Beginning Words
Kwasi Thornell
Introduction to Preaching Black Lives (Matter)
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
PART I. Preaching Black Lives Matter
1. Introduction: Is There a Word from the Lord?
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
2. Just a Few Thoughts (Questions, Really) on Race
Paul Roberts Abernathy
3. Christmas: A Season of Peace?
Nathan D. Baxter
4. Demons
Tempie D. Beaman
5. Anniversary of the Arrival of the First Africans in British North America
Walter Brownridge
6. Disturb Us, O Lord
Marlene Eudora Forrest
7. Strategies of Resistance
Wilda C. Gafney
8. Listening for Black Lives: A Sermon to Myself and My White Colleagues
Peter Jarrett-Schell
9. The Pilgrimage
Rebecca S. Myers
10. Which Is It? The Tower of Babel or the New Commandment?
Kevin C. Pinckney
11. Samaritan Sunday
Gene Robinson
12. What Does the Lord Require?
Glenice Robinson-Como
13. The Wall of Whiteness
Cara Rockhill
14. The Absent God
Rob Stephens
Reflection Questions
PART II. Advocating for Black Lives
15. From the Trenches: Advocating for Black Lives (Matter)
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
16. Activists and Churches
Jennifer Amuzie
17. Our Duty to Preach #BlackLivesMatter
Claudia Marion Allen
18. Why Are We So White? Being a Black Bishop in a Diocese That Wants to Dismantle Racism
Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows
19. Real Presence and How it Makes Black Lives Matter (Black LGBTQ)
Antonio J. Baxter
20. Leading as if Black Congregations Matter
Mariann Edgar Budde
21. I’m Searching
Kevin Burdet
22. A Call for the Church to Embrace All, Unconditionally
Nicole D.
23. Multicultural or Multiracial?
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
24. Drinking the Kool-Aid
Morgan G. Harding
25. From the Protest Line: Why Are You There?
James C. Harrington
26. Following Jesus While Black
Vincent Powell Harris
27. Preaching from the Margins
F. Willis Johnson
28. Why Are You Throwing Yourself on This Fire?
Mike Kinman
29. I Am a White Guy
Steve Lawler
30. Church and Trauma
Charles Michael Livingston Jr.
31. Between the Pews
Monai Lowe
32. Welcoming or What?
Sandra T. Montes
33. Acknowledging White Privilege
Deniray Mueller
34. Books and Their Covers
Jamie Samilio
35. From Blackface to Black Panther: The Impact of Pop Culture in the Black Lives Matter Movement
Shayna J. Watson
36. Adventism and White Supremacy
Alissa Williams
Reflection Questions
PART III. Teaching for Black Lives
37. Can I Be Black and Episcopalian?
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
38. Transformative Theological Education When Race Matters: The Work Our Soul Must Do
Kelly Brown Douglas
39. Travel for Black Lives
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
Four Days in Alabama / Staci L. Burkey
A Reflection / Laura Evans
Reflections on Our Pilgrimage to Alabama / Ginny Klein
Reflecting / MaryBeth Ingram
Alabama / Judith Rhedin
Pilgrimage / Ruth McMeekin Skjerseth
A Journey / Carolyne Starek
40. The Pain of Racism
Charles D. Fowler III
41. Black History
Rebecca Steele
42. The Browning of Theological Education
Frank A. Thomas
Reflection Questions
Contributors
