was said, was carried by Martin Luther King Jr. alongside the Bible and the U.S. Constitution. Thurman is remembered as a philosopher and theologian, a moral anchor, a contemplative, a prophet, and pastor to the civil rights leaders. Rev. Otis Moss III, himself the son of one of those leaders, is a bridge to Thurman’s resonance in the present day, and between the Black freedom movements then and now.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.Rev. Otis Moss III is senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. He was born in 1970 and grew up with legendary civil rights figures in and out of his family home, from Fannie Lou Hamer to Andrew Young, and his parents were married by Martin Luther King Jr. His father, Otis Moss Jr., was an influential pastor and civil rights leader based in Cleveland. Otis Moss III is the author of several books and one of the voices in the documentary Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story.Howard Thurman was born in 1899 and died in 1981 in San Francisco, where he co-founded the first fully intentional cross-racial church in the U.S., the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples. Thurman insisted on a place for spiritual nurture at the heart of social activism, and he brought a searching theology of Jesus to that. He was, at the same time meditating in the early 20th century — traveling to India, bringing the teachings of Gandhi and Thich Nhat Hanh to the civil rights leaders, even influencing Jewish mysticism. Howard Thurman’s books include Jesus and the Disinherited. His meditations and sermons can be found at Morehouse College and Boston University. 

An hour to sit with, and be filled. Two voices — one from the last century, one from ours — who inspire inward contemplation as an essential part of meeting the challenges in the world. Howard Thurman’s book Jesus and the Disinherited, it was said, was carried by Martin Luther King Jr. alongside the Bible and the U.S. Constitution. Thurman is remembered as a philosopher and theologian, a moral anchor, a contemplative, a prophet, and pastor to the civil rights leaders. Rev. Otis Moss III, himself the son of one of those leaders, is a bridge to Thurman’s resonance in the present day, and between the Black freedom movements then and now.Rev. Otis Moss III is senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. He was born in 1970 and grew up with legendary civil rights figures in and out of his family home, from Fannie Lou Hamer to Andrew Young, and his parents were married by Martin Luther King Jr. His father, Otis Moss Jr., was an influential pastor and civil rights leader based in Cleveland. Otis Moss III is the author of several books and one of the voices in the documentary Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story.Howard Thurman was born in 1899 and died in 1981 in San Francisco, where he co-founded the first fully intentional cross-racial church in the U.S., the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples. Thurman insisted on a place for spiritual nurture at the heart of social activism, and he brought a searching theology of Jesus to that. He was, at the same time meditating in the early 20th century — traveling to India, bringing the teachings of Gandhi and Thich Nhat Hanh to the civil rights leaders, even influencing Jewish mysticism. Howard Thurman’s books include Jesus and the Disinherited. His meditations and sermons can be found at Morehouse College and Boston University.This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Rev. Otis Moss III — The Sound of the Genuine: Traversing 2020 with ‘the Mystic of the Movement’ Howard Thurman." Find the transcript for that show at onbeing.org.

Lizzie and Lainey wanted to make Christmas ornaments for the Kids in Business event.  They talked about what they could do with the money and they decided that giving it away seemed like a nice thing to do.   They chose Juniata Elementary’s Make-A-Wish drive because they wanted to help kids who aren’t feeling well.  Half of the money raised will be sent in during their Make-A-Wish drive this December.   Their family attends Trinity United Church of Christ in Troutville and our church has been raising money for a new roof.  The other half of the money will be placed in the roof jar at church.

