Description: This episode brings together Be the Bridge founder Latasha Morrison and bestselling author, evangelist, and Bible teacher Beth Moore as they talk about racial reconciliation in the Christian faith. Beth details her own experiences speaking against injustice, dealing with the backlash, and waking up to her responsibilities as a faith leader. She also gives some insight into how Christians can become bold reconcilers who move beyond a head knowledge of Christ into heart knowledge and action.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

Transcriber - Brittany Prescott

Quotes:
?The point of Bible study is to actually love Jesus and not just get a head full of knowledge. So there's got to be a collision there of heart and mind, or it doesn't mean anything.? -Beth Moore

?We read the Bible through our cultural lens.? -Latasha Morrison

?There was not a single time that I've been really outspoken that I would have told you that I was going back on whether or not I should say it. It would have been that I could not have kept from it. And if that's the case, then I can be at peace there.? -Beth Moore

?Politics has not been my big thing. My big thing is the Church. But when it comes to Church, then I'm going to start reacting.? -Beth Moore

?This Jesus thing is life to me?.my bread and my meat and my drink is that I am praying so hard to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Because he has that capacity for compassion as well as just being able to spit out what is true. And one of the things that I'm always asking him for, whether it's in this exact wording or not, is that the fire on my tongue would not exceed the fire in my heart.? -Beth Moore

?Our mouth cannot overshoot our heart or our duplicity is going to be exposed.? -Beth Moore

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Description: This episode brings together Be the Bridge founder Latasha Morrison with two scholars, Dr. Christina Edmondson Ph.D., and Doctoral candidate Jemar Tisby. Both are thought leaders in the push for racial equity in ecclesiastical spaces. In this episode, the conversations will center around the topic of CRT which is short for Critical Race Theory. We strive, as a podcast, to give you, our listeners and supporters, foundational tools to help you develop a clear historical and biblical perspective as it relates to race. LaTasha?s discussions with Christina and Jemar guide us through critiques of inequities and misrepresentations found anywhere, even in academia, that create racial disharmony.

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Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

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Description: You do not want to miss this episode with Dominique DuBois Gilliard! Dominique explains why the church must be at the forefront of conversations in our culture surrounding systemic sin. This conversation dives deep into the biblical lens in which to view systemic racism and patriarchy, reparations and trauma. And it provides helpful descriptions of confession and repentance. This episode will spur you on in your discipleship journey as well as your bridge-building journey.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:

?One of the things I think we can never lose sight of is the fact that we're doing this work on the ground, and we're also engaging in spiritual warfare, too.? -Dominique

?I think this is a moment. And I think for bridge builders, the thing that we have to recognize is that it's also an opportunity.? -Dominique

?Scripture is clear, privilege is real and it exists. And it addresses it multiple times throughout the biblical text. But scripture is also clear that we are always going to be tempted to exploit privilege for our selfish gain as opposed to taking Philippians two type mindset and really looking at privilege as something that we could steward and leverage to expand the kingdom and sacrificially love our neighbors.? -Dominique

?What happened as a consequence of the church's silence and lack of integrity is that folks outside the church picked up these conversations that we should have been having.? -Dominique

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Description: You do not want to miss this episode with Dominique DuBois Gilliard! Dominique explains why the church must be at the forefront of conversations in our culture surrounding systemic sin. This conversation dives deep into the biblical lens in which to view systemic racism and patriarchy, reparations and trauma. And it provides helpful descriptions of confession and repentance. This episode will spur you on in your discipleship journey as well as your bridge-building journey.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:

?One of the things I think we can never lose sight of is the fact that we're doing this work on the ground, and we're also engaging in spiritual warfare, too.? -Dominique

?I think this is a moment. And I think for bridge builders, the thing that we have to recognize is that it's also an opportunity.? -Dominique

?Scripture is clear, privilege is real and it exists. And it addresses it multiple times throughout the biblical text. But scripture is also clear that we are always going to be tempted to exploit privilege for our selfish gain as opposed to taking Philippians two type mindset and really looking at privilege as something that we could steward and leverage to expand the kingdom and sacrificially love our neighbors.? -Dominique

?What happened as a consequence of the church's silence and lack of integrity is that folks outside the church picked up these conversations that we should have been having.? -Dominique

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Description: Megan B. Brown joins Latasha Morrison on this episode of the Be the Bridge podcast. Megan?s unique perspective as a woman of color, military spouse, and Bible study leader allows for a vulnerable conversation about important topics. Megan shares her journey of embracing her ethnic identity as well as the importance of reading Scripture with the historical context. They discuss her Bible study, Summoned, about Esther, and how she offers a different take on an often misunderstood book.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:

?There's all of this layered intensive work that needs to be done to reach women at the heart.? -Megan

?We wanted to pass that torch to the next generation of understanding properly who our Father in Heaven is and what that implies about who we are and how we should treat one another.? -Megan

?Your ethnic identity is something that God has given you. And when we try to become colorblind about that or when we try to ignore that we do a disservice to a part of God's creation.? -Tasha

?I wanted to diminish the things that were different about me?.I wanted to blend because my separateness or my differentness was such a point of pain. People were mean.? -Megan

?And I just remember always feeling like I had one foot in each space, but I was welcome in neither.?  -Megan

?I'm always painfully aware of my differences on the outside before I'm aware of anything else when I'm around new people.? -Megan

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Description: In this episode of the Be the Bridge Podcast, Dr. Eric Mason joins Latasha for a deep conversation surrounding deconstruction, biblical literacy, and racial reconciliation. This episode is full of biblical wisdom and cultural insight. Dr. Mason also gives great recommendations for resources you will want to get and listen to.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:

?The Gospel restores all people's dignity. It makes us fully in the image of God through being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ.? -Dr. Mason

"In the era of misinformation, in the era of information memes and urban legends, biblical literacy is a must. We cannot assume that people understand the faith." -Dr. Mason

?Urban Apologetics is not just for Black people. This is for Christians. These are books that our white brothers and sisters should be getting and teaching from also.? -Tasha

?The devil always over promises and under delivers.? -Dr. Mason

?So if repetition exegetically is a sign of biblical emphasis, then we need to emphasize what God emphasizes. And if Jesus pulls justice as a hermeneutical lens to use in interpreting the Bible, we should.? -Dr. Mason

?Justice is a reflection of God's character.? -Dr. Mason

?You can't be a Christian and not deal with justice. It's unchristian to ignore justice.? -Dr. Mason

?Can you imagine having to answer to Jesus that you left a church because the pastor was calling you to value a person because they weren't treated justly?? -Dr. Mason

