Truth's Table

It wouldn’t be a Truth’s Table season without a BlackGirlMagic Interview! We are honored to have Christina Faith at the table as our August Black Girl Magic guest. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Learn more about Christina Faith: Christina was born in Atlantic City, NJ and creatively made in Philadelphia, PA, Christina Faith is a director, writer and producer with a passion for bold, original storytelling in all genres. After securing her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and African American Studies from Rutgers University, Faith furthered her education by pursuing a Masters of Divinity from Eastern University. Prepared to use her degrees to help better the world around us with a career in social work, Faith’s undeniable love for storytelling and cinema led her to change paths to filmmaking. Decision made, Faith committed completely to learning how to tell stories with power and purpose in all forms of visual media. She likes to say (partially in jest): “As a filmmaker, I’m 100% s

In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are back at the table to talk about their new daily podcast, “Get in The Word with Truth’s Table” created in partnership with IVP. For just 15-20 minutes a day, you can listen to Christina and Ekemini narrate the whole Bible in a year Scripture and offer thoughtful prayers.Get ready to hear them divulge how this podcast came about, why it was important, and the hard yet loving labor it takes to create a daily podcast of this caliber. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Make sure you subscribe, listen, and review our new podcast, Get in The Word With Truth’s Table: https://open.spotify.com/show/4xGUOttAsgTJEo2HVwKPVC?si=527b07ee11864953 Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ Truth’s Table Listeners can purchase the Christian Standard Bible: https://csbible.com/ Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Trut

In this special episode of Truth’s Table, Ekemini sits down at the table with Nelba Marquez-Greene, the mother of Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, who was killed in the Sandy Hook school massacre. Truth’s Table is honored to have Nelba at the table to talk about her beloved daughter, Ana Grace, ongoing grief, and political action needed to keep our children safe. Pull up a chair, grab some tissue, and have a seat at the table with us. Learn more about Nelba Marquez-Greene: Nelba holds a Bachelor of Music from the Hartt School and a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from St. Joseph College. Nelba taught and supervised at the Family Therapy program at the University of Winnipeg’s Aurora Family Therapy Centre and later worked as the Coordinator for Klingberg Family Therapy Center’s outpatient child and adolescent psychiatric clinic. She also served as adjunct faculty at Central Connecticut State University. Nelba founded the CTAMFT (Connecticut Association for Marriage and Family Therapy) Diversity Commi

Y’all, we have come to the conclusion of our State of The Black Church series. Did not our hearts burn within us? Ours did! But before we conclude, we thought it necessary to invite Dr. Erika Gault to the table to close out this series by talking to us about the Black church in the digital space. Ekemini is sitting at the table with Dr. Gault to discuss her book, Networking the Black Church: Digital Black Christians and Hip Hop. Her research captures the dynamics of the digital religious lives of Black millennials on social media. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Learn more about Dr. Erika Gault: Dr. Gault – a scholar of Black religion and culture – is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Program at the University of Arizona Dr. Gault graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a doctorate in American Studies. Dr. Gault’s scholarly work demonstrates a sustained focus on the impact and outcomes of religion and technology in Black life. Her work focuses on the u

In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table with a panel full of dynamic pastors: Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hale, Rev. Dr. Frank A. Thomas, Rev. Dr. Danielle Brown, & Rev. Dr. CJ Rhodes. All four of these skilled pastor-scholars bring great insight, experience, and wisdom to bear on the subject of Black preaching. As they discuss the gospel, the content of preaching, the cost of preaching, the humanity of the preacher and much more. Learn more about each of our guests below: Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Hale is the founding and Senior Pastor of the Ray of Hope Christian Church in Decatur, Georgia. Dr. Hale has been in ministry for 43 years. Read more about Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Hale here. Rev. Dr. Frank A. Thomas, PhD, currently serves as the Nettie Sweeney and Hugh Th. Miller Professor of Homiletics and Director of the Academy of Preaching and Celebration at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Indiana. Read more about Rev. Dr. Frank A. Thomas, PhD here. Rev. Dr. Danielle L. Brown was elected the