As a special bonus for our listeners, we have created a series to commemorate Inverse Podcast co-host Dr Drew Hart's brand new book Who Will Be a Witness: Igniting Activism For God's Justice, Love and Deliverance. In these additional episodes we will interview friends and co-workers to discuss chapter by chapter Drew's new book. These conversations were recorded in community with friends from around the world as past of Inverse's ongoing work to create formation experiences that deepen our witness to God's justice, love and deliverance. Who Will Be a Witness offers a vision for communities of faith to organize for deliverance and justice in their neighborhoods, states, and nation as an essential part of living out the call of Jesus. Drew provides incisive insights into Scripture and history, along with illuminating personal stories, to help us identify how the witness of the church has become mangled by Christendom, white supremacy, and religious nationalism. He provides a wide range of options for congregations seeking to give witness to Jesus' ethic of love for and solidarity with the vulnerable. At a time when many feel disillusioned and distressed, Drew calls the church to action, offering a way forward that is deeply rooted in the life and witness of Jesus. Drew's testimony is powerful, personal, and profound, serving as a compass that points the church to the future and offers us a path toward meaningful social change and a more faithful witness to the way of Jesus. (Buy Drew's new book here.) This fifth conversation discusses Chapter Four of Who Will Be a Witness with preacher, activist, author and filmmaker Reverend Dr. Otis Moss III. Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III is senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. He is a preacher, activist, author and filmmaker with an eye toward justice and equality, as evidenced through the gospel of Jesus Christ. He founded the Unashamed Media Group, a justice centered faith-based agency committed to producing and curating stories to inspire the heart and challenge the mind. His most recent book is Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World: Finding Hope in an Age of Despair (2015). Dr. Moss is ordained in the Progressive National Baptist Convention and the United Church of Christ. With civil rights advocacy in his DNA, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III built his ministry on community advancement and social justice activism. Dr. Moss is part of a new generation of ministers committed to preaching a prophetic message of love and justice, which he believes are inseparable companions that form the foundation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He was recently recognized as one of the “12 Most Effective Preachers in the English-Speaking World” by Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. As part of his community engagement through Trinity United Church of Christ, Dr. Moss led the team that came up with the “My Life Matters” curriculum; which includes the viral video, “Get Home Safely: 10 Rules of Survival” created in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death at the hands of Ferguson, Missouri police. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Moss is an honors graduate of Morehouse College. He earned a Master of Divinity form Yale Divinity School and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Chicago Theological Seminary. He returned to Yale in 2014 to present the famed Lyman Beecher lectures. The three-day event included an in-depth discourse on the subject of “The Blue Note Gospel: Preaching the Prophetic Blues in a Post Soul World.” The lectures, which demonstrated a homiletic blueprint for prophetic preaching in the 21st century, were the foundation of his latest book. With a unique gift to communicate across generations, Dr. Moss’ creative Bible-based messages have inspired young and old alike. His intergenerational preaching gift has made Dr. Moss a popular speaker on college campuses, at conferences, and churches across the globe. He is highly influenced by the works of Zora Neale Hurston, August Wilson, Howard Thurman, Jazz, and Hip-Hop music. The work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the pastoral ministry of his father, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. of Cleveland, Ohio, have been primary mentors for his spiritual formation. The founder of Unashamed Media Group, a justice centered, faith-based agency committed to producing and curating stories to inspire the heart and challenge the mind, Dr. Moss is the recipient of a 2016 NAACP Image award for his work, which includes providing biblical context and theological support to a myriad of groups and causes, including the #BlackLivesMatter and the #Occupy movements. His earlier publications include: Redemption in a Red Light District, and The Gospel According to the Wiz: And Other Sermons from Cinema. He co-authored The Gospel Re-Mix; How to Reach the Hip-Hop Generation *with three other contributors, and *Preach! The Power and Purpose Behind Our Praise, with his father. His sermons, articles, and poetry have appeared in publications such as Sojourners Magazine and The African American Pulpit Journal. Those works include: Power in the Pulpit II: America’s Most Effective Preachers, Joy To The World: Sermons From America’s Pulpit; Sound The Trumpet: Messages of Hope for Black Men; and The Audacity of Faith: Christian Leaders Reflect on the Election of Barack Obama. His work has also been featured on HuffPost, Urban Cusp, and The Root. Follow Otis Moss III on Twitter @om3, Instagram @otismossiii and Facebook. Follow Drew Hart on Instagram and Twitter @druhart. Follow Jarrod McKenna on Instagram and Twitter @jarrodmckenna

