In this episode, Christina is sitting at the table with Dr. Monica Coleman author of Bipolar Faith. They discuss the intersection of faith and mental health as Dr. Coleman shares her own experience with bipolar disorder. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Learn more about Dr. Coleman here: Monica A. Coleman is Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware. She spent over ten years in graduate theological education at Claremont School of Theology and Lutheran Scho...
Sep 17, 2022•51 min
In this episode, Ekemini is sitting at the table with authors/creatives, Morgan Harper Nichols and Andre Henry to talk about what it takes to pursue your passions, callings, and to nurture your gifts. They discuss the highs and the lows of being creatives in the public square. Get ready for this authentic and wise conversation. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Learn more about our guests: Morgan Harper Nichols: Popular Instagram poet and artist Morgan Harper Nichols has crea...
Sep 10, 2022•59 min
Disclaimer: Due to technical difficulties, Christina’s audio contribution is unavailable during this episode. This might cause a disruption in the listening experience you are accustomed to from Truth’s Table. We apologize for any inconvenience. In this episode, Ekemini is sitting at the table with authors/creatives, Morgan Harper Nichols and Andre Henry to talk about what it takes to pursue your passions, callings, and to nurture your gifts. They discuss the highs and the lows of being creative...
Sep 10, 2022•59 min
In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are sitting at the table with an exceptional panel of Black children and teen authors: Khristi Lauren Adams, Esau McCaulley, Trillia Newbill, and Dorena Williamson are at the table! They discuss the importance of writing books for our children and teens, the joys, challenges, and rewards of writing for this particular audience. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table! Learn more about our guests: Khristi Lauren Adams is a speaker, author, youth advocat...
Sep 03, 2022•54 min
It wouldn’t be a Truth’s Table season without a BlackGirlMagic Interview! We are honored to have Christina Faith at the table as our August Black Girl Magic guest. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Learn more about Christina Faith: Christina was born in Atlantic City, NJ and creatively made in Philadelphia, PA, Christina Faith is a director, writer and producer with a passion for bold, original storytelling in all genres. After securing her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justic...
Aug 27, 2022•58 min
In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are back at the table to talk about their new daily podcast, “Get in The Word with Truth’s Table” created in partnership with IVP. For just 15-20 minutes a day, you can listen to Christina and Ekemini narrate the whole Bible in a year Scripture and offer thoughtful prayers.Get ready to hear them divulge how this podcast came about, why it was important, and the hard yet loving labor it takes to create a daily podcast of this caliber. Pull up a chair and hav...
Aug 20, 2022•37 min
In this special episode of Truth’s Table, Ekemini sits down at the table with Nelba Marquez-Greene, the mother of Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, who was killed in the Sandy Hook school massacre. Truth’s Table is honored to have Nelba at the table to talk about her beloved daughter, Ana Grace, ongoing grief, and political action needed to keep our children safe. Pull up a chair, grab some tissue, and have a seat at the table with us. Learn more about Nelba Marquez-Greene: Nelba holds a Bachelor of Mus...
Aug 13, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Y’all, we have come to the conclusion of our State of The Black Church series. Did not our hearts burn within us? Ours did! But before we conclude, we thought it necessary to invite Dr. Erika Gault to the table to close out this series by talking to us about the Black church in the digital space. Ekemini is sitting at the table with Dr. Gault to discuss her book, Networking the Black Church: Digital Black Christians and Hip Hop. Her research captures the dynamics of the digital religious lives o...
Aug 06, 2022•59 min
In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table with a panel full of dynamic pastors: Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hale, Rev. Dr. Frank A. Thomas, Rev. Dr. Danielle Brown, & Rev. Dr. CJ Rhodes. All four of these skilled pastor-scholars bring great insight, experience, and wisdom to bear on the subject of Black preaching. As they discuss the gospel, the content of preaching, the cost of preaching, the humanity of the preacher and much more. Learn more about each of our guests below: Rev. Dr. Cynt...
Jul 30, 2022•1 hr 12 min
In this episode of Truth’s Table, Ekemini and Christina are joined by Rev. Dr. Neichelle Guidry and Dr. Kenyatta Gilbert to discuss preaching in the Black church. The art of Black preaching and the interior life of the preacher are discussed in this episode. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Learn more about our guests: Rev. Dr. Neichelle R. Guidry currently serves as the Dean of the Chapel and the Director of the WISDOM Center at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a...
Jul 23, 2022•1 hr
The State of The Black Church Series is back! Ekemini and Christina are sitting at the table with the leaders of the current Black apologetics movement, Lisa V. Fields and Clare Williams. This conversation is multifaceted and spans the Black diaspora. You don’t want to miss this one, so pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us. Learn more about our guests: Lisa V. Fields is the founder and President of the Jude 3 Project, a Christian apologetics organization dedicated to helping the ...
Jul 16, 2022•48 min
In this special episode, Ekemini is joined by global superstar and Yemi Alade. With four albums, one EP and many smash hits such as Johnny, Ferrari, NaGode and Bum Bum under her belt, Yemi Alade is the #1 Afropop female artist on the African continent. Nigerian afropop/R&B artiste, singer/songwriter, composer, actress and entertainer, she is popularly referred to as the “Ghen ghen babe” and “the Yoruba-Ibo girl” by virtue of her electrifying stage-craft, music, edgy and un-matched style, evo...
Jul 09, 2022•30 min
In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table! Christina is asking Ekemini about her final chapter, “Diaspora Dreams: Blackness as The Image of God” and the concluding chapter of our book, “Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Ekemini talks about the importance of Pan-Africanism, why this chapter holds so much significance to her and the process of writing about blackness and the image of God. Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on...
