Spring 2021 Book Roundtable

THE SPRING 2021 BOOK ROUNDTABLE

DCBC invites you to join us via Zoom, April 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., as we kick off our Spring 2021 Book Roundtable. Each month for the next three months, we will explore some of today’s challenging issues through the lens of one of three publications. The discussion will begin with a brief presentation by the author of that month’s featured publication and will be facilitated by Rev. Dr. Trisha Miller Manarin.

First up is #In This Together: Ministry in Times of Crisis, edited by Mr. Curtis Ramsey-Lucas, editor and author of The Christian Citizen and The Christian Citizen Weekly e-newsletter.

In this book, Ramsey-Lucas has compiled content from clergy and other leaders on the frontlines of spiritual care and social advocacy to help us navigate in a world still reeling from the pandemic and in a nation confronting the persistence of racism and systemic injustice. Contributors respond to questions about what we are learning during these crises — about God, our nation and world, ourselves; about being the church and being neighbors. The messages are richly diverse and compellingly relevant, offering biblical insights and prophetic exhortation as well as creative ministry ideas and reminders about self-care. It is an invaluable handbook for surviving the current crises and uncertain future with compassion, hope and resilience.

Next up, on May 11, is Meant for Good, written by Rev. Dr. Debora Jackson, former Director of Lifelong Learning at Yale Divinity School and former Executive Director of the Ministers Council, ABCUSA, and Dean of the Robert A. Foisie School of Business at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, who will give a presentation followed by a discussion on the fundamentals of womanist leadership. And, on June 8, rounding out this slate of discussions is Let the Oppressed Go Free: Exploring Theologies of Liberation by Rev. Dr. Marvin A. McMickle, current interim pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, andpast president of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, New York.

Discounted copies of these publications can be obtained from Judson Press at www.judsonpress.com.

Above left: Curtis RamseyLucas, author of #In This Together: Ministry in Times of Crisis. Above right: Rev. Dr. Debora Jackson, author of Meant for Good: Fundamentals of Womanist Leadership. At left, Rev. Dr. Marvin A. McMickle, author of Let the Oppressed Go Free: Exploring Theologies of Liberation.