?You will know racial reconciliation is happening in your church when white people can submit to Black people.? -Dr. Mason

?I think that it's very important that there be a racial IQ growth in the body of Christ.? -Dr. Mason

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Description: The Be the Bridge Facebook Ministry group was formed in 2020 and is a place for those in leadership in the church to lean into the conversation of racial righteousness. It provides a courageous space for learning, growing, and helping the Church lead in a proactive way. In this episode, founder of Be the Bridge, Latasha Morrison, is joined with the leader of the ministry group, Mariah Humphries, as well as two of the members of it, Brian Kilde and Annie Banceu, to share their experience in the group. This podcast episode reveals their journey of what pushed them into bridge building work and why they continue in it when pushback comes. It will encourage you to know you?re not alone in this important work.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:

?Ultimately, one of the reasons for starting Be the Bridge was because I really wanted to see the Church, the body of Christ, be more of a credible witness in this conversation.? -Tasha

?Sometimes people don't know, because they don't have the information. But when they're provided the information, they do better.? -Tasha

?I've got a heart for the American church. And for me to have a desire for the American church to change, I need to be able to also have a heart for those who are leading the American church.? -Mariah

?This work starts with humility.? -Tasha

?At Be the Bridge, we're not trying to convince people of stuff. We want you to come already convinced and ready to do the work and ready to replicate and reproduce the work.? -Tasha

?It is a place to make mistakes, it is a place for us to be educated and trained and discipled and relearn.? -Brian

?Racism is a place of spiritual formation just as much as every other area of life, and is a sin that needs to be called out, confessed in humility, and repented from, and repaired.? -Brian

?People of color, leaders of color, pastors of color, help me see fuller God's glory in imago dei.? -Annie

?It's my heart and my passion for the Church to take on a rightful place in this conversation and not be reactive but be proactive, because this is such gospel work.? -Mariah

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Description: Ellie Holcomb is a singer-songwriter and author based in Nashville, TN who joins Latasha Morrison on this episode to discuss her personal journey toward racial righteousness. She shares how she started a Be the Bridge group, how this bridge-building work has impacted her life and a recent trip she took to the Grand Canyon, and about her new song called ?Bridge.? Listen in and hear about the growth that can happen from listening and beauty that can come from curiosity. Be encouraged with this conversation of the power of diverse authentic community in being light and hope in this world.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:
?There's a current of God's love that runs deeper than our deepest ache and sorrow. And that will carry us when it feels like we can't carry on any longer.? -Ellie

?Because I think it's so easy to stay safe and comfortable with what we're familiar with. And I think actually, we're missing out when we do. And that's where I started realizing I'm like, oh my goodness. This has been my loss from not intentionally listening to my Black and Brown brothers and sisters.? -Ellie

?If you actually really start listening to the people in your life who are Black and Brown, who have had different experiences than you, you will grieve. You will grieve. If you start researching history, there will be and there should be grief.? -Ellie

But the beauty for me has become that my understanding, as we've walked through this book, as we've listened, acknowledged the truth, repented, lamented, and then started this work of rebuilding, the gospel has become wider and higher and deeper and more wonderful and more colorful, and more powerful than I ever imagined.? -Ellie

Links:Land acknowledgment in reference to the conversation around the Grand Canyon: 'Guardians Of The Grand Canyon': The Havasupai Tribe's Long Connection To The Canyon's Red Rockshttps://unitedstreettours.com/https://www.anniefdowns.com/podcast/episode-223-mike-kelsey/http://www.thenewrespects.com/https://cornertocorner.org/https://eji.org/https://ellieholcomb.lnk.to/canyon (edited)

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Description: 
Jamie Ivey is an author and speaker, talk show host, and the popular podcast host of The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey. She joins Be the Bridge founder Latasha Morrison for a great conversation where they discuss the difference between empathy and sympathy, share wisdom in parenting, and give encouragement for the times you get pushback in this bridge building work. Jamie also opens up about her Native heritage. This conversation will be helpful and hopeful.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:?One of the things that has really been important for me is to think through what voices can I elevate because of the people who are listening to me?? - Jamie

?My brain and my eyes and my heart have been opened wider than I ever imagined they could have been. And that's taken work. And I?ve taken heat for it in some ways.? -Jamie

?Empathy is the difference of sitting in it with someone. Sympathy is when I'm a bystander but I'm not sitting in it with you.? -Tasha

?It's not my children's responsibility to open my eyes up to racial injustice in our country.? -Jamie

?If you're raising a Black child and you're white, their experience in life is going to be 100% different than yours. And you want your child to feel like they can tell you and that you are an advocate for them.? -Jamie

?I love to tell people, it's not always what people do in front, but it's also what they're doing behind the curtain.? -Tasha

?This work is spiritual work. This is discipleship. This is spiritual formation that we're going through.? -Tasha?You have to be teachable. And if you're not teachable, that is exhausting to a person of color.? -Tasha

?This is not my work. This is God's work. And that's what sustains me.? -Tasha

?I started Be the Bridge because of the local church. So I want to see the Church whole and well. And when we get it, the world gets it.? -Tasha

?I hold on to my ancestors before me that hoped for a better future.? -Tasha

?Like our ethnicity, our culture comes from God. And it's expansive. Look at all the people and languages that God has created. And so when that is stolen from us, or when that is withheld from us, there's disruption that happens in God's original design. And so it's about the reordering of things, reconciliation. Justice is about the reordering of things.? -Tasha

?I wish that people would enter into spaces and conversations with people and trust that their feelings are real.? - Jamie

?I think the hope is we see glimpses of change...And if there were so many stories of change, there's hope for everyone to also change as well.? -Jamie?Broken systems create broken language.? -Tasha

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Description: Pastor Stephanie Williams O?Brien joins Be the Bridge founder Latasha Morrison on the podcast for a conversation surrounding the injustices the community of Minneapolis has endured, the lifelong commitment to racial justice, submitting to the leadership of people of color, and her new book Make a Move all about the practical advice she gives for making decisions and acting in faith. And she speaks words of encouragement for both leaders of color and white leaders. Pastor Stephanie will help you get unstuck in your personal life and your spiritual life, your life in community, and your life of bridge-building.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:?It's an intentional choice to seek out and welcome the authority of leaders in your life.? -Stephanie

?This is not about a moment, but it's about a lifestyle. This is not about a short-term commitment. This is about conviction.? -Latasha

?Maybe instead of praying that our church becomes more diverse, let's pray that we're people that would actually be safe for folks to come in.? -Stephanie

?So read the books, watch the things, but experiment in behaviors that change and shape us, because I think we can behave our way into new thinking. And we can also think our way into new behaviors.? -Stephanie

?How are we not willing to hold space for a discussion before we have already judged it?? -Stephanie

?If we can just say, ?God, I want to be on your heels, what are you doing? And how can I respond?? If that was our orientation every day, that's where we're going to figure out how we can leverage privilege and be people who bring hope and help and who learn.? -Stephanie

?My prayer is for people not to make the same historical mistakes.? -Latasha

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Description: In this episode of the Be the Bridge podcast, founder Latasha Morrison is joined by Stephen Satterfield, host of the critically acclaimed Netflix docuseries ?High on the Hog.? Since 2007, Stephen Satterfield has spent his career redefining food and beverage as a means of organizing, activating, and educating, and is among the most prominent and respected voices in U.S. food media. Latasha and Stephen talk about the stories behind the making of the hit show, the significance of land theft in the truthful telling of American history, and the complicated yet beautiful relationship between Black Americans and food. 