Interfaith leaders came together in the wake of the death of Mr. George Floyd by officers who knelt on his neck and body as he pled with them, “I can’t breathe!” In the weeks before and since Mr. Floyd’s death, multiple other black men, women and children have been killed by police. Listen as 14 of the most prolific and prophetic faith leaders in our nation engage the National Town Hall on Policing and Law Enforcement. Featuring:  Host, Lisa Sharon Harper, Freedom Road Rabbi Sharon Brous, IKAR- Los Angeles Valarie Kaur, Revolutionary Love Project Bishop Yvette Flunder, Fellowship of Affirming Ministries Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc Bishop Darren Ferguson, Healing Communities USA Shane Claiborne, Red Letter Christians Sister Simone Campbell, NETWORK Lobby Jim Wallis, Sojourners  Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber, The Voices Project Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Trinity United Church of Christ Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, The Poor People’s Campaign Rev. Aundreia Alexander, National Council of Churches Rev. Adam Taylor, Sojourners Co-sponsored by Freedom Road, LLC and Faith in Public Life

We begin our summer worship series in which we listen and learn from Black preachers. We start with Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. With him we cry in lament for Ahmaud Arbery and so many other Black lives lost to the violence of white supremacy. With him we reach back into the history, celebrating the ingenuity, genius and resilience of Black people in American from enslaved to this moment. With him we are called from prayer into action on behalf of Black lives. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.Hamba nathi (Come, walk with us) - Music & Words: South African Traditional; Arrangement by Anders Nyberg, ©1984 Peace of Music Publishing AB, admin. Walton Music Corp. Text: English translation by Gerhard Cartford, ©Lutheran World FederationThe Lord is my light - Music & Words: Lillian Bouknight; Arrangement by Paul Gainer, ©1980 Savgos Music, Inc., admin. Malaco Music GroupOther credits:You've got a place - Music & Words: traditional spiritualSermon - “The Cross and the Lynching Tree: A Requiem for Ahmaud Arbery,” Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III. To support the mission and ministry of Trinity United Church of Christ: http://bit.ly/TUCCSECUREGIVE, or CashApp: $TrinityUCCChildren's Time - Let's Talk About Race by Julius Lester

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As Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Otis Moss carries the torch for generations of church and civil rights leaders, including his own father, a regional director in the SCLC, and a friend of Dr. Martin Luther King. But it is his late sister Daphne whose influence most impacts his ministry and social advocacy. A brilliant young woman who struggled with schizophrenia, Daphne introduced a young Otis to what he calls “the continuum” – a spirituality born of poetry, literature and jazz that has woven its way through our history. Drawing as much from the beats of J Dilla as from the speeches of Dr. King; from the politics of Public Enemy as from the poetry of Langston Hughes; from John Coltrane and Miles Davis as from Reinhold Niebuhr and Abraham Joshua Heschel, Pastor Moss shares a timely, deeply personal story about the American jazz narrative -- how a disparate and diverse people who are not supposed to make music together do – and do so beautifully.Music by Ryan Holladay and Jonathan Mouton. Follow Jonathan on Instagram: @entertainer4lyfeRead the transcript for this story at https://meditativestory.com/otis-moss/Sign up for the Meditative Story newsletter, to get a timely episode reminder and a mini meditation in your inbox: http://eepurl.com/gyDGgD

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‘The Great Commission’ is about Jesus telling us NOT to be silent! We have our instructions: May God’s smiling on us be the result of our good and faithful response to all of what Christ instructed those 1000s of years ago, and what he still so clearly instructs today – that our lives come to model all of the loving justice, compassion and healing hope that Our Trinity God intends, the Redeeming Christ has secured, and the Empowering Holy Spirit has sealed for us all. The post Great Commission – Trinity Sunday appeared first on Trinity United Church.

