Thank you, Dr. Tisby. I appreciate how steadfast you have been in the midst of the political and spiritual upheaval this country is experiencing. Since the election, to maintain my peace, I have limited my social media engagement, and I have stopped watching the major tv news media. I consider this a time of personal, spiritual reflection, and recalibration. Your voice remains the calm one in the wilderness. I look forward to your footnotes; they lift my spirit and strengthen my resolve to be stronger in the face of adversity in 2025. I also greatly appreciate this loving, insightful community you have formed. Therefore, I pray for you daily as I know it is difficult to deal with your own grief (aren’t we all mourning?) while shepherding others. May God continue to keep you and bless you, and may His grace continue to shine upon you.
This is a little off-topic but I wanted to share in case I can't make it to Office Hours tonight. (I see I'm not the only one in this group with musical activities going on this week!)
What I wanted to share: this past weekend I attended the Pittsburgh Symphony, where the highlight piece was the Requiem of Faure'. But just before it, they performed a piece I'd never heard of, written circa 1995 by Adolphus Hailstork: "Lachrymosa", subtitled "Tears: 1919". It made use of snippets of African-American spirituals to evoke the tragedies of 1919 when Black soldiers started to come home from fighting overseas in World War One. This is a piece of American history I'd never heard about -- and something I think we should all be aware of. I don't need to say how powerful it was to hear the Requiem immediately following.
FWIW our orchestra's music director is Austrian and a devout Roman Catholic -- the orchestra people say he attends Mass daily, even when on tour. His spirituality certainly comes through in the music, and in interviews whenever he talks about interpretation. Just wanted to let you know about one more voice making the story heard.
Could you please speak to how all the discussion around "Identity politics" having a negative effect on the election (Obama discussed identity politics in his Democracy Forum speech this week) effects our anti-racism work going forward.
I would LOVE to participate in Office Hours. Will they always take place on the 2nd Thursday evening? Our group EMBRACING RACE - The Conversation meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7pm.
Thank you. So appreciative of your insights! Yes, community and faith needed to stay committed to dismantling racism and white supremacy.
Would love for you to talk about the complexity of moral dilemmas we may likely face in the coming regime... how do we protect those more vulnerable AND stay true to our own moral and spiritual values? For example, not disclosing people who may be at risk of incarceration/deportation or worse as historians have suggested we may face situations of being asked to tell "authorities".
Thank you, Dr. Tisby. I appreciate how steadfast you have been in the midst of the political and spiritual upheaval this country is experiencing. Since the election, to maintain my peace, I have limited my social media engagement, and I have stopped watching the major tv news media. I consider this a time of personal, spiritual reflection, and recalibration. Your voice remains the calm one in the wilderness. I look forward to your footnotes; they lift my spirit and strengthen my resolve to be stronger in the face of adversity in 2025. I also greatly appreciate this loving, insightful community you have formed. Therefore, I pray for you daily as I know it is difficult to deal with your own grief (aren’t we all mourning?) while shepherding others. May God continue to keep you and bless you, and may His grace continue to shine upon you.
This is a little off-topic but I wanted to share in case I can't make it to Office Hours tonight. (I see I'm not the only one in this group with musical activities going on this week!)
What I wanted to share: this past weekend I attended the Pittsburgh Symphony, where the highlight piece was the Requiem of Faure'. But just before it, they performed a piece I'd never heard of, written circa 1995 by Adolphus Hailstork: "Lachrymosa", subtitled "Tears: 1919". It made use of snippets of African-American spirituals to evoke the tragedies of 1919 when Black soldiers started to come home from fighting overseas in World War One. This is a piece of American history I'd never heard about -- and something I think we should all be aware of. I don't need to say how powerful it was to hear the Requiem immediately following.
FWIW our orchestra's music director is Austrian and a devout Roman Catholic -- the orchestra people say he attends Mass daily, even when on tour. His spirituality certainly comes through in the music, and in interviews whenever he talks about interpretation. Just wanted to let you know about one more voice making the story heard.
What happened to Office Hours in January? I'm a subscriber but did not receive any information
I so wish I could attend office hours tomorrow night! I have a music rehearsal😔. Will catch you on the next one!
Could you please speak to how all the discussion around "Identity politics" having a negative effect on the election (Obama discussed identity politics in his Democracy Forum speech this week) effects our anti-racism work going forward.
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I would LOVE to participate in Office Hours. Will they always take place on the 2nd Thursday evening? Our group EMBRACING RACE - The Conversation meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7pm.
Thank you. So appreciative of your insights! Yes, community and faith needed to stay committed to dismantling racism and white supremacy.
Would love for you to talk about the complexity of moral dilemmas we may likely face in the coming regime... how do we protect those more vulnerable AND stay true to our own moral and spiritual values? For example, not disclosing people who may be at risk of incarceration/deportation or worse as historians have suggested we may face situations of being asked to tell "authorities".
A comment on this “classical Christian education thing