Preaching Ash Wednesday: Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-20, and John 1:1-14

In this episode of Prophetic Voices, we’ll be discussing the lectionary for Ash Wednesday. The texts covered in this episode are Isaiah 58:1-12 and Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21. Our amazing guests this week are:  The Rev. Dr. Greg Kimura, vice dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. He holds an MDiv from Harvard and a PhD in philosophy of religion from Cambridge University. He is the immediate past president/CEO of the Japanese American National Museum in LA and author of fiction and non-fiction published in the UK and US, including the forthcoming LIVING SANCTUARY, which describes his sanctuary work with immigrant communities in Southern California.  The esteemed Dr. Sandra Montes, a singer, speaker and writer who loves exploring her Indigenous and Latina roots. She is the dean of chapel at Union Theological Seminary and serves as a member of the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church. She lives in Texas and New York.  Prophetic Voices is hosted by the Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg, The Episcopal Church’s staff officer for Racial Reconciliation. For more information on Becoming Beloved Community, visit iam.ec/becomingbelovedcommunity.