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This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. For more information on how to submit to the South Side Weekly People's Media initiative, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media or dial 331-308-0773. This week's episode includes interviews from detainees at Cook County Jail, recorded on April 6 and April 7. Maira Khwaja of the Invisible Institute has been in touch with a detainee at Cook County who passed the phone around to several other detainees so they could share their stories with us. All of the inmates in this episode are being housed in the Residential Treatment Unit in Division 8, which means they each have medical conditions that require routine ongoing treatment that they aren't currently receiving. We don’t know their real names and can’t fact-check their backstories. They’ve used pseudonyms here to protect against retaliation from the jail. "Michael Scott" at 1:32 "Ezell Parker" at 4:00 "Kingston" at 5:35 "Mike" at 6:58 "Marcus Anderson" at 9:00 "Earl" at 12:57 On April 7, there was a car caravan protest to demand the mass release of detainees from Cook County Jail. At the end of this episode, we included a voicemail submission we got from Matthew Nicolas, who attended that caravan. Here's a list of groups that organized the caravan: A Just Harvest, All of Us Or None Chicago, American Friends Service Committee, Assata’s Daughters, Believers Bail Out, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Chicago Community Bond Fund, Circles & Ciphers, Community Renewal Society, Equity and Transformation (EAT), Liberation Library, Love & Protect, Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration, Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD), The People’s Lobby, Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL), South Side Workers Center, Trinity United Church of Christ – Chicago, Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Illinois, Westside Justice Center, Women’s Justice Institute and Parole Illinois. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku and Maira Khwaja. The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.

Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III has freedom preaching power in his DNA. The son of Civil Rights legend Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr., “OM3” is to his father as Kendrick Lamar is to John Coltrane: a Hop-Hop improvisation on genius contributing to new forms of greatness for a new generation. He is the Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, a phenomenal foretaste of God’s reign on the South Side of Chicago, that Michelle Obama has recently reminded us in her memoir is where she and Barack Obama worshipped and were married. Yet Trinity is not just a church community that contributes to the formation of Presidents. Through the guidance of Rev Dr Otis Moss III, Trinity continues to be a living continuation of the civil rights movement that is ‘unapologetically black, unashamedly Christian’. OM3’s anointed preaching is unashamed in calling people to Christ and calling society to respond to the injustice of mass incarceration, environmental degradation, and economic inequality. In this episode Drew and Jarrod discuss with Rev. Dr. OM3 Isaiah 58 and reveal the name of Kat and Jarrod’s brand new baby boy. Follow OM3 on Twitter Join Jarrod weekly in worship with Trinity online to hear OM3: trinitychicago.org Join our Integral Discipleship community on Patreon: patreon.com/InVerse

Listen in on this powerful conversation between Lisa Sharon Harper (host) and Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III (Lead Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ). The two dive deep on the power of pilgrimage and legacy. As the son of a Civil Rights hero, Moss shares how pilgrimage helped him understand his father better and himself as a man of African descent in the US. 