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Brittany Prescott

Quotes:

?If you follow the migration of food, you?re really talking about the migration also of people, of plants, of animals, of information.? - Stephen Satterfield

?Feeling like you have space in the world is a powerful thing.? - Stephen Satterfield

?So when I talk about the need for us to have pride in where we come from, it?s an act of love, but it?s also an act of taking back power.? - Stephen Satterfield

?People are holding these stories and it is our job to go find them and tell them and write about them.? - Latasha Morrison

?Our relationship to food, our relationship to this country, the relationship between Black people and white people foundationally is a relationship of exploitation of subjugation and racism. That?s a lot to overcome.? - Stephen Satterfield

?We have to understand how this all works together. And what is the end result? A wealth gap and a wealth disparity that is land-based, that is now bigger than it was even during the period of reconstruction. So we?ve gone backwards.? - Stephen Satterfield

?In the ways in which racism is systemic, repair needs to be systemic.? - Stephen Satterfield

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Description: After playing nine years in the NFL, Sam Acho is a writer, motivational speaker, and humanitarian. He joins Be the Bridge founder Latasha Morrison on the podcast to share his story. They discuss his Nigerian roots, his passion for justice work, his journey with counseling, and more. Sam offers encouragement and hope with his authenticity and vulnerability. And he dives into the heart behind his must-read book, Let the World See You.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:

?This thread of justice began in the womb, but then it's going to follow me to the tomb.? - Sam Acho

?When communities have hope, that fuels change and transformation.? -Tasha

?Micah 6:8 says that we should seek justice, that we should love mercy, that we should walk humbly with God. And so it's also our job to seek justice, in unison with others and in unison with God.? -Sam Acho

?Seeking justice isn't something that you do in a vacuum. It's not something that you do alone.? -Sam Acho 

?Prayer is the key.? -Sam Acho

?You don't have to be a doctor or a nurse. You don't have to have a book. You don't have to have a podcast. You don't have to have a follower. You have to have a heart. You have to bring what you have.? -Sam Acho

?Change starts with you. And it starts with those things that break your heart, those things that just don't feel right and then doing something about it.?If you're breathing, you can do something.? -Tasha

?I found myself trying to carry all this weight of being who everyone else wanted me to be. And that weight was heavy. It was a lot to carry. And I did not even realize that I was carrying it.? -Sam Acho

?When you're you, God gets the glory, the people around you benefit, and the world around you thrives. When you pretend, none of that happens.? -Sam Acho?I think the main question that needs to be asked is: What can I do? Period.? -Sam Acho

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Description: In this special bonus episode that you will not want to miss, Be the Bridge founder Latasha Morrison talks with Dr. Claudia May. Along with being a professor and the Director of the Reconciliation Studies Program at Bethel University, Dr. May is a poet, scholar, and award-winning children's book author. She joins Latasha in this episode to discuss Juneteenth. They dive into the history, the beauty, the complexities around the important day. The depth of this conversation will bring enlightenment, healing, and hope.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:

?And what the spirituals remind us is that these were composers, creators, theologians, critical thinkers who did their exegesis, did their hermeneutics through the spirituals.? -Dr. Claudia May

?We need to acknowledge pain and injustice, and we address that. But we also need to embrace the truth that Black people are contributors.? -Dr. Claudia May ?We need a variety of stories speaking about a variety of experiences that show us that Black people are not monolithic. We're complex human beings and multilayered. We need to see that.? -Dr. Claudia May

?Some of the principles for me of Juneteenth: acknowledging the injustices that we have confronted and ignored and lived through, to learn about and celebrate the histories and contributions of Black people, and applaud our lives and gifts and achievements.? -Dr. Claudia May

?I often say to my students, y'all need to travel, especially my Black students. Y'all to travel to see the impact we're having on world culture. Juneteenth acknowledges those kinds of contributions.? -Dr. Claudia May

?Our artistic expressions give multiple people's ways to access what their truth means to them.? -Dr. Claudia May?That we continue to learn from our ancestors, which is what Juneteenth reminds us. That we are interconnected, and that those in the past can contribute to our present. We don't have to be confined to our ancestors. But our ancestors, the cloud of witnesses shaped us, they can inform how we engage with the injustices that we encounter.? -Dr. Claudia May

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Description: Take a look inside the lives of two co-leaders of a Be the Bridge group in this episode of the Be the Bridge podcast hosted by founder Latasha Morrison. Latasha is joined by Andrea Middleton and Margo Yoder for an honest, revealing look into their experiences co-leading a Be the Bridge group. Together they bring us insight on the do?s and don?ts of leadership, how to stay engaged with members, the benefits of a community founded on common memory, and the rewarding triumphs that accompany sometimes disheartening setbacks as a leader. 

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Brittany Prescott

Quotes:

?The groups are the heartbeat of what we do.? - Latasha

?And so this work doesn?t just stop with a conversation or start with a conversation, it continues on in how you live your life.? - Latasha

?Leaders have to be learners.? - Latasha

?If you have a willing heart and you?re open to learn, and you?re in constant learning?God will cover you. God will make up for where you are missing those pieces as a leader.?- Andrea

?For the rest of my life, I will be undoing the first 40 years of my life where I grew up in a culture of not understanding the world around me.? - Margo

?When we learn to just listen without adding in our own words and our own experiences, and just listen and believe the person who is speaking to us?I think that is a huge, huge marker of growth.? - Margo

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Description: 
In this episode of the Be the Bridge podcast, our founder, Latasha Morrison, has a conversation with world-renowned and multi-platinum hip-hop artist, Lecrae. His wisdom resonates throughout the interview as he shares his story from navigating predominately white spaces to his thoughts on church culture. They discuss his amazing philanthropic endeavors and his personal battles with mental health. And through it all, Lecrae shares how he still has joy and hope.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:
?This music was the way I could hear stories I understood and I related. That's how I first began to fall in love with hip-hop.? -Lecrae?Over time I began to realize, to some people I was a novelty and it wasn't that they appreciated all of who I was and all of my story.? -Lecrae

