In this episode, Christina and Ekemini play the Black Card Revoked by Cards For All People as they discuss times that their blackness has been policed and confess when they have policed the blackness of other people. Pull up a chair and grab your teacup as they discuss the importance of upholding black dignity. Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4) ...
Apr 21, 2018•45 min
Pass The Table: To Our Listeners, With Love by Truth's Table Our Sponsors: * Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code TRUTHSTABLE for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Apr 14, 2018•52 min
In this episode, Christina discusses the Apostle Paul’s strategies when engaging and harnessing cultural differences as well directly addressing bias that is out of step with the Gospel. Get your notebooks out and pick a sturdy desk as Christina teaches us about socio-cultural polarization and the interculturalist, the Apostle Paul. Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Joshua Heath (twi...
Apr 07, 2018•24 min
Amena Brown is a poet, speaker, author, and event host. Named one of Rejuvenate Magazine’s Top 40 under 40 Changemakers, Amena is the author of five spoken word CDs and two non-fiction books: Breaking Old Rhythms and her latest release How to Fix a Broken Record. She has performed and spoken at events across the nation such as Creativity World Forum, IF Gathering, and Chick-fil-A Leadercast, as well as touring with Gungor, Ann Voskamp and the Voices Project Historically Black College and Univers...
Mar 31, 2018•49 min
From time to time, we, the women of Truth’s Table invite our listeners to learn about our respective ministries, gifts, and work. In this episode, Ekemini gives a piercing talk entitled, “The Fall: How Did We Get Here?” What does Adam's sin in the Garden of Eden have to do with the Dakota Access Pipeline, The Flint Water Crisis, and the Black Lives Matter Movement? Ekemini explicates the answer by giving a systematic and biblical theology of the impact of sin in us and in this world. Get your no...
Mar 24, 2018•26 min
In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina are talking about friendship at the table. How they met and what it means to have good friendships. Pull up a chair, grab your teacups, and get ready to cackle! Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4) Executive Producer: Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork) Special Thanks To: The Witness: A Black Ch...
Mar 17, 2018•37 min
In this episode, Rev. Duke Kwon joins Christina and Ekemini at the table to discuss ecclesiastical reparations. Duke Kwon is the Lead Pastor of Grace Meridian Hill, a congregation in the GraceDC Network located in Washington, DC. He spent his early years in Southern California, then journeyed to the East Coast for his undergraduate studies at Brown University (A.B.). After working as an analyst at a management consulting firm, Duke began his formal training for pastoral ministry at Gordon-Conwel...
Mar 10, 2018•49 min
In this episode, Morgan joins Christina and Ekemini at the table. Morgan Dixon is the Co-Founder of GirlTrek which is a groundbreaking three-year-old national nonprofit based in Washington, D.C that inspires and supports African American women and girls to live their healthiest, most fulfilled lives - simply by walking. Through grassroots organizing and award-winning social media campaigns, GirlTrek supports over 120,000 walkers, 500 volunteers and inspires an ever-growing network of 200,000 sup...
Mar 03, 2018•51 min
In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina discuss Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster hit movie, “Black Panther.” Listen in and take a trip to Wakanda as the women of Truth’s Table snatch wigs like Okoye snatched hers and ours! Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4) Executive Producer: Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork) Special Thanks To: The Wit...
Feb 24, 2018•1 hr 17 min
In this episode, William A. (“Sandy”) Darity, Jr. joins Christina and Ekemini at the table. Dr. Darity is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics at Duke University. He is the founding director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, and he has served as chair of Duke’s Department of African and African American Studies. Darity’s research focuses on inequality by race, class and ethnicity, stratification economics, schooli...
Feb 17, 2018•46 min
In this episode of the Reparations NOW series, Michelle and Ekemini are seated at the table with Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo. Ana Lucia Araujo is a cultural and social historian. Her work explores the history and the memory of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery and their social and cultural legacies. In the last fifteen years, she authored and edited over ten books on these themes. Her new book Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History was published by Bloom...
Feb 10, 2018•1 hr
The women are kicking off season two with a conversation at the table about reparations and repentance. Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina delve into the Old Testament, New Testament, and the gospel to see what the Bible says about reparations and its proximity to repentance. You don’t want to miss this episode. Pull up a chair, have your notebook at the table, along with your teacup. The women of Truth’s Table give a moving case for reparations from the Bible. Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com...
Feb 03, 2018•57 min
Truth’s Table back for season two! Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina are back at the table talking about what they have been doing during their time away from the table. They also talk about what you can expect to hear in season two. Pull up a chair, have a seat at the table, and make sure you have your teacup in hand because the ladies are servin’ up their usual dose of hot tea. Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter....
Jan 27, 2018•31 min
In the final episode of Truth’s Table Season One, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina reflect on season one at the table. The women discuss their favorite episodes and they invite you to listen in on how you can support Truth’s Table financially. The Truth’s Table ladies have great plans for 2018, but they need your help to make this a reality. Pull up a chair and listen in as the women of Truth’s Table reflect on season one. You can watch this special video podcast at their YouTube page. Link belo...