Rajeev and Bonnie interview their good friend in this episode, The Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin.  Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin is an Episcopal Priest and gay man serving St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Georgia as Associate for Pastoral Care and Outreach.  He is author of the award-winning book, Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians and Gays in Black Churches.   The episode begins with Horace Griffin’s story of growing up in the Black Church in the Florida Panhandle where, at a young age, he was called into ministry by his community.  However, within the Black Church, the calling and Horace’s sexuality were in conflict. Horace traces his painful journey of leaving the Black Church and finding a home in the Episcopal Church (the irony is not lost on Horace). The conversation winds through a discussion of Liberation Theology, an update on the progress around inclusion of LGBTQ folks in the Black Church and what it takes to stay in institutional Christianity these days.  Stay tuned until the end to discover one of Horace’s pastimes. (Here’s a hint -- it has something to do with the White House.)   Street Team Announcement (00:11) Conversation with The Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin (03:20) STREET TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT If you are interested in being a part of our Irenicast Street Team please email us at podcast@irenicast.com with the “Street Team” in the subject line.  We will be discussing more details on Sunday, September 22nd at 4pm PST via ZOOM.us. RELEVANT LINKS From Our Conversation With The Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians and Gays in Black Churches by Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta, GA Chilling Study Sums Up Link Between Religion And Suicide For Queer Youth (Aritcle) The Rev. Paul Eknes-Tucker Troy Deroy Perry Jr (founder of the Metropolitan Community Church) Rev. Kimberly Jackson 2008 California Proposition 8 (anti-same sex marriage bill) Ebenezer Baptist Church I Have a Dream Program at St. Luke’s Liberation Theology Gustavo Gutiérrez (Peruvian philosopher, theologian, and Dominican priest regarded as one of the founders of liberation theology) Rosemary Radford Ruether (American feminist scholar and Catholic theologian) James H. Cone (American theologian) Dwight Hopkins (professor of theology at the University of Chicago and an ordained American Baptist minister) Katie Cannon (American Christian theologian and ethicist associated with womanist theology and black theology) Delores S. Williams (American theologian notable for her formative role in the development of womanist theology) Jacquelyn Grant (American theologian and Methodist minister best known as one of the founding developers of womanist theology) Luke 4:18-19 CEB Memoir of a Gay Pastor – Closets and Calling – 131 (Irenicast Episode) Barbara Clementine Harris (Retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church. She was the first woman ordained a bishop in the Anglican Communion.) Vashti Murphy McKenzie (bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, first female to be elected as bishop in the denomination's history.) Jeremiah Alvesta Wright Jr. (Pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago) Pat Robertson (American media mogul, televangelist, political commentator, former Republican presidential candidate, and former Southern Baptist minister) Michael Bruce Curry MStJ (First African American to serve as presiding bishop in The Episcopal Church) Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (American political figure, diplomat, activist and first lady) Lorena Hickok (American journalist known for her close relationship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt) No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (American lawyer, university administrator and writer, who was the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017) Daughters of the American Revolution (Organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in the United States' efforts towards independence) Marian Anderson (American singer, one of the most celebrated of the twentieth century) Nancy Davis Reagan (American film actress and the wife of Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States. She was the first lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.) Ronald Wilson Reagan (American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989) Mary Todd Lincoln (First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865) THANK YOU Thanks again to the Rev. Dr. Horace Griffin for joining us on this week’s episode of Irenicast.  Stay up to date on Horace and his work by following him on Facebook and hearing his sermons at St. Luke’s.   YOUR SUPPORT Thank you for listening to Irenicast.  If you appreciate the show please consider sharing your appreciation by rating, reviewing and/or subscribing to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or whatever platform you’re listening on. You can also help support the show financially by going to irenicast.com/amazon to do your Amazon shopping.  This will cost you nothing, but Amazon will give a portion of the proceeds to the show. IRENCAST HOSTS Rev. Allen O’Brien, MAT | co-founder & co-host | allen@irenicast.com Allen is a venerator of emotionality. He thrives on education, peace, and interconnectedness— passions which permeate his work as pastor, writer, lover of all the things, and occasional vegan. You can connect with Allen (@RevAllenOB) on Facebook,Twitter, Instagram, GoodReads, & LinkedIn. Rev. Bonnie Rambob, MDiv | co-host | bonnie@irenicast.com As a pastor, activist, educator, mom, and possibility artist, Bonnie invites people into newness. She loves climbing trees, knitting and hiking while conversing with friends about smashing the patriarchy. You can connect with Bonnie on Facebook and at Parkside Community Church-UCC   Pastor Casey Tinnin, MTS | co-host | casey@irenicast.com Preacher, protester, everybody’s pastor. Casey geeks out on comic books, talking theology, politics, and sex.  He’s most free when he is dancing, cooking with his partner Jose, or walking their dog Kole. You can follow Casey on Twitter and Facebook, or you can check out his blog The Queerly Faithful Pastor or loomisucc.org Jeff Manildi | co-founder, producer & co-host | jeff@irenicast.com Chaser of tales and climax initiator, Jeff rises to the occasion, edging to a satisfying completion. Get your mind out of the gutter, we’re talking story, not sex. Jeff expresses his creativity by curating diverse ideas, energies and people.  Follow Jeff (@JeffManildi) on facebook, instagram & twitter.  You can also listen to Jeff’s other podcast Divine Cinema. Rev. Rajeev Rambob, MCL | co-host | rajeev@irenicast.com Rajeev loves thoughtful and provocative conversation over food and drink, most often with his family. He’s a loyal, smart-ass friend who believes in the power of spiritual journeys. 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This is the first installment in a multi-part conversation featuring different guest weighing in on the intersection of Blackness and Religion. Our guest is Minister Lynda Holiday Lawrence, who serves on the Justice Watch Team at Trinity United Church of Christ and also is their Minister for International Human Rights and Social Justice. Guest-Minister Lynda Holiday Lawrence Host-Tariq I. El-Amin Produced by Tariq I. El-Amin for LifeStar Communications Music Benjamin Banger-- Whistle (Instagram (@BenJaminBanger)http://smarturl.it/hjfi20) J-Serius-- Tough Guys Image LifeStar Communications

"We need a theological whip where drive the arrogance out of our spirits."//John 2:13-22The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Otis Moss, III, the senior pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat, the Associate Minister of Digital Strategy and Online Engagement at The Riverside Church.Find out more at www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo.

