11 in 11 with Bishop Deon K. Johnson

In this episode, Bishop Johnson offers us a reflection on the intersection of Juneteenth and Pride Month. “It is no coincidence that the celebration of Juneteenth and observance of LGBTQIA+ Pride take place in the same month. Juneteenth Freedom Day is about more than just the news of emancipation being proclaimed to those who had been enslaved. It is a clarion call for us to celebrate the many ways we continue to persist even when “hope unborn had died.”

In this episode Bishop Johnson chats with The Rev. Deacon Barbi Click on her work in food justice. Deacon Barbi serves as deacon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Carondelet. She also serves as the Diocesan Missioner for Jubilee Ministries and as the Manager of Trinity Food Ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Louis.

In this episode Bishop Johnson chats with Deborah Nelson Linck, educator and author of the  illustrated biography, Pauli Murray: Shouting for the Rights of All People. Listen as she shares her story of being a lifelong member of the Episcopal Diocese of MO and insight into her journey as a writer.

“What are the ways in my everyday living and moving that I am complicit in the realities of injustice around me?” A pertinent and pressing question offered by our guest, Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union and Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology, Union Theological Seminary. Rev. Dr. Brown-Douglas speaks with Bishop Johnson on the matters of seeking and working towards justice in our communities, and particularly as followers of Jesus.

In this episode Bishop Johnson has a conversation with Bishop Gayle E. Harris, former Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Massachusetts, now serving as Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia.

In this episode Bishop Deon reflects on some of the courageous women of the bible and how their stories can and should inspire us to be the change makers of today.

Celebrating amazing and courageous women of the Episcopal Church. In this episode, Bishop Johnson chats with Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows about some of the great women leaders she is inspired by and her journey as the first African-American woman to be elected bishop of the Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis.

In this episode, Bishop Deon offers a reflection on Absalom Jones, co-founder of the Free African Society and the first Black priest to be ordained in the Episcopal Church of the United States.

In this episode Bishop Deon discusses the importance of Black history and what it means for us to tell and learn the whole story. "None of us can be whole until the whole story is told." - BDKJ

In this episode, Bishop Johnson discusses the many sides of new beginnings and the many ways God is with us through it all.