With Black History month around the corner, many youth workers are thinking about ways to talk to teenagers about race. This episode of The Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast features two guests who help us think about race from a grace-filled, gospel-centered, Bible-saturated perspective.
Episode Notes
Ben Sciacca, author of the book Meals from Mars: A Parable of Prejudice and Providence, serves as the Director of Leadership Development at Desire Street Ministries.
Sho Baraka, author of He Saw That It Was Good: Reimagining Your Creative Life to Repair a Broken World, wrote the afterword for Meals from Mars. He is a founding member of the 116 Clique and Record Label, as well as a co-founder of the AND Campaign.
Additional Resources:
Use this link to purchase a copy of Meals from Mars at a 35% discount (with passcode ROOTED) – https://www.navpress.com/p/meals-from-mars/9781631465444
He Saw That It Was Good – https://www.amazon.com/Saw-That-Was-Good-Reimagining-ebook/dp/B08FHBS87M
The AND Campaign – https://www.andcampaign.org
Sho’s album The Narrative – https://open.spotify.com/album/5BsScM9mlXSIhGsUwy8Yiv
Rebecca McLaughlin’s books – https://www.rebeccamclaughlin.org/confronting-christianity
Under Our Skin by Benjamin Watson – https://www.amazon.com/Under-Our-Skin-Getting-Frustrations/dp/149641330X
Desire Street Ministries – https://desirestreet.org
Ben Sciacca’s “Dr. Martin Luther King and the Mud in Our Eyes” – https://www.rootedministry.com/blog/dr-martin-luther-king-and-the-mud-in-our-eyes/
Doreena Williamson on the Importance of Celebrating Black History Month (with Non-Black Students) – https://www.rootedministry.com/podcast/rooted-podcast-dorena-williamson-on-the-importance-of-celebrating-black-history-month-with-non-black-students/