Mar 12 2018 31 mins
Lisa Sharon Harper confirms here that one reason President Obama was able to create the DACA program was because of a broad coalition of evangelical Christians advocating for major immigration reform?
From Ferguson to New York to Germany and South Africa, Lisa leads trainings and helps mobilize clergy and community leaders around shared values for the common good. A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Lisa is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by convening forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment, and common action toward a just world.
In 2015 The Huffington Post recognized her as one of “50 Powerful Women Religious Leaders to Celebrate on International Women’s Day.” Most recently, Relevant Magazine recognized The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong can be Made Right as one of “Six Books that Will Change the Way You See the World” and Lisa as one of “Seven Leaders to Follow in 2017.”
In the ordination process with the Evangelical Covenant Church, Lisa is the author of several books. We have linked to four titles below and included a video about The Very Good Gospel.
As we interview and publish this episode I (Jay McNeal) am in the midst of getting to experience Lisa's leadership firsthand as she is facilitating a great conversational work in Richmond, VA over the course of many months. If you move quickly enough, you too can come aboard. There will be two more three-day opportunities, the next is March 20, 2018.
Lastly, we reopen this interview after our initial sign-off, so be sure to hear the most urgent part of the interview after our usual ending.
LINKS:
Sponsor: United Faith Leaders
Lisa at FreedomRoad.us
Lisa at Sojourners
Lisa on Facebook
March 20, 2018 in Richmond with Lisa
The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong can be Made Right
Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith