
With Love and Justice for All
As founders of project_SANCTUS, Rev. Kelly Isola and Rev. Ogun Holder are committed to creating a safe, brave, online space to be our holiest selves together. This includes addressing the one thing that affects all of us, that has been responsible for much of the pain, inequality, and injustice in our country: systemic racism. Join them in this challenging spiritual work of healing and transformation as we create a world of equanimity, love, and justice for all. Learn more at projectsanctus.com.
Episodes
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 2:00 pm (CDT)
Episode 26: Mindfulness: An Anti-Racism Practice
Mindfulness practices hold the key to grappling with interpersonal racism because they help people tolerate the discomfort that comes with deeper discussions about race. These practices build the… |
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022 2:00 pm (CDT)
Episode 25: Womanist Theology with Special Guest Bishop Yvette Flunder
Emerging in the mid-1980s, womanist theology is the work of African-American women theologians, church historians, ethicists, sociologists of religion, and biblical scholars. The term draws on… |
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Tuesday, March 29, 2022 2:00 pm (CDT)
Episode 24: Headlines … Still Processing
It's easy to read a headline about events that are emotionally charged and put yourself on "one side or the other." But do you find yourself flip-flopping as you process these events and media… |
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Tuesday, March 22, 2022 2:00 pm (CDT)
Episode 23: Slightly More Savvy Racism
The work of anti-racism takes courage, accountability, and discomfort—even sacrifice. Audre Lorde, a self-described Black lesbian, mother, warrior, and poet said, “The master’s tools will never… |
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Tuesday, March 15, 2022 2:00 pm (CDT)
Episode 22: Psychic Weight of Race
White people don’t bear the weight of racialization. They move through the world without the sense of existing as a racial being. Often people assume that if they are attending a class or workshop… |
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Tuesday, March 8, 2022 2:00 pm (CST)
Episode 21: Sacred Eco-Nomics
Our current economic model, built on the economics of slavery, materialism, and limitless growth, is wreaking havoc on nature and keeping millions trapped in poverty. The New Economy Movement is… |
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022 2:00 pm (CST)
Episode 20: Answering the Question of Race’s Impact
For most white bodies, an understanding of the impact of race is largely nonexistent. Ask yourself this: What are some of the ways in which your race(s) has shaped your life? What patterns emerge… |
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022 2:00 pm (CST)
Episode 19: Reconstruction—Pivotal Moments in Black History
Between 1863 and 1877, the U.S. government undertook the task of integrating nearly four million formerly enslaved people into society after the Civil War. The white slaveholding South was forced… |
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022 2:00 pm (CST)
Episode 18: Black (aka American) History Is Still Being Written
Black history is American history. Black stories are essential to the ongoing story of America—our faults, struggles, progress, and aspirations. This is why it is imperative that we take time to… |
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 2:00 pm (CST)
Episode 17: We Are Not a Monolith
Black is not a monolith. To consider those words is to consider the full breadth of the human experience. Black people don’t move, think, or speak as one. Yet often Black people are crammed into a… |