"We need a theological whip where drive the arrogance out of our spirits."//John 2:13-22The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.//This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Otis Moss, III, the senior pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat, the Associate Minister of Digital Strategy and Online Engagement at The Riverside Church.Find out more at www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo.

BLACK PANTHER MOVIE SPOILER ALERT: Last weekend we traveled to Chicago to witness the debut of the movie Black Panther with Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ.  After the movie, we sat down with him to discuss the “Real Wakanda”, Black Liberation Theology, the roles of Black Women, the Power of Imagination and the continued struggle to end gun violence in our communities.

February 15, 2018 | Miller Chapel "#STAYWOKE" The 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary Lecturer: The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, senior pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, Illinois

Minister Jene Ashley Colvin preached at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration in the Augustana Chapel at LSTC. Her text was Amos 5:18-24. Minister Jene Colvin is the administrative coordinator for Community Engagement and Transformation at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

Otis Moss III is the senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, former church-home for then-Senator Barack Obama. Since coming to Trinity in 2008, Moss has focused his ministerial work on community advancement, civil rights advocacy, and social justice activism, calling attention to the problems of mass incarceration, environmental justice, and economic inequality. Committed to preaching a message of love and justice, he developed a curriculum for young people entitled My Life Matters in the aftermath of the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. A graduate of Morehouse College, he holds a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School and a Doctor of Ministry from Chicago Theological Seminary. His books include, among others, Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World: Finding Hope in an Age of Despair.

This Congolive episode focused on exploring the intersection between the African American community in the US and the Congo. It discussed the historical ties that exist with black missionaries who came to the Congo in the late 1800s, 30 years after the Emancipation proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. It also delved into the current state of black Americans with the Black Lives Matter movement and their contribution to peace and stability in the Congo. Our guest was the Rev. Dr. Joan R. Harrell, a Public Theologian and Strategic External Communications Consultant at the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University. Her scholarship explores the intersecting of media, public health, religion, xenophobia, racism, sexism, classism and the history of the African American Church. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Healthcare, Science and the Humanities, founder of www.RacismContradictsChristianity.com and award winning broadcast journalist and documentary producer. She also worked as the Director of Public Communications for Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago where she researched, created, wrote and developed multimedia communications. Within this context, she became a proactive member of the Friends of the Congo Movement; collaborated with Friends of the Congo and the DuSable Museum of Chicago to feature the forum, “Crisis in the Congo” to educate the public domain about the atrocities impacting children, women, men and families in the Congo.