?For me, it's figuring out how to use what I have to serve other people.? -Lecrae

?It?s that tension and that dance of trying to be loving and gracious, but at the same time, also saying, this is not okay. And so it's working through that tension. Because I never want to function as a hateful person. I always want to function as someone who's gracious and wants people to wrestle with nuance and ignorance. But there's a place to do that. And oftentimes it's not in front of the camera.? -Lecrae

?You can't grow without tension.? -Lecrae

?I connect with the Scriptures, I connect with God, I connect with my Savior. But the culture that's wrapped up in this I don't connect with.? -Lecrae

?It was tough to reorient myself. It was tough to realign myself to depend on therapy and change my lifestyle to slow down. It was tough, but I really feel like it was the best thing that's happened to me because I'm a better person from it.? -Lecrae

?In this season of life, I find a lot of joy in contentment. I find myself content in terms of my own ambitions so that I can be ambitious for other people.? -Lecrae

?When the Trail of Tears was happening, during 400 years of slavery, during segregation, the tomb was empty. People held on to that reality then, and I can hold on to it today. The tomb is empty and I can keep pushing.? -Lecrae

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Description: This is Part 2 of our ?Take It to the Bridge? series with founder Latasha Morrison! Latasha is back on the other side of the mic as guest host Tandria Potts guides us through an insightful discussion on current events where the church and culture collide. Latasha brings her own perspective on hope in dark times, what keeps her steady through constant racial trauma, and how Be the Bridge uses education to transform lives and build bridges across racial divides. Don?t forget to check out last week?s episode which is Part 1 of this two-part series.Host & Executive 

Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Brittany Prescott 

Quotes:
?I still have hope for the church and for the body of Christ, the people of God.? - Latasha?When the world is telling us to dehumanize someone and to strip them of their dignity, Scripture is telling us to do the opposite of that! Even when it comes to our enemies.? - Latasha

?We?re called to be loyal and faithful to the God we serve, not to the country that we live in. If I didn?t love this country, I wouldn?t be doing the things that I?m doing. I want America to be better?we can do better, we can be better. But also, on a deeper level, I love people. And I love God?s people. I love the people that God has created that inhabit this country.? - Latasha

?When we say we are the body of Christ, the body is beyond the USA.? - Latasha?We cannot think that we?re the apple of God?s eye. Because what does that say about China? What does that say about Korea? What does that say about Mexico? What does that say about Brazil? Are they not children of God? Are they not created in the image of God? When patriotism leads you to dehumanize and to defame and to marginalize and to think of yourself as better, that drives that type of supremacy thinking.? - Latasha

?We want to pull people into the community, and we pull people into the community through this process of education.? - Latasha?Without hope, I couldn?t do this work. I don?t want to sound like a cliché, but Jesus gives me hope. I do this because I know that it?s the right thing to do, and I feel like Jesus is leading me in doing this work. Because when darts come or when difficult seasons come, and when you do become hopeless, what is your anchor? Who is your anchor?? - Latasha

?Even with this season that I?m in now?it?s darts, it?s disappointments, it?s surprises, it?s sadness, it?s sorrow, it?s grief. But looking to the author and finisher of our faith, that?s the thing that keeps me and that holds me and that comforts me ultimately.? - Latasha

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Description: Founder Latasha Morrison is finally back on the podcast in the first episode of the ?Take It to the Bridge? series, but this time she?s on the other side of the mic! Tandria Potts returns as guest host and talks with Latasha about grief, the impact of COVID on Black and brown communities, the difference between allies and accomplices, and how the church?s polarization is getting in the way of racial healing. This insightful conversation is Part 1 of 2 featuring Latasha, so don?t miss the second installment next time.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Brittany Prescott

Quotes:?A call-out is accountability, and I call you out because I love you. I think we have to lead with lovingkindness in the call-out, but praying towards conviction?because I don?t want you just to be called out and you make a change, or you do a post, and then everything goes back to normal.? - Latasha

?This is a spiritual battle that we?re in, and I think we have to see it that way. And I hope that others begin to see it. We have to pray against this spiritual darkness. That?s the way?so I?m not vilifying people, so that I can have compassion to continue to do the work that I?m doing. I have to see it that way. My brothers and sisters are in darkness.? - Latasha

?The church has ingested the same thing that the world has ingested. It?s not a separate system. This is part of the same unhealthy empire system.? - Latasha?There?s a big difference between an ally and an accomplice. An ally is in it when the going gets tough, but an accomplice says, ?I?m going to take the front line, I?m going to be beside you. I?m going to be behind you, I?m going to support you.? I think that?s what?s needed in these times, where if I need to take a break, if I need a timeout, then there?s someone that?s rising to the challenge but not for notoriety.? - Latasha

?These situations keep bringing up opportunities for us to have a deeper conversation, and I don?t think that?s happening. Because we have a very short-term memory when it comes to these incidents. We were just here last year with Ahmaud Arbery. And with George Floyd. And at the same time that the Chauvin trial is happening, you know, his trial is happening like 10 miles from where this incident with Daunte Wright happened.? - Latasha

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Description

If you use terminology like ?colorblind? to show your racial and cultural compassion and understanding, this episode is tailored for you.   Many people outside of the BIPOC communities are lost as it relates to how to communicate and implement a culture of color and cultural caring and sensitivity in such volatile times.  This is the wheelhouse of the Be The Bridge training team.  This episode?s discussion is centered around cultivating and curating safe spaces for the purpose of building cohesion through anti-racism.  Once again the listener is given a glimpse behind the scenes of our training team?s process and execution as well as a look at the results with the organizations we?ve worked with.  Listen to this great conversation between our Ministry Educator, Mariah Humphries, Director of Training and Strategy Sean Watkins, and Board member and BTB Educator Gina Fimble.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

Transcriber - Travon Potts

Quotes

?...you know, a popular magazine, People Magazine, in the 25 years of having People magazine's Most beautiful cover, there has only been three black women who have been on the cover of people's most beautiful. - Gina Fimble

?...a lot of times when I have these conversations with white people, there is this complete, unawareness dare I say ignorance, but not in the negative connotation, of their own culture. It is a ubiquitous, ?how can we come together and be reconciled?, because they don't know their history, they don't know their own cultural context.?  - Sean Watkins

