In this episode of Prophetic Voices, we’ll be discussing the lectionary for Advent 4 (B). The texts covered in this episode are 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, and Luke 1:26-38. Our amazing guests this week are: 

• The Rev. Dr. Erin Kirby, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Marion, N.C. and the mom of an amazing adult daughter. She is a member of the Diocese of Western North Carolina’s Beloved Community and Racial Reconciliation team. Having grown up in the mountains of western North Carolina, she moved back “as close to the land of her heart as she could get” during COVID. In her free time, she and her dog, Buttercup, enjoy a good long hike or just a day splashing around a mountain stream. 
• Dr. David O’Hara, a professor of religion, philosophy, classics, and environmental studies at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, S.D., where he is also the director of environmental studies and sustainability. He studies the diverse relationships between fish and forests, global water systems, and the way our beliefs take concrete form in what we build. He loves sharing books, tea, and the great outdoors with others, and especially with his wife, the Rev. Dr. Christina O’Hara. 
• The Rev. Dr. Michelle Dayton of South Dakota, the superintending presbyter of the nine churches on the Pine Ridge Reservation serving the Oglala Lakota oyate. She is a daughter, wife, and mother of two amazing humans. Michelle loves to listen to the stories of God’s beloveds and is passionate about being a story keeper and spiritual director. She is learning to bead and planted her first vegetable garden this year! 

Prophetic Voices is hosted by the Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg, The Episcopal Church’s staff officer for Racial Reconciliation. For more information on Becoming Beloved Community, visit iam.ec/becomingbelovedcommunity.