{"id":19385,"date":"2025-03-12T03:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T08:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=19385"},"modified":"2025-03-26T12:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:47:06","slug":"season-26-episode-2-minding-the-gap-moving-beyond-dualism-to-oneness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2025\/03\/season-26-episode-2-minding-the-gap-moving-beyond-dualism-to-oneness\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 26: Episode 2 | Minding the Gap: Moving Beyond Dualism to Oneness"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this episode, Ruth and special guest Reverend Dr. Prince Rivers discuss the second chapter of Selina Stone\u2019s book, Tarry Awhile. Prince shares personal stories from his life and ministry. He explores his experience of \u201ctwo-ness\u201d as a child, straddling two different worlds and identities. Prince also sheds light on the profound impact of communal worship, the importance of acknowledging embodied experiences in faith, and how these practices serve as a source of dignity and healing for marginalized communities. The conversation highlights the synergy between pastor, musicians, and congregation in creating transformative worship experiences, emphasizing the importance of being attuned to the Spirit as a part of the practice of tarrying.<\/p>\n

We are journeying through Lent with a podcast season entitled \u201cTarry with Me Awhile: Learnings from the Black Church.\u201d We will use Dr. Selina Stone\u2019s book, Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for People of Faith<\/a>, as a guide. Black spirituality has much to offer us in understanding the practice of tarrying as a Lenten practice. Together we will seek a deeper understanding of waiting on God in the liminal space\u2014where the resurrection feels far off, and our deaths and suffering are present.<\/p>\n

\"ReverendReverend Prince Raney Rivers <\/strong>(TC8) is the Senior Pastor of Union Baptist Church in Durham, NC. Prior to this appointment, he served for twelve years as Senior Pastor of United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. Rev. Rivers received a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Psychology from Morehouse College and a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University Divinity School. He has earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership Studies from North Carolina A&T University. He also completed the Harvard Divinity School Summer Leadership Institute and was a fellow of the Pastor-Theologian Program at Princeton Theological Seminary. Rev. Rivers and his wife, Dr. Monica Corbitt Rivers, have two wonderful children.<\/p>\n

Music this season is provided by Julian Davis Reed<\/strong>. Julian Davis Reid (TC20) is an artist-theologian from Chicago who uses sound and word to offer hope to the searching, presence to the sorrowful, and rest to the weary. A pianist, composer, and producer, his projects featured on this podcast are the two solo piano records Rest Assured<\/em><\/a> (2021)<\/em> and Beside Still Waters<\/em><\/a> (2024) <\/em>and his single Moan (Matthew 2:18) featuring Tramaine Parker, released on Inauguration Day 2025 on the project When Souls Cry Out<\/em><\/a>. Julian steadily releases music under his own name and with his group, The JuJu Exchange. You can learn more about his work at juliandavisreid.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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