?I think it's healthy to understand the system of whiteness that we have inherited, which is a system that was created to benefit people who look white or people who are white passing, you know, racial labels have been applied to non white groups for the purposes of stigmatizing them and exploiting them.? - Gina Fimble

?...this is one of the challenges that I have with a number of my friends and colleagues that work in predominately white spaces, there's always an invitation of, ?I really don't want to examine the past?....? - Sean Watkins

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Often, in the racial reconciliation space, progress and healing are brought about through small groups.  Another effective tool in the quest for progress in this area is training.  Many don?t know that corporations, non-profits, and ministries bring in our expert Be The Bridge Training Team to train their employees, volunteers, and parishioners on how to cultivate and curate safe environments for discussions on race and culture.  The purpose for cultivating and curating these spaces is for the purpose of building cohesion through anti-racism.  This episode gives a glimpse behind the scenes of our process and execution as well as a look at the results not only with the organizations we?ve worked with but in their surrounding communities.  Listen in to this awesome discourse between our Ministry Educator Mariah Humphries and Training Coordinator Tania Miron.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

Transcriber - Travon Potts

Quotes

?And our goal is to develop those that are going through our training, from not just being in a workplace that is not racist, but being in a workplace that is actively being anti-racist, and moving towards racial healing and reconciliation.? - Tania Miron

?I try to emphasize on all of the inquiry calls that I get, that we are not a one and done, it's all fixed by our trainings, kind of function. You know, our trainings function more as a diving board into this journey of being anti-racist?? - Tania Miron

?...our trainings in the in the work of being anti racist do have an impact outside of companies and organizations that we've worked at.? - Tania Miron

?...I think if the leadership is on board and advocating for having these conversations and trainings, then the staff will definitely be more willing to have these discussions and then our team can be able to be effective in delivering and opening up the space to have this conversation.? - Tania Miron

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In this continuation of our ?She?s the Bridge?' series, guest host Faitth Brooks talks with artist Morgan Harper Nichols about the intersection of Black womanhood, art, community, and passion. Morgan is a renowned digital artist, poet, new mom, and upcoming author! Listen as Morgan and Faitth dissect common stereotypes of Black women, explore what it?s like to have a hyper-visible platform, and give tips on building each other up even during a pandemic.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

Transcriber - Brittany Prescott

Quotes:

?Passion and righteous indignation are often misread as irrational anger, and are used to degenerate and disarm Black women who dare to challenge social inequalities and question the validity of circumstances?and get this?have the temerity to demand and expect fair treatment.? - Faitth Brooks

?I don?t know how to fix this?how to fix the portrayals, how to fix how other people see me. But I am going to put me out there.? - Morgan Harper Nichols

?I am only here because of the people who paved the way for me to be here today. I can?t talk about the future without talking about them?whether that?s people in my own ancestry or authors like Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. Who am I without what they?ve already written and what they?ve already done? They paved the way.? - Morgan Harper Nichols

?You have to dig to find people that look like us in these fields. They?re there, but again, they?re not pushed to the front as others are. So it?s a lot of work to even find your people. I wish I didn?t have to dig so much to find references. I wish I didn?t have to dig so much to find other Black people who?ve been in similar situations. I shouldn?t have to dig so much.? - Morgan Harper Nichols

?Give yourself permission to start small.? - Morgan Harper Nichols

?Will people in the world actually even be able to see me as an artist or is my Blackness all people see? I know a lot of other Black artists feel that way: did they only just pick me because they needed a Black artist? Or do they actually like my work too? But I have been so pleasantly surprised by people who are willing and able and have the capacity to hold me in terms of what I do and what I share, and not just divide it into categories.? - Morgan Harper Nichols

?Black women literally feel the pressure to carry the weight of everything...to be the educator, to be the encourager, to be the old wise soul, to be young and hip, to be all these things, which is literally impossible. We cannot be all of that. But as we see, historically, that pressure has been put on us. So I have to give myself permission to say, ?Hey, today, I?m going to be the artist who is speaking from a Black woman?s perspective about joy. I don?t always have to educate about joy.?? - Morgan Harper Nichols

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Often discussions on race in America are limited to a black and white binary.  Since the rise of the Covid-19 virus, hate crimes have been on the rise against the AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) community.  If you truly understand the heart and calling of the Be The Bridge organization then you understand that bridge-building doesn?t stop with two groups. Today?s guest Vivian Mabuni helps us unpack the tensions, opportunities, and solutions for bridge-building, especially as it relates to those in and outside of the AAPI family and or body politic.

?...and in the same way, you and I, as women of color, we can't walk away from the conversation, because it is our lived experience day in and day out.? - Vivian Mabuni

? When leaders don't use proper terminology, like COVID, and instead use a term like Chinese virus or Kung Flu, that hurts my community.? -Vivian Mabuni

? I, of course, have felt silenced, you know, all along. And what's interesting is my culture, the foundation of a lot of Asian culture is based in Confucian teaching.? - Vivian Mabuni

? I am so grateful for the leadership of the black community in civil rights that have made way for injustices to be exposed, that Asian Americans AAPI, people can have a different life because we stand on the shoulders of the leadership of the black community.? - Vivian Mabuni

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We?re back for a new season! In this episode of the Be the Bridge podcast, our Director of Programs and Innovation, Faitth Brooks, discusses the impacts of the pandemic with Debbie Stevens, a registered psychiatric nurse practitioner and close friend of our founder, Latasha Morrison, who lost her father to COVID-19 earlier this year. In this much-needed discussion, Faitth and Debbie acknowledge the legacy of medical racism in the U.S., talk about the hope they?ve had amidst the pandemic, and give listeners tips on loving others well through periods of grief.

?Grief is just highly individualized. The way one person grieves is not necessarily the way that you may grieve.? ?Debbie Stevens
?It?s really easy to see what somebody else is going through, and then try to relate it back to something you?ve experienced. But the reality is, it?s a time for you to just sit and listen, lending a hand in whatever way possible, and being willing to serve.? ?Faitth Brooks
?Because of the legacy of the research and medical community really betraying the Black community?in terms of all the disgraceful things that the medical professional community has done to Black people and taken advantage of them?there?s a lot of distrust.? ?Debbie Stevens
?This is a time for us to think collectively and not individually about our wants, about what we desire, and to think about ?How can I love my neighbor??? ?Faitth Brooks
?I love my patients so I continue to show up for them, and they offer me hope because they haven?t given up. They continue to push forward, and even if they?re losing loved ones and family members, they continue to make their mental health a priority. So that offers me hope that I?m doing something that?s making a difference.? ?Debbie Stevens

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Description: Our Be The Bridge Podcast team curated highlights from some of our most popular Be The Bridge Podcasts of 2020. These highlights will come from our founder and podcast host Latasha Morrison, as well as from various guests. Enjoy!