Hi! everyone. Welcome back to my blogFor old readers, as you guys know I am finally back and hoping this time i will be better than ever. By the way, I realized that my nation fell apart when i left so join me back in this journey so we can go together.For new ones, I am patriot, country-lover, strong, and bold person. I express my views to people whether they like it or not. I am going to show you right face of people and their ideas about the things that either don't exist or don't make any sense. So stand by, Super Rizvi is inviting you to join me in this journey where we left off.Therefore, ITS TIME TO BRING THINGS AROUNDThe year, 2009, was started peacefully from Sydney, Australia to all the way Honolulu, United States of America. People made a number of resolutions and hopes that everything will get better and their life will be back to normal from this economic downturn. Hope is the word that is still keeping people alive. That one day they will wake up and see sunshine that says to them good morning sir/madam so lets get started. A man from Chicago who has an Hawaiian background, started to redefine the meaning of a word "hope." People start believing him and adoring him because of his words that bring them energy that they need to fix their own life. This man calls himself Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States of America.Many people voted for him without even knowing anything about him. Yes, that's true. Most people just know his name. Now i would like to share some stats with you about the voters who voted for Obama and their lack of knowledge courtesy of Direct link to the source. Click here Zogby Poll512 Obama Voters 11/13/08-11/15/08 MOE +/- 4.4 points97.1% High School Graduate or higher, 55% College GraduatesResults to 12 simple Multiple Choice Questions57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)71.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)56.1% could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).And yet.....Only 13.7% failed to identify Sarah Palin as the person on which their party spent $150,000 in clothesOnly 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughterAnd 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her "house," even though that was Tina Fey who said that!!Only 2.4% got at least 11 correct.Only .5% got all of them correct. (And we "gave" one answer that was technically not Palin, but actually Tina Fey)Barack Obama gained support actually by being a black man who is surrounded by bunch of white people. It makes him look cool to innocent and dumb people of USA. He started to campaign by using his technological awareness stunt on John McCain that McCain does not know how to use youtube. Mr. Obama! if you are reading it, I have a request please read this country's Constitution once. There is some cool stuff in it like qualification to become a President of the United States where it does not mention anything about awareness of modern technology. And it reminds me one more thing that Mr. President is so proud of his awareness about technology that a couple of days ago, he forgot the link of usaservice.org. He flubbed on it about seven times. It could not gain attention because media is full of liberals who melt right in front of Obama. Good luck with that Mr. President. You must be so proud of keeping it out of people's sight.Also, people consider him as a second coming of messiah. Is he really a Savior that everyone is talking about? I am a simple guy. I ask you these questions;1) Have you ever seen this guy walking on the body of water?2) Have you ever seen Obama healing sick people or giving a life to dead?3) Have you ever seen our President turning water into wine?If once, please let me know because i believe my lack of knowledge is taking me out of President's good side. This man has not done anything. You are taking him like a person who is a remedy of your diseases. Actually, this man's stimulus package is worse than the remedy that big institutions got, better known as bailout. This seems like a shiny, precious metal but actually it is bitter as a poison because it is taking our economy no where as New Deals implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As you all know the relationships of Barack Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Wright is Pastor Emeritus and the former Pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), a mega church in Chicago. He was an attention of controversies in March 2008 when he stated in one of his sermons,"God bless America..Nah..No..NO, God d*** America." After that Obama gave his speech "A More Perfect Union" in which Obama stated that Jeremiah Wright is like a family to him, strengthens his faith, can't disown him more than his white grandmother, and he respects Wright for his contributions. Do you believe on a man who has pastor giving him guidance to destroy this nation?The main factor in making Barack Obama the President of United States of America was his stimulus package that could take out the country from the worst economic downturn since Great Depression but this actual worst economical crisis that was initiated by President Jimmy Carter because he spent most of the budget money on environmental projects that were still failed. Barack Obama wants to pass approximately $1.2 trillion budget deficit during times when our country owed approximately $10 trillion. How Government is going to get this much money and if they have this much money why dont they pay off those debts so country can out of those burdens that are main causes of this recession. Obama wants to use in these fields that are as follows:He wants to start a new social health program better known as Universal Health Care Plan. Ok this make sense to me that this is the most important area where money is acquired most when half of the population is without any kind of health insurance coverage.He wants to build up the social infrastructure of local areas by building roads, highways, off-shore drilling, and energy alternative projects. I don't feel like federal government can take this kind of responsibility because last time when FDR introduced New Deals, policies to improve conditions of social infrastructure, that took this country to nowhere and they were ended up by being abolished by Supreme court or either overruled by FDR's own cabinet.His plan to provide jobs to about 4million jobless people.(in different occasions Obama said 1.5million people, 2million people, 3 million people or 3.5 so these decrees by Mr. President keep changing). I believe if he is really going to do that this is the good step but first he has to have enough amount of government, semi-private, or private institutions who can hire this number of people. Unfortunately, this is not the case because Obama is only going to tax rich people that makes 5% of our population who are responsible for providing jobs to middle class people. Just answer this question; if you are heavily taxed by your government than are you willing to live in this country? So these people might move and set up their business in other countries. On the other hand, Obama announced that he wants to bankrupt the coal industry on the issue of energy alternatives. This will lead to the loss of millions of job in this industry. Has Obama ever thought about that?Barack Obama started his campaign with the word hope and change that i discussed earlier in this blog. Now, he is president. Did you see any sign of change and hope so far that makes you think that Barack Obama is really bringing a positive revival in this nation? In his inauguration speech, he did not show any signs of change and try to be conservative through bipartisanship that is,I believe, a good sign for taking this country forward without even caring about the past. He used many statements in his inauguration from President Bush's speeches from different occasion. Doesn't that make you think he is another Bush that according to liberals is the worst president in American history but apparently he is the best president who has gone through tough periods but he fought back, and defended our nation, and saved lives of those liberals who had fear of another terrorist attack in post 9/11 era and now criticize just to be kept up their liberal faces?Barack Obama has planned a number of plans that are either going to affect this nation positively or negatively. It might have mixed type of effects on the nation. Many people will like it but others won't. As you all know, he did not do anything yet even in his own state, Illinois. He was the senator representing the great state of Illinois and voted present on most of the bills in senate that basically means he does not have any opinion or is not interested in participating on those issues. When state has their representatives in senate, they expect that those representatives express and legalize their state's views whether they become effective or not.I personally root for Obama to succeed because his success is my success and this nation's success after all he is our president. We should respect him whether we like his views or not. Unfortunately, we could not show the respect that Bush deserves. People booed him during inauguration those people prove that they are neither patriotic nor optimistic for this country. However, they proved to be partisan that Obama does not like. Obama-lovers! Barack Obama seriously does not like the way you coordinate the way he was even he was glad that no violence was happened but he could not represent his nation properly the way he actually by having you respectful to other people. It makes sense that you are in love with him but give this guy a break. First, see how he does his job and then either praise him for his positive efforts or analyze him when he does anything wrong. Nation! open your eyes, rub them, and then you can see the world from the bright side. It is the side that you generally used during Clinton's presidency, Reagan's presidency, or others.I hope you like this article. After reading it, try to think about what you are missing from inside. Think it as this could be helpful to you. Loving someone up to certain extent make sense but when it reaches the limit, it becomes dangerous.I will wait for your feedback posting your comment right below this blog or if there is any difficulty then send your feedback to syed4presorking@aol.com. I will loved to take your feedback to my consideration that might help me in my next month's blog.Thank You!Happy Chinese New Year!Good luck!God bless America and all other nations around the world!© 2009 Syed Rizvi – Time To Bring Things Around All Rights Reserved

