You're invited to join me and some friends!

October is gonna be fun. (Ok maybe not FUN, but al least not boring)

Hello readers,

I wanted to invite you to join me at two amazing events (on-line of course…ugh one day we will be together again!)

First: Evolving Faith

Vision of the Evolving Faith Conference:

We envision a community where the thirsty become water-bearers, the hungry become bread-makers, the wounded are our healers, the misfits become friends, and the wanderers find a home.

The Evolving Faith conference was started several years ago by my dear friends, Rachel Held Evans and Sara Bessey. Just months before Rachel died, she brought another one of our friends, Jeff Chu in as a fellow organizer. I cannot over-state the regard I have for these three people. They are the real thing and I am delighted to be involved in their conference again. So…

On October 2nd and 3rd, 24 amazing people will join Sarah Bessey and Jeff Chu, some in person, some by the miracles of technology. These are extraordinary humans—activists and artists, writers and preachers, theologians and pastors, dreamers and doers. Look them up: Alicia Crosby, Amena Brown, Amy-Jill Levine, Audrey Assad, Barbara Brown Taylor, Carol Gallagher, Chanequa Walker-Barnes, Gail Song Bantum, Jen Hatmaker, Kate Bowler, Kelley Nikondeha, Kenji Kuramitsu, Neichelle Guidry, Nichole Nordeman, Mihee Kim-Kort, Monica Coleman, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Propaganda, Rhina Ramos, Sherrilyn Ifill,  Tanya Marlow, Terry Stokes, and Winnie Varghese and me!

Second: The Ally Tour

My friend Lisa Sharon Harper dreamed up a series of four virtual events in which women discuss race, allies, friendship and truth and we’d love for you to join us! It’s gonna get real.

Four Mondays in October - join us for any or all of them!

Weekly Topics:

TRUTH ON TRIAL 

OCTOBER 5TH, 7:30PM ET- 9PM ET

Lisa, Jen, Brenda, Nadia, Alexia, Kirsten

Amid a political era when the truth is on trial, we must answer two critical questions: Does truth matter? Whose truth? And how do diverse women of faith hold truth within their communities? 

WEDGE ISSUES OR WEDGED WOMEN? 

OCTOBER 12TH, 7:30PM ET- 9PM ET

Lisa, Jen, Brenda, Sarah, Alexia, Kirsten

What is the impact of wedge issues on women’s alliances across racial, ethnic, class, and geographical boundaries? How do we approach these issues, not as red or blue, but as women? 

WHITE POWER VS. WOMEN’S POWER 

OCTOBER 19TH, 7:30PM ET- 9PM ET

Lisa, Jen, Brenda, Sarah, Alexia, Kirsten

What happens when white men’s sensibilities are moved from the center of white women’s political orientation. How does this change the possibilities for an alliance with women of color? 

THE CALL TO RADICAL FRIENDSHIP

OCTOBER 26TH, 7:30PM ET- 9PM ET 

Lisa, Jen, Brenda, Nadia, Alexia, Kirsten

Political alliance is well and good, but does it build a beloved community? Radical friendship, like the friendship of Ruth and Naomi, is what’s required of us on election day, and every day after that? 

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