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

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Description: Our Be The Bridge Podcast team curated highlights from some of our most popular Be The Bridge Podcasts of 2020. These highlights will come from our founder and podcast host Latasha Morrison, as well as from guests Beth Moore,  Jemar Tisby, and Christina Edmonson.  Enjoy!

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

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Description:  When it comes to Christmas Classics Jimmy Stewart?s ?It?s A Wonderful Life? and ?Home Alone? starring Macaulay Culkin may come to mind. With that said, movies like ?The Preacher?s Wife? starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington or ?The Last Holiday? starring Queen Latifah are often not mentioned by some.  Well our founder, podcast host, and Christmas enthusiast, Latasha Morrison tackles this subject with Actor / Director / Producer and fellow Christmas enthusiast, Kim Fields.  Kim is not only one of the stars of the new Netflix comedy The Upshaws but she too has added to the legacy of multicultural Christmas offerings with her own holiday movie, Lifetime?s ?You Light Up My Christmas?.  Join us in this discussion covering elements of Kim?s iconic career, her push to create projects that diversify Hollywood?s holiday cheer, and Kim and Latasha?s love of the Holiday season.  As a bonus, Latasha chats with Netflix's "Jingle Jangle" producer and author of the Jingle Jangle book series Lyn Sisson-Talbert.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

Quotes:

"I still feel like there's a lot of uncharted waters for me to explore on either side of the camera." - Kim Fields

"I'm so grateful to God for the blessing of longevity. I still have the fire in my belly for my industry. I still love what I do." - Kim Fields

"I think it's an old, old way of thinking, to be honest, it's an old game, and it's time to come into the new it's time to look at how the world really looks, you know, we are very powerful in our buying dollars." - Lyn Sisson-Talbert

"...our goal is to open a door for other artists and creators to be able to do more like this to break more new talent..." Lyn Sisson-Talbert

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Description: If you?ve heard the party anthem ?This Is How We Do It? then you know something about the popular artist, singer, songwriter, and producer Montell Jordan. But what you may not know is that after leaving the music industry, he became the Praise and Worship Pastor at one of the most diverse churches not just in the state of Georgia but in the country: Victory World Church. His most recent ministry venture in partnership with his manager and wife of 26 years, Kristin, is a couples? ministry called Marriage Masterpeace. Together, the power couple hosts and speaks at conferences encouraging marital harmony through biblical principles. Be the Bridge founder Latasha Morrison talks with the Jordans about navigating all of these spaces together and the impact of injustice on their roles in ministry.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

Transcriber - Brittany Prescott

Quotes:

?Praise is what we do because of what He?s done. But worship is because of what He does and who He is.? - Kristin Jordan

?When we lost ourselves, God was able to find us through marriage. It was in the safety of marriage that we were both able to be put back together again.? - Montell Jordan

?Our messes become our ministry. We take the places where we were broken, where we were a mess, and where God was gracious enough to see us through?and try and help people walk through things that they feel like they can?t. And the idea is that we?re hope on the other side of the mountain.? - Kristin Jordan

?I get an opportunity to minister in my shows, saying that ?Get It On Tonite? was about adultery, but God saved me from that. ?Let?s Ride? was about fornication, but God saved me from that. And so I use those negative musical moments that are attached to people?s lives to tell the story of God?s redemption.? - Montell Jordan

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Description: In the volatile year of 2020 we?ve seen uprisings that have spurred tense feelings and emotions causing Christians to be split on issues related to social justice.  But, this is also a year where athletes have used their platform in ways that are reminiscent of the civil rights era.  Fists in the air are coupled with kneeling during the national anthem and sporting events by sports professionals in every sport from basketball to tennis, NASCAR to Formula racing, and everywhere in between.  Be the Bridge Founder Latasha Morrison was able to have a conversation with a Christian athlete who not only has a heart for rectifying social and economic inequities but has placed himself on the frontlines of the fight for social justice.  His name is Justin Holiday, the shooting guard / small forward for the Indiana Pacers.

Quotes:

?We didn?t grow up watching the news.  When things happened we knew how to get in the word. We knew how to pray and that?s what we did.? - Justin Holiday

?As much as I wanted to be away from the news and not see certain things, one, with social media it?s gonna happen but two I needed to see that, I needed to not keep myself away from that.? - Justin Holiday

?I don?t have my children on social media. I wanna protect my children from nasty comments? - Justin Holiday

?Don?t make yourself less worthy than you should be.  You?re a child of God.? - Justin Holiday

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Description: In this episode, Latasha talks with writer and speaker Dante Stewart about his experiences with assimilation in predominantly white institutions, including his time as a cornerback at Clemson University and his journey in ministry at a white evangelical church. Latasha guides listeners by adding context to the conversation, and Dante gives encouragement to Black Christians and white churches to spur them on in the pursuit of racial justice and healing.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

Transcriber - Brittany Prescott

Quotes:

?People say, ?Hey, I'm adaptable in many environments.? Oftentimes adaptable means you gotta lose a serious part of yourself.? - Dante

?In order for you to make it you can't be too Black going into these spaces. You keep your head down, you do your work, and you handle your business...our parents knew that to be really Black in these white spaces oftentimes would work against us.? - Dante

?I'm not someone who says, you know, ?My first identity is Christian.? That's just not the case. I mean, it's a meaningful identity. But when I walk outside into the world, the first thing people ain't seeing is ?Christian.? The first thing people see is Black. And that means I need to make sense of that somehow.? - Dante

?None of us are walking into a neutral story. There is no such thing as a neutral kind of religious environment. There's no such thing as a neutral story. There's always a story here before I got here that's inviting me to see myself as a certain type of person and kind of embody a certain type of action.? - Dante

?If we want to get free, there is no freedom without literature and critical engagement with literature.? - Dante

?Even if the demographic makeup of one's church doesn't change, the kind of spiritual, political, religious, and moral bent and framework of one's heart, and the heart of one's congregation, can show that congregation is a just church.? - Dante

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Description: This episode brings together Be the Bridge founder Latasha Morrison with Pastor, Author, and thought leader Rich Villodas. Rich is the Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New Life Fellowship Church, which happens to be a large multiracial church with more than seventy-five countries represented in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, New York.  In this episode, the conversations will center around the topic of Racial Reconciliation through the lens of Diversity. As our country grows more diverse it has become a reflection of the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural community groups that we call churches. Latasha?s discussion with Rich will guide us through what true diversity looks like in The Body of Christ, and the intersectionality of Christianity and race here in the American Church.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor, Transcriber & Music By - Travon Potts