Oct 21, 2017•22 min
In this episode, the women of Truth’s Table sit down with Laura Pritchard. Laura is a twenty-year veteran staff member at Madison Square Church, starting as Director of Teen Ministries, then Director of Outreach, seeking to help Madison reach out to the community, to build relationships, create collaborations and most importantly, lead people to Christ. She now serves as Director of Multicultural Living and has participated in many of the racial reconciliation initiatives at Madison like: Come T...
Oct 14, 2017•50 min
Multiethnic Churches: An Interview with Rev. Russ Whitfield (Part 3) by Truth's Table Our Sponsors: * Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code TRUTHSTABLE for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Oct 07, 2017•56 min
This week the ladies of Truth's Table hit pause on the much discussed Multiethnic Church series to welcome special guest: Hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer and Grammy award winner Lecrae! If you haven't already picked up his latest album All Things Work Together, stop what your doing and check it out. Listen closely to 'Facts' and you may recognize a few samples from the Truth Table podcast episode 'Malcom X' featuring our very own Ekemini Uwan! Guest: Website: http://www.lec...
Sep 30, 2017•50 min
In this episode, the women of Truth’s Table are joined by Dr. Glenn Bracey, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Villanova University, specializing in racism and social movements. He has published in several leading journals, including award-winning articles on the white-supremacist nature of the US government and racist cultures in white evangelical churches. He is currently working on two books—Saving Whiteness, which analyzes white evangelicalism as a race-based social movement; and 21st Centu...
Sep 23, 2017•1 hr 4 min
In this episode, the women of Truth’s Table talk about their own experiences within multiethnic churches and how they ended up in these churches. Pull up a chair and bring your teacup as Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina spill the tea about multiethnic churches. Metadata/Credits: Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4) Executive Producer: Beau York (tw...
Sep 16, 2017•35 min
Truth's Table and Pass The Mic crossover again! This time to do a LIVE AMA at this year's #LDR2017! Producers Note: We used the room recording setup which apparently only pulled from one mic however picked up the room speakers of the other mic. Why did this happen? I have no idea... but one way or the other we hope you enjoy the episode! Metadata/Credits: Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Prod...
Sep 09, 2017•34 min
From time to time, the women of Truth’s Table will invite our listeners to learn about our respective ministries, gifts, and work. In this episode, Christina discusses some reasons why we lie, how Christ offers Himself as the Truth and serves as a model of how to engage self-deceivers. Get your notebooks out and pick a sturdy desk as Christina teaches us how there is Grace For Liars. Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twi...
Sep 02, 2017•53 min
Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4) Executive Producer: Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork) Special Thanks To: RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork) Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery) Our Sponsors: * Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code TRUTHSTABLE for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com Advertising Inquir...
Aug 26, 2017•1 hr 2 min
*TRIGGER WARNING* In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina discuss Charlottesville and conclude the colorism series with a look at the global, historical and sociological impact of colorism on the diaspora. Pull up a chair and grab some tissues for this heart-wrenching episode. Articles referenced in this show: SKIN COLOR DIFFERENCES IN STRATIFICATION OUTCOMES: Colorism Over Time and Across Race by Eona Harrison Colorism as Racism: Garvey, Du Bois and the Other Color Line by Ibram X. Ke...
Aug 19, 2017•1 hr 6 min
The time has finally come for the women of Truth’s Table to talk about colorism. This episode has some content that might be triggering. Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina talk about their own experience with colorism and the impact it has had on each of them. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table. Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4) Executiv...
Aug 12, 2017•1 hr 3 min
From time to time, the women of Truth’s Table will invite our listeners to learn about our respective ministries, gifts, and work. In this episode, Ekemini posits that Black Lives Matter activists have rejected respectability politics based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the politics of respectability construct. Furthermore, she interacts with Dr. Evelyn Higginbotham's politics of respectability construct as detailed in her book Righteous Discontent. In doing so, she re-appropriates the te...
Aug 05, 2017•37 min
Lisa is the founder and President of the Jude 3 Project, a Christian apologetics organization dedicated to helping the black community know what they believe and why. Pull up a chair and have a seat with us! Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4) Executive Producer: Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork) Special Thanks To: RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org ...
Jul 29, 2017•44 min
The women of Truth’s Table are answering their listeners’ questions. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina. Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4) Executive Producer: Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork) Special Thanks To: RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork) Podastery - www.podastery.com ...
Jul 22, 2017•54 min
In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina discuss their experiences with living in intergenerational homes. They talk about the good, the bad, and the awkward. Have a seat at the table, as the women of Truth’s Table take you down memory lane. Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4) Executive Producer: Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork) Sp...
Jul 15, 2017•33 min
In this episode, the women of Truth’s Table talk about where they were and how they felt after watching Marvel’s Black Panther Movie Trailer. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina! Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4) Executive Producer: Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork) Special Thanks To: RAAN - w...
Jul 08, 2017•33 min
Ekemini, Christina and Michelle discuss the haunting realities of being Black in America in the past and present. This episode is inspired by the necessary lament of the lyrics from "Strange Fruit", originally a poem by Abel Meeropol, performed by Billie Holiday. The ladies weep over and give stern warnings against anti-Blackness, especially as we head into July 4th celebrations. With a recommendation to remember and re-learn the fruits of God's Holy Spirit, the midwives at Truth's Table invite ...
Jul 01, 2017•51 min
