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Aug 20, 2019

Rajeev and Bonnie interview their good friend in this episode, The Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin.  Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin is an Episcopal Priest and gay man serving St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Georgia as Associate for Pastoral Care and Outreach.  He is author of the award-winning book, Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians and Gays in Black Churches.  

The episode begins with Horace Griffin’s story of growing up in the Black Church in the Florida Panhandle where, at a young age, he was called into ministry by his community.  However, within the Black Church, the calling and Horace’s sexuality were in conflict. Horace traces his painful journey of leaving the Black Church and finding a home in the Episcopal Church (the irony is not lost on Horace). The conversation winds through a discussion of Liberation Theology, an update on the progress around inclusion of LGBTQ folks in the Black Church and what it takes to stay in institutional Christianity these days.  Stay tuned until the end to discover one of Horace’s pastimes. (Here’s a hint -- it has something to do with the White House.)

 

Street Team Announcement (00:11)

Conversation with The Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin (03:20)


STREET TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT

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RELEVANT LINKS

From Our Conversation With The Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin


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Intro and Outro music created by Mike Golin.


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