In this episode of Truth’s Table, Ekemini and Christina are joined by Rev. Dr. Neichelle Guidry and Dr. Kenyatta Gilbert to discuss preaching in the Black church. The art of Black preaching and the interior life of the preacher are discussed in this episode. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Learn more about our guests: Rev. Dr. Neichelle R. Guidry currently serves as the Dean of the Chapel and the Director of the WISDOM Center at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a spiritual daughter of New Creation Christian Fellowship of San Antonio, Texas, where the Bishop David Michael Copeland and the Rev. Dr. Claudette Anderson Copeland are her pastors and where she was ordained to ministry in 2010. She is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University (2007, BA, Lambda Pi Eta) and Yale Divinity School (2010, M.Div.), where she was the 2010 recipient of the Walcott Prize for Clear and Effective Public and Pulpit Speaking, and the 2019 recipient of the William Sloane Coffee Alumni Award for Peac

The State of The Black Church Series is back! Ekemini and Christina are sitting at the table with the leaders of the current Black apologetics movement, Lisa V. Fields and Clare Williams. This conversation is multifaceted and spans the Black diaspora. You don’t want to miss this one, so pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us. Learn more about our guests: Lisa V. Fields is the founder and President of the Jude 3 Project, a Christian apologetics organization dedicated to helping the black community know what they believe and why. She has spoken at evangelism, apologetic and biblical literacy events at various universities and churches across the country. She has a passion for teaching the Word of God. She believes it's important for Christians to engage the culture and represent a biblical worldview. Above all, Lisa hopes to be marked by her love for God and people, because in her mind that is the only thing that really matters. Clare Williams is the founder of Get Real, a Christian apolog

In this special episode, Ekemini is joined by global superstar and Yemi Alade. With four albums, one EP and many smash hits such as Johnny, Ferrari, NaGode and Bum Bum under her belt, Yemi Alade is the #1 Afropop female artist on the African continent. Nigerian afropop/R&B artiste, singer/songwriter, composer, actress and entertainer, she is popularly referred to as the “Ghen ghen babe” and “the Yoruba-Ibo girl” by virtue of her electrifying stage-craft, music, edgy and un-matched style, evolving African style and her bi-tribal descent. She is a BET Awards 2015 and 2016 nominee for Best International Act Africa, a two-times nominee MOBO Awards for Best International Act 2014 and 2015, Winner MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) for Best Female 2015 and 2016. She has received several awards and nominations, including MTV African Music, African Music Video awards, City people Entertainment, MOBO, YEM and Eloy awards. Yemi Alade is also the first African female afropop artist to hit over 100 million views on Y

In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table! Christina is asking Ekemini about her final chapter, “Diaspora Dreams: Blackness as The Image of God” and the concluding chapter of our book, “Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Ekemini talks about the importance of Pan-Africanism, why this chapter holds so much significance to her and the process of writing about blackness and the image of God. Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ Truth’s Table listeners can join the #DebtFreeDegree Patreon Community at either level, send me a message in Patreon to Dr. Roz, mention Truth's Table, and receive a refund half of your first month's membership fee www.Patreon.com/DebtFreeDegree Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/truthstable

In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina are together at the table for the LAST time as a trio. This episode is Michelle’s final time on Truth’s Table. Listen closely, as Christina and Ekemini discuss Michelle’s final book chapter, “The Keys to The Kingdom of God” in our book Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Pull up a chair at the table as Michelle talks about the motivation behind this book chapter and more. Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ Truth’s Table listeners can join the #DebtFreeDegree Patreon Community at either level, send me a message in Patreon to Dr. Roz, mention Truth's Table, and receive a refund half of your first month's membership fee www.Patreon.com/DebtFreeDegree Truth’s Table Listeners can purchase The Enneagram For Black Liberation by Chi Chi Agorom wherever books are sold: https://www.target.com/p/th

In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table! Ekemini interviews Christina about her book chaper, “Reborn to Resist” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Christina explains the motivation behind this chapter and why it’s important to fight systemic sins as well as personal sins. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ Truth’s Table listeners can join the #DebtFreeDegree Patreon Community at either level, send me a message in Patreon to Dr. Roz, mention Truth's Table, and receive a refund half of your first month's membership fee www.Patreon.com/DebtFreeDegree Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/truthstable

In this episode, Ekemini and Michelle are at the table! Ekemini interviews Michelle about her chapter, “Love & Justice: Multiethnic Worship” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ Truth’s Table listeners can join the #DebtFreeDegree Patreon Community at either level, send me a message in Patreon to Dr. Roz, mention Truth's Table, and receive a refund half of your first month's membership fee www.Patreon.com/DebtFreeDegree Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/truthstable

