
The first duty of love is to listen.
-Paul Tillich
CLASSES
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE CLASS

Hosted by the Rose Castle Foundation with Muslims, Christians & Jews from around the world
Second Thursday of each month | 10-11:30 a.m. | Land Building
Led by Ashley Brown, Pastoral Resident
AFRICAN AMERICAN SPITITUALITY

January 8 - February 5, 2023
This class explored African American spirituality from its roots in many diverse Western African societies to its many manifestations in America today. Key questions addressed were: Is there a “Black Church” in America? How did enslaved Africans adopt and adapt Christianity? How have Historically Black Protestant Denominations served both group cohesiveness and societal change? Music was emphasized.
THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION DURING RACIAL CRISIS

Rev. Dr. Thomas W. Currie
September 18, 2022 | Frampton Fellowship Hall
Dr. Currie, father of our own Chris Currie, is Professor of Theology Emeritus from Union Presbyterian Seminary, Charlotte, NC, where he served as Dean from 2001-2014. Prior to that he served pastorates in Brenham, Texas, and Kerrville, Texas.
RESOURCES
BOOKS
- How To Fight Racism – Courageous Christianity and the Journey toward Racial Justice – Jemar Tisby
- I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – Austin Channing Brown
- Waking Up White – Debbie Irving (2017 PC(USA) Co-Moderators’ “Book Club” pick)
- Good White Racist? Confronting Your Role in Racial Injustice – By Kerry Connelly
- Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson
- Dear Church: A Love Letter From a Black Preacher To the Whitest Denomination in the US – Lenny Duncan
PODCASTS
- Brene Brown “Unlocking Us”
- Episode June 10, 2020 with Austin Channing Brown
- Episode June 3, 2020 with Ibram X. Kendi
- On Being
- Episode 843: Resmaa Menakem – “Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence”
- Episode 847: Eula Bliss – “Talking About Whiteness”
- Episode 849: Isabel Wilkerson – “This History is Long; This History is Deep”
- Episode 851: Jason Reynolds – “Fortifying Imagination”
MOVIES
- City of a Million Dreams: Parading for the Dead in New Orleans featuring Dr. Michael White & Deborah “Big Red” Cotton
- Just Mercy
- The Hate You Give
ARTICLES/WEBSITES
- “Why I Stopped Talking About Racial Reconciliation and Started Talking About White Supremacy” By Erna Kim Hackett
- Christian Reformed Church Background and resources on “The Belhar Confession”
- “PC(USA) General Assembly Affirms that Black lives matter; pledges to work against system racism” by Leslie Scanlon, Presbyterian Outlook
- Unbound – An Interactive Journal on Christian Social Justice
- Dismantling Structural Racism – 21 day Racial Justice Challengefrom Presbyterian Mission Agency
- Office of the PC(USA) General Assembly: Stated Clerk Remembers Victims of Racial Violence