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Intersections with Phil Allen, Jr.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\n \nEpisode: 013 \u201cDisruptive Peacemakers: Setting the Table for \u2018The Talk\u2019\u201d \nAirdate: January 4, 2021\nLength: 1:05:33\nGuests: John Williams\n \nLet\u2019s start the year off with a conversation with John Williams on how we can and must move from conversations to action when it comes to advocating for racial justice and movement towards racial reconciliation. John Williams, who once upon a time practiced law full-time (and still does), was moved over thirty years ago to be fully engaged in the work racial justice and reconciliation. With the heart of Christ, and the wisdom of the Spirit, Mr. Williams walks us through his own journey and how he has come to facilitate spaces for \u201cthe talk.\u201d By \u201cthe talk,\u201d it is meant, the hard and truthful conversation around race.\nHis work as Director of the Center for Racial Reconciliation at Fellowship Monrovia Church in the Pasadena area outside of Los Angeles has impacted countless lives in the church and outside of the church. Considering the times we are in today on the heels of 2020, he calls us to be \u201cdisruptive peacemakers.\u201d Now that\u2019s a mouthful but is worth deeper reflection from us all.\nJoin us in this conversation about race and racism from \u201csundown towns\u201d to the spiritual underpinnings of both racism and the work of reconciliation. You will not be disappointed, but you will be thoroughly informed. What you do with the information and the charge is up to you.\nYou can follow John Williams on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1608560228) or Instagram @profjaydub. \xa0\xa0\n____________\nPhil Allen, Jr. is a Los Angeles-based pastor, social justice activist, filmmaker and author. Allen\u2019s book Open Wounds explores the murder of Nate Allen\u2014Phil Allen\u2019s grandfather\u2014in the Jim Crow era of South Carolina and how that traumatic event resonated through generations of his family. Open Wounds \u2013 which is based on the Allen-produced documentary of the same name \u2013 will be published February 9, 2021. Allen is a Ph.D. student studying Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.