In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table! Ekemini interviews Christina about her chapter, “Disciplining the Church” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. They talk about what it means to hold the church accountable from the bottom up and they break down church discipline. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ Truth’s Table Listeners can submit an inquiry about Jubilee Financial Services’ affordable life insurance options at https://jubileefinancialgroup.com/ Link to purchase the Christian Standard Bible: https://csbible.com/ Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/truthstable

In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table! Ekemini interviews Christina about her chapter, “I's Married Now! Christian Marriage For Grown Black Women,” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Christina talks about why she decided to write about Black marriage via her marriage and what it means for a Black man and a Black woman to love each other when racism threatens to keep the two apart. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ Truth’s Table Listeners can submit an inquiry about Jubilee Financial Services’ affordable life insurance options at https://jubileefinancialgroup.com/ Purchase Rising Troublemaker: A Fear-Fighter Manual for Teens by Luvvie Ajayi Jones: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704765/rising-troublemaker-by-luvvie-ajayi-jones/ Support Truth’s Ta

In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina are at the table! Ekemini and Christina interview Michelle about her chapter, “Divorce: From Chaos to Care” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Michelle shares why she decided to write this deeply personal chapter eventhough she had never spoken publicly about it on Truth’s Table. She talks about how much she decided to share and why it was important for her to write about divorce. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ Truth’s Table Listeners can submit an inquiry about Jubilee Financial Services’ affordable life insurance options at https://jubileefinancialgroup.com/ Link to purchase the Christian Standard Bible: https://csbible.com/ Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me

In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina are at the table! Michelle and Christina interview Ekemini about her chapter, “Hidden in Plain Sight: A Single Black Woman’s Manifesto” in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Ekemini shares what it took for her to write this chapter, how much she decided to share, and why she felt it was important to write about this personal subject. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ Purchase The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/535798/the-world-belonged-to-us-by-jacqueline-woodson-illustrated-by-leo-espinosa/ Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/truthstable

In this episode Ekemini and Michelle interview Christina about her chapter on forgiveness in our book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. Christina discusses her motivation for writing about forgiveness and the process of writing about such difficult subject. Buy our book, pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TL6A7YZYH6ER&keywords=truth%27s+table+black+women%27s+musings+on+life%2C+love%2C+and+liberation&qid=1651247741&sprefix=truth%27s+%2Caps%2C445&sr=8-1 Truth’s Table Discount for Josey Johnson’s Hair and The Holy Spirit by Esau McCaulley : Save 30% off when you order at https://www.ivpress.com/josey-johnson-s-hair-and-the-holy-spirit using promo code TRUTH22. Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me

In this episode, Michelle sits down at the table to talk to Ekemini about her book chapter, Decolonized Discipleship in our book, “Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation.” Why did she choose to write this chapter? Are decolonization and deconstruction the same thing? And many more questions. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table. Purchase our new book! Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Table-Womens-Musings-Liberation/dp/0593239733/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TL6A7YZYH6ER&keywords=truth%27s+table+black+women%27s+musings+on+life%2C+love%2C+and+liberation&qid=1651247741&sprefix=truth%27s+%2Caps%2C445&sr=8-1 Truth’s Table Listeners can submit an inquiry about Jubilee Financial Services’ affordable life insurance options at https://jubileefinancialgroup.com/ Link to purchase the Christian Standard Bible: https://csbible.com/ Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https:/

This is a special episode, as you will hear Michelle share her thoughts about her book chapter, Protest as Spiritual Practice in a monologue. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table. Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation will be in stores on April 26, 2022, so preorder your copy today: https://bookshop.org/books/truth-s-table-black-women-s-musings-on-life-love-and-liberation/9780593239735 Truth’s Table Listeners can purchase The Enneagram For Black Liberation by Chi Chi Agorom wherever books are sold: https://www.target.com/p/the-enneagram-for-black-liberation-by-chichi-agorom-hardcover/-/A-84910704 Truth’s Table listeners can submit an inquiry about Jubilee Financial Services’ affordable life insurance options at https://jubileefinancialgroup.com/ Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/truthstable

In this episode, Michelle and Christina are interviewing Ekemini about her book chapter on colorism in Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. They ask her about the process of writing it, what were the challenges, and why this subject and more. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table. Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation will be in stores on April 26, 2022, so preorder your copy today: https://bookshop.org/books/truth-s-table-black-women-s-musings-on-life-love-and-liberation/9780593239735 Truth’s Table Listeners can purchase Show The World by Angela Dalton wherever books are sold! Truth’s Table Listeners can submit an inquiry about Jubilee Financial Services’ affordable life insurance options at https://jubileefinancialgroup.com/ Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/truthstable