?It?s often White people who have written about spiritual formations?? - Rich Villodas

?...the church is to be more than a sanctified subway car we are the new family of God...? - Rich Villodas

?...with all of that diversity, I?ve learned that the Gospel is for all people, that?s the first thing I?ve learned in preaching in this setting?? - Rich Villodas

?There is no one normative expression of worship, bring who you are.? - Rich Villodas

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Description: This episode brings together faith leaders Kathryn Freeman, Jenny Yang, and Michael Wear to discuss a hot button issue-civic engagement for American Christians.  We'll hear from each of them about what it means for followers of Christ to love their neighbors through politics, voting, and the "third space."  How do we move from awareness to action, and action to advocacy?  Our amazing guests help us understand the challenges and rewards of participation in the political sphere as people of faith.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

Transcriber - Brittnay Prescott

Quotes:

"There's nothing wrong with being political. All of us are political beings, all of us live in structures and governments, and communities in which all of us need to come together to make important decisions that impact the common good."  - Jenny Yang

?The fine line is between being political and being partisan because oftentimes, partisanship can mean blind allegiance to a specific political party or candidate without realizing that there are faults with specific candidates and parties. And not a single political party or person will ever encompass the fully, perfectly balanced agenda that I believe we?re supposed to pursue in our society.? - Jenny Yang

?Faithful political engagement means that you?re willing to put faithfulness over short term political gain. It also means that you?re not just in politics for your own self-interest, that you?re not just going to politics to get your own needs met.? - Michael Wear

?I?m convinced people are going to politics a lot these days for spiritual and emotional needs. We find those needs met in Christ, and so we?re freed up to go into politics to affirm human dignity and advance justice.? - Michael Wear

?There has to be a separation of who I am as an American and a citizen of this democracy, and who I am as a citizen of the kingdom of heaven. And I think oftentimes we blend those two things together as if America is a Christian nation, and it doesn?t matter that we?ve made an idol or that we live in a way where those identities are blended.? - Kathryn Freeman

?The reality is, whether you?re liberal or conservative, you should feel like, ?I can?t go with that, because my first identity is a citizen of the kingdom of heaven.? And if you never feel that tension, if the country is always doing what you feel like aligns with God, then I would say that the God that you?re worshipping is not the God of the Bible. It?s not the Jesus of the red letters.? - Kathryn Freeman

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Description: This episode brings together Be the Bridge founder Latasha Morrison with two scholars, Dr. Christina Edmondson Ph.D., and Doctoral candidate Jemar Tisby. Both are thought leaders in the push for racial equity in ecclesiastical spaces. In this episode, the conversations will center around the topic of CRT which is short for Critical Race Theory. We strive, as a podcast, to give you, our listeners and supporters, foundational tools to help you develop a clear historical and biblical perspective as it relates to race. LaTasha?s discussions with Christina and Jemar guides us through critiques of inequities and misrepresentations found anywhere, even in academia, that creates racial disharmony.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

Transcriber - Brittany Prescott

Quotes: ?We need to be critically discerning everything that comes before us and submitting it to the Word of God...? - Dr. Christina Edmondson

?Folks always have tried to label people as a way to disempower them and that?s especially true when it comes to black people.? - Jemar Tisby

?Whereas there are other church traditions that would say like, well, of course, this church racism is baked in, in this country?? - Dr. Christina Edmondson

?There?s a popular phrase that says history repeats itself...more accurately history doesn?t repeat itself, history rhymes.? - Jemar Tisby

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Description: This episode brings together Be the Bridge founder Latasha Morrison and bestselling author, evangelist, and Bible teacher Beth Moore as they talk about racial reconciliation in the Christian faith. Beth details her own experiences speaking against injustice, dealing with the backlash, and waking up to her responsibilities as a faith leader. She also gives some insight into how Christians can become bold reconcilers who move beyond a head knowledge of Christ into heart knowledge and action. 

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison

Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown

Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts

Transcriber - Brittany Prescott

Quotes: ?There?s a calling we have to be bold, which leads us as reconcilers, or bridge builders, to speak up.? - Latasha

?There was not a single time that I have been really outspoken that I would have told you that I was going back on whether or not I should say it. It would have been that I could not have kept from saying it. And if that?s the case, then I can be at peace there.? - Beth

?We have a whole politic that is pro-Christian, that has been separated entirely from what is actually Christlike.? - Beth

?When we are going to do what lifts us up, instead of what puts the cross in our hands to carry, we have upset the entire thing. We traded our prophetic witness for power, we have exploited the scriptures to serve our camp?s interests, we have confused divine favor with being on top. We?ve got an idolatry problem! We?ve got nationalism, we?ve got misogyny...I mean it just goes on and on.? - Beth

?Our mouth cannot overshoot our heart, or our duplicity is going to be exposed.? - Beth?We want to know when we have finished up, all that?s gonna matter when we?re in front of God, is that we did the will of Christ Jesus?that we were courageous in it and bold in it.? - Beth

?I believe that our relief would be in our repentance. Our rest would be in our repentance. And just to be willing to do what it takes to just own up and admit we have moved so far from Christlikeness in the Church. The only reason we?re recognizing this is because of the mercy and grace of God showing us. So why can?t we say, ?Glory hallelujah, we are beginning to see it.?? - Beth

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In this episode of the Be the Bridge podcast, founder Latasha Morrison speaks with TV Producer and ?Mixed Life ATL? podcast host Shannon Doyle Bell, as well as author LeTesha Wheeler, about their experiences as biracial women in America?exploring their personal histories and upbringings, the process of embracing cultural differences in their own families, and what it?s like raising biracial children in a label-driven world.

About Shannon Doyle Bell
Shannon is a creative producer of story-telling and any art form that brings light and inspiration. She had a very loving childhood that was packed full of questions for her black/African-American father and her white/Caucasian mother. This spear-headed her passion for understanding any and everyone?s stories, the sociology of race and ethnic studies, and supporting the hard faith-work of racial reconciliation. Her career in the entertainment industry has taken her to producing television for both reality TV and talk shows. In fact, she and Tarana met over ten years ago while producing together for BET. Shannon has also produced satellite radio shows for Jamie Foxx while working at his production company. She grew up in the midwest by way of Brooklyn, NY, and later lived in Los Angeles, CA, eventually making her way to Atlanta where she lives with her husband, three children, and their goldendoodle. She is the owner of her company, SDB-360, LLC, and piloted the podcast, Mixed Life ATL.

