In this fifth episode of season 6 of Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community, we speak with Episcopalians committed to the Beloved Community about the texts for the Easter Vigil. The texts covered in this episode are Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18, 9:8-13, Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21, Ezekiel 36:24-28, 37:1-14, Canticle 8, and Matthew 28:1-10.

Our guests this week are: 

• The Rev. Valerie Mayo, a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas and director of Beloved Community Initiatives at the Seminary of the Southwest. She is an active member of the Union of Black Episcopalians and continues to share her gifts with The Episcopal Church Sacred Ground team, the Office of African Descent Ministries, and the Church Pension Group CREDO experience. She loves working to build bridges across communities and cultures.
• The prayerful Sister Tammy-Scholastica, a vowed member of the Order of Benedictine Canons in South Dakota. She is a devoted grandmother and enjoys biking and being active in her communities.
• The renowned Tamara Plummer, a cradle Episcopalian from Brooklyn, N.Y.  She serves as program officer in the U.S. Disaster Program at Episcopal Relief & Development, where she leads the Episcopal Asset Map project. Tamara also hosts the podcast Pursuing Call.

Mentioned in this podcast: “This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us” by Cole Arthur Riley

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.