The current U.S. presidential election has illustrated how gender, race, and religion can become lightning rods, and may be seen as potential stumbling blocks to leadership. Vashti McKenzie is a pioneering figure on all these fronts. When she became the first woman bishop of the oldest historic black church in America, she declared, “The stained glass ceiling has been pierced and broken.” We offer her story, her wisdom, and her good humor as an edifying lens on the American past, present, and future.

In this unedited conversation Krista Tippett interviews Vashti McKenzie, first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, for the produced show “Vashti McKenzie: African American. Woman. Leader.” The current U.S. presidential election has illustrated how gender, race, and religion can become lightning rods, and may be seen as potential stumbling blocks to leadership. Vashti McKenzie is a pioneering figure on all these fronts. When she became the first woman bishop of the oldest historic black church in America, she declared, “The stained glass ceiling has been pierced and broken.” We offer her story, her wisdom, and her good humor as an edifying lens on the American past, present, and future. http://onbeing.org/program/african-american-woman-leader/62

Bill Moyers interviews the Reverend Jeremiah Wright in his first broadcast interview with a journalist since he became embroiled in a controversy for his remarks and his relationship with Barack Obama. Wright, who retired in early 2008 as pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where Senator Obama is a member, has been at the center of controversy for comments he made during sermons, which surfaced in the press in March.

Bill Moyers interviews the Reverend Jeremiah Wright in his first broadcast interview with a journalist since he became embroiled in a controversy for his remarks and his relationship with Barack Obama. Wright, who retired in early 2008 as pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where Senator Obama is a member, has been at the center of controversy for comments he made during sermons, which surfaced in the press in March.

Bill Moyers interviews the Reverend Jeremiah Wright in his first broadcast interview with a journalist since he became embroiled in a controversy for his remarks and his relationship with Barack Obama. Wright, who retired in early 2008 as pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where Senator Obama is a member, has been at the center of controversy for comments he made during sermons, which surfaced in the press in Mar.