Ruth is joined this week by Rasool Berry, teaching pastor and director of partnerships and content development at Our Daily Bread Ministries. They continue our conversations about tarrying, this time focusing on justice and the transformative nature of tarrying. Rasool shares his journey from a non-church upbringing to embracing faith, how tarrying helps him orient himself to God\u2019s reality, and highlights the deep spiritual lessons learned through practices of waiting and quiet. The conversation underscores the importance of embodying the spirit of justice and the need for contemplative action in today’s disorienting world.<\/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 Rasool Berry <\/strong>(TC19) serves as Teaching Pastor at The Bridge Church in Brooklyn, New York, and is Director of Partnerships & Content Development at Our Daily Bread Ministries. He is the host of the Where Ya From? podcast, is featured in the award winning, Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom documentary directed by Ya\u2019Ke Smith. He is the general editor of the book and video series called, The Whole Man which focuses on spiritual development for African American men. Rasool graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Africana Studies and Sociology. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Tamica, and their daughter.<\/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 SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS<\/a><\/p>\n You can also access podcast on\u00a0Stitcher<\/a>\u00a0and Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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