Where is the Justice? Questions in following the Black Church

Man-oh-Man! It’s been a journey getting back into the swing of things…

The last episode of Blacks with Power came out in May of 2018. It’s been OVER TWO years…

I’ve forgotten a lot…how to set up all my equipment. How to record properly. How to post episodes…

If podcasting is like riding a bike, I’ve fallen all over myself and skinned my knees! But, I’m back!!! LOL

I couldn’t NOT have something to say in these times. When Black Lives are being turned upside down, Choked out…shot dead in our sleep…or just waking from sleep.

While the streets are streaming with people looking for Justice…

Willing to disturb the peace.

I had to do what I do. I wanted to do what I do.

I missed you…

I felt as though I had nothing to offer. So I went off into the hills…damn near literally. Started growing a garden. Became a hermit of sorts.

I’ve been on “stay at home” orders for the past few years.

Yet, we need to have some conversations my sisters…my brothers…

We need to ask some foundational questions. We need to examine our path and the way forward, as we enter the New Era of Lynchings.

And those questions should all be directed at the Black Church…

On the night before he was betrayed, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. looked out on the crowd assembled and declared, “I may not get there with you…but we as a people will get to the Promised Land!”

And Black Leadership – mostly comprised of the Black Church leadership – took up the mantle in Dr. King’s wake and told us to follow them to the Beloved Community that King had envisioned for us and gave his life that we might enter.

That Beloved Community was a place where Justice rolls on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream…

So…where is the Justice?

That’s the question Pastor Jimmie Staten of Ft. Lauderdale, FL wants to ask.

And that’s what we unpack in this episode…

Now…I said I am beyond rusty! And I meant that…

So, I tried to add my headphones mid-episode as my ear-wig died. But changing to earphones killed my audio. So, the episode “ends” kind of abruptly. I’ve diced up a few clips to post on YouTube if you like the main conversation. Check them out on JahBread TV (click here), and let me know what you think through the comments section. Those questions raised that you’d like to see explored more deeply, we can come back and do another episode.

And, I pledge to get better at this…