Truth's Table

<b>FINALIST FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD &#149; A collection of essays and stories documenting the lived theology and spirituality we need to hear in order to lean into a more freeing loving and liberating faith&#151;from the hosts of the beloved <i>Truth&#146;s Table</i> podcast<br><br>&#147;The liberating work of <i>Truth&#146;s Table</i> creates breathing room to finally have those conversations we&#146;ve been needing to have.&#148;&#151;Morgan Harper Nichols artist and poet<br></b> <br>Once upon a time an activist a theologian and a psychologist walked into a group chat. Everything was laid out on the table: Dating. Politics. The Black church. Pop culture. Soon other Black women began pulling up chairs to gather round. And so the <i>Truth&#146;s Table</i> podcast was born.<br><br>In their literary debut co-hosts Christina Edmondson Michelle Higgins and Ekemini Uwan offer stories by Black women and for Black women examining theology politics race culture and gender matters through a Christian lens. For anyone seeking to explore the spiritual dimensions of hot-button issues within the church or anyone thirsty to deepen their faith <i>Truth&#146;s Table</i> provides exactly the survival guide we need including:<br>&#160;<br>&#149; Michelle Higgins&#146;s unforgettable treatise revealing the way &#147;racial reconciliation&#148; is a spiritually bankrupt empty promise that can often drain us of the ability to do real justice work<br>&#149; Ekemini Uwan&#146;s exploration of Blackness as the image of God in the past present and future<br>&#149; Christina Edmondson&#146;s reimagination of what a more just and liberating form of church discipline might look like&#151;one that acknowledges and speaks to the trauma in the room<br>&#160;<br>These essays deliver a compelling theological re-education and pair the spiritual formation and political education necessary for Black women of faith.