Two Good Spies

Rev. Amuary Tañón-Santos is Synod Networker for the Synod of the Northeast (PCUSA). He joins Landon and Brian to discuss the antifascist, anti-racist confessional heritage of the PCUSA, and to share "A Confession for Such A Time As This," a product of the Synod's Young Ministry Leaders cohort. "A Confession..." is a vital contemporary statement addressing and condemning (among other ills) racism, white supremacy, and anti-fascism. Find a video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/P1DrFPnroVo "A Confession for Such A Time As This": https://www.synodne.org/blog/2018/9/21/a-confession-for-such-a-time-as-this "The Sarasota Statement": https://nextchurch.net/the-sarasota-statement/ PCUSA Book of Confessions: http://oga.pcusa.org/section/mid-council-ministries/constitutional-services/constitution/ Meditations of the Heart by Howard Thurman: https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Heart-Howard-Thurman/dp/0807010235

Rev. Jamie Butcher is Associate Pastor for Discipleship and Formation at First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA. A leader of small groups ministry, she joins Landon and Brian to share how she and her colleagues have been leading during the pandemic and preparing for an eventual return. Find a video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YFp3kAtjaQc

Rev. Aisha Brooks-Lytle is the Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta (PCUSA). she joins Landon and Brian to talk about the ways she and the congregations she serves are thinking through "re-opening to re-imagining" in the midst of a pandemic, as well as how to keep oneself grounded and centered in order to do the work. Presbytery of Greater Atlanta "Reopening to Reimagining Letter": https://myemail.constantcontact.com/COVID-19--Letter---Reopening-to-Reimagining-Task-Force.html?soid=1011272361012&aid=hH6lDPiZQk8 Find a video version on Youtube: https://youtu.be/SNj6jvxvWd4

Rev. Nicole Partin Abdnour was ordained one year to the day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orlean, LA. She joins Landon and Brian to talk about what it takes to pastor in the midst of community wide trauma.