Jul 02, 2022•36 min
In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina are together at the table for the LAST time as a trio. This episode is Michelle’s final time on Truth’s Table. Listen closely, as Christina and Ekemini discuss Michelle’s final book chapter, “The Keys to The Kingdom of God” in our book Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Pull up a chair at the table as Michelle talks about the motivation behind this book chapter and more. Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black...
Jun 25, 2022•36 min
In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table! Ekemini interviews Christina about her book chaper, “Reborn to Resist” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Christina explains the motivation behind this chapter and why it’s important to fight systemic sins as well as personal sins. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.c...
Jun 18, 2022•37 min
In this episode, Ekemini and Michelle are at the table! Ekemini interviews Michelle about her chapter, “Love & Justice: Multiethnic Worship” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ Truth’s Table listeners can join the #DebtFreeDegree...
Jun 11, 2022•35 min
In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table! Ekemini interviews Christina about her chapter, “Disciplining the Church” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. They talk about what it means to hold the church accountable from the bottom up and they break down church discipline. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/T...
Jun 04, 2022•47 min
In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table! Ekemini interviews Christina about her chapter, “I's Married Now! Christian Marriage For Grown Black Women,” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Christina talks about why she decided to write about Black marriage via her marriage and what it means for a Black man and a Black woman to love each other when racism threatens to keep the two apart. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us...
May 28, 2022•39 min
In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina are at the table! Ekemini and Christina interview Michelle about her chapter, “Divorce: From Chaos to Care” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Michelle shares why she decided to write this deeply personal chapter eventhough she had never spoken publicly about it on Truth’s Table. She talks about how much she decided to share and why it was important for her to write about divorce. Pull up a chair and ...
May 21, 2022•34 min
In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina are at the table! Michelle and Christina interview Ekemini about her chapter, “Hidden in Plain Sight: A Single Black Woman’s Manifesto” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Ekemini shares what it took for her to write this chapter, how much she decided to share, and why she felt it was important to write about this personal subject. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new ...
May 14, 2022•30 min
In this episode Ekemini and Michelle interview Christina about her chapter on forgiveness in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Christina discusses her motivation for writing about forgiveness and the process of writing about such difficult subject. Buy our book, pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musin...
May 07, 2022•24 min
In this episode, Michelle sits down at the table to talk to Ekemini about her book chapter, Decolonized Discipleship in our book, “Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation.” Why did she choose to write this chapter? Are decolonization and deconstruction the same thing? And many more questions. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table. Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens...
Apr 30, 2022•36 min
This is a special episode, as you will hear Michelle share her thoughts about her book chapter, Protest as Spiritual Practice in a monologue. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table. Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation will be in stores on April 26, 2022, so preorder your copy today: https://bookshop.org/books/truth-s-table-black-women-s-musings-on-life-love-and-liberation/9780593239735 Truth’s Table Listeners can purchase The Enneagram For Black Liberation by...
Apr 23, 2022•17 min
In this episode, Michelle and Christina are interviewing Ekemini about her book chapter on colorism in Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. They ask her about the process of writing it, what were the challenges, and why this subject and more. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table. Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation will be in stores on April 26, 2022, so preorder your copy today: https://bookshop.org/books/truth-s-table-black-...
Apr 16, 2022•26 min
We are pausing our State of The Black Church series because we wrote a book, y’all! For years, we have introduced y’all to new authors during our “Behind The Book” episodes and now we are introducing our “Behind Our Book” series where we will discuss the making of Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Join us at the table as we discuss what it took for us to write this book as a collective. Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation will be i...
Apr 09, 2022•37 min
In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are joined by Dr. Thema Bryant and Dr. Anita Phillips to talk about church hurt and spiritual abuse. Are church hurt and spiritual abuse the same? How can we rightly identify spiritual abuse? How do we recognized if we are the abusers? How do we heal from church hurt? All of thse questions and more are on the table. Our guests, Dr. Thema Bryant and Dr. Anita Phillips provide much wisdom, care, vulnerability, and humility. Do you want to be healed, sis? Pull...
Apr 02, 2022•1 hr 13 min
In this episode Ekemini and Christina are sitting at the table with Dr. Teresa Hairston, Chris House, Dr. Emmett G. Price III, and Dr. Judith McAllister to talk about worship in the Black church. What is worship? How has gospel music changed in the Black church? This episode jam-packed with expertise, wisdom, and truth from these powerful women and men of God who have and are making significant contributions to gospel music in the Black church. We hope you have on your shoutin’ shoes because you...
Mar 26, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Full episode now available. In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table talking to Dr. Korie Little Edwards about the Black Church’s response to the Black Lives Matter movement and what the data says about the church’s mobilization. Dr. Bri Parker comes to the table to talk about real life examples to discuss the practical application of her research to the life and health of the local church. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Pre-order our book! Truth’s Table Bla...
Mar 19, 2022•1 hr 27 min
In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are joined by Dr. David Daniels and Dr. Vince Bantu to discuss the history of Christianity in Africa and its spread to America during chattel slavery. Get ready to unlearn and relearn this history and prepare for the of longheld myths to be busted. You’ll want to take notes during this episode because they take us to school! Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Dr. David Daniel’s Bio: David D. Daniels III is the Henry Winters Luce Professor...
Mar 12, 2022•59 min
We are back for our sixth season! God is good and we are glad to be back at the table. We are kicking off this season with a series on The State of the Black Church. In this episode, Ekemini and Christina talk about their own connection to the Black church and thye give an overview of what to expect for the rest of this series and unique season of Truth’s Table. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us. Pre-order our book! Truth’s Table Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Libera...
Mar 05, 2022•44 min
