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Hello Friends,
We have begun the season of Lent. The last Gospel reading before Lent is the Transfiguration, when Jesus went up on the mountain to pray and experienced radical change. In Hebrew and my Lakota culture, we think of buttes, mountains, and high places as having special sacredness or of being a place where one can easily encounter the holy.
As Lakota people we go on the hill to hanbleciya or “cry for a vision,” what others call a vision quest and what Indigenous people often refer to as “going on the hill.” It is a time, place, and space where we communicate with the sacred and seek guidance.
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To go on the hill, typically a person works with a spiritual leader who provides direction. When it is time, the person will go up the butte alone for 1-4 days fasting, praying, and singing. Sometimes they are visited by spiritual guides. Sometimes they speak with spirits who bring messages from the Creator. Sometimes they experience silence.
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+ The Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg
Staff Officer for Racial Reconciliation
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Winter Talk 2022: A Chain Linking Two Traditions
Rev. Rodger Patience recaps the 2022 Winter Talk. The two day conference gathered Indigenous people and friends from across The Episcopal Church to share their concerns, discoveries, and stories.
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Agents of Immigration Justice
SJRAISE (San Joaquin Refugee and Immigrant Support and Empowerment) fosters immigrant justice across California’s Central Valley.
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If you'd like to submit an article or reflection, please email reconciliation@episcopalchurch.org
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Prophetic Voices Podcast
Join us this Lent for our fourth season of Prophetic Voices. Across our church and society, we are having profound dialogues about race, truth, justice, and healing. You’ll hear ancient texts interpreted in new ways, find fodder for preaching and teaching, and make present day connections to the prophetic voices of the Bible. Subscribe to Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community on your favorite podcasting app.
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Mainstreaming Asiamericans
In this podcast, we share messages, interviews and stories of faith, struggles and triumphs of Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Arab-Middle Easterners who are clergy and lay leaders of The Episcopal Church. We are moving from the margins into the mainstream of American life and become an integral part of the “loving, liberating, and life-giving” Beloved Community. Subscribe to Mainstreaming Asiamericans on Spotify.
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FROM THE FIELD
Meet and get inspired by some of the Becoming Beloved Community Grant recipients. Also, learn how your group can apply for a “BBC” Grant and help to dismantle racism in yourself, in your church, and in the world.
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BECOMING BELOVED COMMUNITY:
GRANT SPOTLIGHT
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St. John’s Land Acknowledgement Plaque
St. John’s identifies and acknowledges their role in displacing Indigenous peoples in the city of Chicago.
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Responding to COVID wounds in Richfield, Minnesota
St. Nicholas-Richfield finds creative ways to build community and lay foundations for racial healing in the midst of pandemic.
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On Sacred Ground
Andrea Lauerman commerates the legacy of Caroline Russell, a committed believer in Sacred Ground programs and becoming beloved community.
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Andrea Lauerman, St. Paul's parishioner
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- Wednesday, March 9, 12:00PM – 12:45PM (ET) - “The Stories We Tell,” St. Paul’s-Richmond VA. For more information, click here.
- Monday, March 14, 21 and 28, 7:00PM - 8:00PM (ET) - "Dispossessed: Ecowomanist Struggle for Justice & Land", Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing. For more information, click here.
- Saturday, March 26, 9:00AM - 3:30PM (ET) - Indigenous Ministries Conference. For more information, click here.
- Wednesday, March 30, 1:00PM - 3:00PM (ET) - "The Episcopal Church Technology Summit", Office of Black Ministries. For more information and to register, click here.
- Wednesday, March 30-31, 1:00PM - 5:00PM (ET) - "4th Annual Border & Migration Ministry Summit", Episcopal Migration Ministries. For more information, click here.
- Saturday, April 2, 1:00PM - 2:00PM (ET) - Sacred Ground People of Color Facilitators Affinity Group. To register, email Krista Bradley, kristabrad25@gmail.com, or Jo Ann Williams, bjwilli@surewest.net.
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