I Am Not My Ancestors with Rob Lee

Rob Lee is pastor of Unifour Church in Newton, NC and a public theologian. His first book was Stained-Glass Millennials (Helwys, 2017) and his second book addresses the need for a reorganizing and reckoning with faith communities and race relation, A Sin by Any Other Name (Convergent, 2019) is on shelves now. Lee is an accomplished preacher having preached around the world in such pulpits as the American Cathedral in Paris, the Historic Ebenezer Church, and Harvard’s Memorial Church.

The best way to keep up with Rob is on Twitter.

Episode Questions:

• What biases or histories do you struggle with being a part of your heritage or lineage?

• What in your family history are you working to address or heal within yourself so it is not passed on to future generations?

• What is the impact and significance of leaving monuments to white supremacy and the confederacy in public spaces?

• What does faith reclamation look like for you in the face of faith being weaponized and used for harm?

• Are better theologies enough to create the world in which all are truly free or do we need other tools and resources? What might those tools or resources be?

• How are you working to acknowledge and address the guilt you deal with because of your privilege?

• How are you working to address ans acknowledge the grief you deal with because of your marginalization?

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