Five years ago, I came into therapy thinking it would be a fleeting exercise in recounting my traumatic childhood and the resulting issues we still navigate today. It became much more, a core ritual to my existence, as I uncovered and reset the unconscious patterns of all the facets of my life. In this episode, I bring you into a routine appointment as I discuss the realities of supporting my family while making more room for me.

Five years ago, I came into therapy thinking it would be a fleeting exercise in recounting my traumatic childhood and the resulting issues we still navigate today. It became much more, a core ritual to my existence, as I uncovered and reset the unconscious patterns of all the facets of my life. In this episode, I bring you into a routine appointment as I discuss the realities of supporting my family while making more room for me.

Welcome to The Promised Land - A podcast where we take you on a journey to meet the people on the periphery of society creating the world as it should be.

We’ll begin re-sowing the connections that we’ve started losing, making what now feels like the wildly disparate--the white opioid crisis and the black crack epidemic; the notion of one God, made partisan; men confronting and healing their interior #MeToo stories--and bringing us back to a singular land where all our stories can co-exist alongside one another. 

The Promised Land was designed to spark our imaginations to design a radically different future and place that centers on the assets of Black and Brown culture and identity. We’re not a podcast or even a conversation; we’re a destination.

Welcome to The Promised Land - A podcast where we take you on a journey to meet the people on the periphery of society creating the world as it should be.
We&rsquo;ll begin re-sowing the connections that we&rsquo;ve started losing, making what now feels like the wildly disparate--the white opioid crisis and the black crack epidemic; the notion of one God, made partisan; men confronting and healing their interior #MeToo stories--and bringing us back to a singular land where all our stories can co-exist alongside one another.&nbsp;
The Promised Land was designed to spark our imaginations to design a radically different future and place that centers on the assets of Black and Brown culture and identity. We&rsquo;re not a podcast or even a conversation; we&rsquo;re a destination.

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The Fight for Me Part 1

Despite living in an era of unparalleled connectivity, we’re arguably more disconnected than ever. Some of the very means of keeping us together—traditional ones such as churches, neighborhoods, schools, and television, and emerging ones like social media, apps, and the gig economy—have served to expose how far apart we are becoming, and in some situations, have always been. The differences we’re seeing in gender, political views, racial identities, sexuality, and sometimes all of these at once, have drawn battle lines. As a result, we need not only new conversations but an entirely new destination. If we continue in this fashion, we might find ourselves in such a societal moral drift that we’ll never recover.

 

With “The Promised Land” we’ll begin re-sowing the connections that we’ve started to lose. We’ll take what now feels wildly disparate—the white opioid crisis and the black crack epidemic; the notion of one God, made partisan; men confronting and healing their internal #Metoo stories—and bringing us back to one nation where all our stories can reunite. We’re not just a podcast or a conversation; we’re a destination.

Despite living in an era of unparalleled connectivity, we&rsquo;re arguably more disconnected than ever. Some of the very means of keeping us together&mdash;traditional ones such as churches, neighborhoods, schools, and television, and emerging ones like social media, apps, and the gig economy&mdash;have served to expose how far apart we are becoming, and in some situations, have always been. The differences we&rsquo;re seeing in gender, political views, racial identities, sexuality, and sometimes all of these at once, have drawn battle lines. As a result, we need not only new conversations but an entirely new destination. If we continue in this fashion, we might find ourselves in such a societal moral drift that we&rsquo;ll never recover.
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With &ldquo;The Promised Land&rdquo; we&rsquo;ll begin re-sowing the connections that we&rsquo;ve started to lose. We&rsquo;ll take what now feels wildly disparate&mdash;the white opioid crisis and the black crack epidemic; the notion of one God, made partisan; men confronting and healing their internal #Metoo stories&mdash;and bringing us back to one nation where all our stories can reunite. We&rsquo;re not just a podcast or a conversation; we&rsquo;re a destination.

Welcome to The Promised Land

Set in Chicago, this episode follows an ardent believer attending a prominent bible college and evangelizing to lost souls on the south side of Chicago, when his faith begins to unravel.  Torn between his deep conservative theology forged at age 13, and a new awakening to more inclusive worldview, Brandon has to make a decision to remain in seminary or break away from the church to adopt a more radical view of Christianity. 

Set in Chicago, this episode follows an ardent believer attending a prominent bible college and evangelizing to lost souls on the south side of Chicago, when his faith begins to unravel. &nbsp;Torn between his deep conservative theology forged at age 13, and a new awakening to more inclusive worldview, Brandon has to make a decision to remain in seminary or break away from the church to adopt a more radical view of Christianity.&nbsp;

God is Republican Part 1

The bible was created by men for men, positioning the role of women in the gospel secondary throughout scripture. In the culminating episode in this series, we depict God as a Black woman made in the image of her creator. Our guest, Rev Yolanda Norton tells us the unfiltered truth about who exactly God is, overcoming the political jockeying to bring God to our side. This is one God, one fight, and one salvation, and she shows us all how to move in that holy direction.

The bible was created by men for men, positioning the role of women in the gospel secondary throughout scripture. In the culminating episode in this series, we depict God as a Black woman made in the image of her creator. Our guest, Rev Yolanda Norton tells us the unfiltered truth about who exactly God is, overcoming the political jockeying to bring God to our side. This is one God, one fight, and one salvation, and she shows us all how to move in that holy direction.

The Fight for Me Part 1

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