About LeTesha Wheeler
LeTesha Wheeler is a passionate influencer, author, and speaker whose greatest desire is to motivate others to walk in the fullness of their purpose, overcome fear, and stand strong in their faith despite life?s biggest obstacles. LeTesha?s life experiences and family heritage have fueled her voice for reconciliation within her local community and the nation. She has been married to James since 2003 and has two amazing teenage boys. LeTesha enjoys spending quality time cheering on their sons in their various sports, coaching track, serving in various roles in their home church and leading life-changing events.

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In this episode of the Be the Bridge podcast, founder Latasha Morrison talks with minister, writer, speaker, and consultant Dr. Elizabeth Rios. They share an open, honest conversation about racial solidarity within church planting, leadership as a Latina woman, centering marginalized voices in a world of colorism, and envisioning a future where justice is built into churches? DNA.

?Justice is a God idea. It?s not a liberal idea, it?s not a political idea, it?s a God idea.? ?Dr. Rios
?A lot of churches don?t talk about heritage. They basically tell you to leave it at the door because once we?re ?under the blood,? everything goes away. But in reality, once we?re ?under the blood,? our heritage should be even richer! We should celebrate even more.? ?Dr. Rios
?Every community is dealing with colorism, especially brown and Black communities, which is really a product of white supremacy?and we don?t realize that and how we can perpetuate the problem. When we start talking about the basis of racism and disunity, we start looking at this anti-Blackness, because no one wants to be on the bottom. No one wants to appear to be like the group that is being oppressed.? ?Latasha Morrison
?We have to pay close attention to that development of our souls if we want to live out God?s justice in the world. There?s a direct correlation between our relationship with God and our acts of kindness, and our acts of mercy, and compassion, and justice. Even this desire even to have racial solidarity comes from a place of having that understanding of what God wants for all of us.? ?Dr. Rios

About Dr. Elizabeth Rios
Dr. Rios has been in ministry for over 30 years serving in a variety of roles including pastor (Executive Pastor and Co-Pastor). She now is the Founder of The Passion Center that is dedicated to educating people who have a passion for justice, advocacy, and change in the South Florida area. She?s worked most of her life in nonprofits and in higher education. She has also been an entrepreneur and has consulted schools, faith-based organizations, small businesses, and non-profits since 1996. As an Afro-Latina, Puerto Rican American she considers herself to be a writer/activist and advocate for women in ministry, faith-based civic activism, and biblical justice.

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In this episode, Latasha and Jo Saxton talk about barriers to leadership for women of color, the importance of leveraging opportunities for the sake of others, the power of representation, and the restorative benefits of intentional self-care. A Londoner born to Nigerian immigrants, now living in Minnesota, Jo Saxton is an author, speaker, podcast host, and a leadership coach helping women grow in leadership. She has written books on leadership, identity, and legacy, the newest of which is called "Ready to Rise: Own Your Voice, Gather Your Community, and Step Into Your Influence."

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In this episode of the Be the Bridge podcast, Latasha speaks with Andrea Smith, author and co-founder of INCITE! about solidarity among people of color, the consequences of colonialism in limiting our connectedness, the intersections of violence in gender and race, and what it might look like to reimagine a world where all people groups can thrive.

?People of color are not a monolithic group. We are very different with different cultural expressions and different lived experiences.? ?Latasha Morrison
?We?re doing things to hurt each other. And if we recognize that as a starting ground and we make a political commitment to do otherwise, we say ?I?m going to learn how to be different with you, I?m going to start to learn history, I?m going to start to receive critique that I?m hurting you.'? ?Andrea Smith
?We must always be critical of not settling for what seems to be the best we can get, and instead say, ?What?s the best governance system where we can all live that?s not dependent on some peoples? death?'? ?Andrea Smith

About Andrea
Andrea Smith is the coordinator of Evangelicals 4 Justice and board member of the North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies.  She is the co-editor with Mae Cannon of Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice (IVP), and author of Unreconciled: From Racial Reconciliation to Racial Justice in Christian Evangelicalism (Duke), Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide; and editor of The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Nonprofit Industrial Complex. She is the co-founder of Incite: Women of Color Against Violence and the Boarding School Healing Project.

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In this episode of the Be the Bridge podcast, founder Latasha Morrison and public theologian Lisa Sharon Harper discuss the implications of America?s historical narrative gap, Lisa?s journey to discover the stories of her ancestors, and how we can build bridges from our nation?s past to become more present.

?Scripture itself, particularly the biblical concept of shalom, is not about domination but rather about servanthood of the other?service, protection, and cultivation of all.? ?Lisa Sharon Harper
?Race as a construct was created to determine one thing on this land that we call America: Who has the divine call and the capacity to exercise dominion on this land.? ?Lisa Sharon Harper
?In order to understand where we are today, we have to look at where we were yesterday.? ?Latasha Morrison

About Lisa
Lisa Sharon Harper is the founder and president of Freedom Road, a groundbreaking consulting group that crafts experiences that bring common understanding and common commitments that lead to common action toward a more just world. Lisa is a public theologian whose writing, speaking, activism and training has sparked and fed the fires of re-formation in the church from Ferguson and Charlottesville to South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Ireland. Lisa?s book, The Very Good Gospel was named 2016 ?Book of the Year? and the Huffington Post identified Lisa as one of 50 Women Religious Leaders to Celebrate on International Women?s Day.

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In Part 2 of "How It All Began!", Latasha Morrison and Susan Seay talk about the beginning of their BTB and how Susan played a part in its formation. 

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Latasha Morrison and Jennie Allen talk about the beginning of their friendship journey.

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Interview with Don and Susan McLaughlin, and Stephen Maxwell, on Don's book "Love First: Ending Hate before It's Too Late" and how they implement BTB groups at their church. This was a recorded interview from 2018. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Interview with Matthew Horace, author of "The Black and The Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement". This was a recorded interview from 2019. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Latasha Morrison speaks with pastor and author Daniel Hill about his abrupt awakening to whiteness at the age of 24 and the implications of being a white man in America. Latasha and Daniel explore the journey expressed through his book White Awake: An honest look at what it means to be white, which walks readers through seven stages of cultural awakening. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Latasha Morrison, founder of Be the Bridge, interviews activist and author Kathy Khang about practical ways to raise your voice in real life, the difference between disruption and discernment, and troublemaking for the sake of the Gospel. Kathy also explores making authentic justice-minded friends in white evangelical spaces and especially the intersection of race and gender within a ministry vocation.

First published on Facebook Live - August 14, 2018

Resources mentioned:

BOOK: Kathy Khang, Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up

MOVIE: Warner Brothers,  Crazy Rich Asians

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In this episode, Latasha Morrison interviews author Dominique Gilliard about his book Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app