We surveyed Black practitioners in our association and created this page with some of their favorite worship songs, books, artists, businesses & resources. May it be an encouragement to you as we celebrate #BlackVoices – today and everyday. Keep coming back as this page will update often!
Watch our Black Family Talk Here:
Black History Month Playlist
Favorite Book by a Black Author
- The Fire Next Time – James Baldwin
- The Color Purple – Alice Walker
- Between the World & Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Roadmap to Reconciliation – Brenda Salter McNeil
- Post Traumatic Slave-Syndrome – Dr. Joy DeGruy
- Sacred Rest – Sandra Dalton-Smith
- The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson
- The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
- Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Deacon King Kong – James McBride
- Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
- Color of Compromise – Jemar Tisby
BHM recommendations by Dominique Gilliard
- How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
- Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilege by Dominique DuBois Gilliard
- If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I?: Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority by Angela Parker
- After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging (Theological Education between the Times) by Willie James Jennings
- The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together Heather C. McGhee
- Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle Danté Stewart
- In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit Yolanda Pierce
- God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God’s Unexpected Coming by Drew Jackson
- A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church by Wilda Gafney
- Who Will Be A Witness: Igniting Activism for God’s Justice, Love, and Deliverance by Drew G. I. Hart
Favorite Black Painter/Artist
Favorite Black-owned business in your Community
- Brown Sugar Bakery – IL
- The Firehouse Catering – IL
- Wah Gwan – MO
- Radiant Delights (@radiantdelights)-NC
- Just Q’in – OH
- Black Box Fix – OH
- Esther’s Soul Food + Kitchen – SC
- Jackie’s Dream – TN
- Eggxactly Breakfasts Restaurant – TN
- Girl Talk – TN
- Mango Mangeaux: A Simply Panache Bistro – VA
- 521 Biscuits & Waffles – VA
- The Othello Pharmacy – WA
- Serious Question Tho podcast
- Love Petals + Prayers
Dive Deeper into CCD by learning from our amazing practitioners!
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How your Church can help end mass incarceration$15.00 -
Black Family Talk$0.00 -
How to Repair what Race Broke Webinar with Lisa Sharon Harper$0.00 -
Author Meetup: Rethinking Incarceration with Dominique Gilliard$5.00 -
Author Meetup: When We Stand with Terence Lester$5.00 -
Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilege$10.00 -
Unleavened Bread: Reimagining theological faithfulness in the aftermath of deconstruction and the unveiling of whiteness$10.00 -
Theater, Transformation, and Theology: The Story of the 1619 Musical$10.00 -
The Redemptive Poverty Worker: Commitments and Core Practices$10.00 -
Talking about Race with Young People$10.00 -
Reimagining Your Relationship With Christ and the Church$10.00 -
Reimagine: Living UNDIVIDED for Racial Healing, Solidarity & Justice$10.00 -
REIMAGINE YOUR RURAL NONPROFIT: TRANSFORM A SURVIVING SEASON INTO YOUR THRIVING SEASON$10.00 -
Reimagine achieving Racial Equity in Child Welfare$10.00 -
Not Forsaken: helping young, black men to reimagine their lives$10.00
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