38. Sowing the Seeds of Shalom (with Afrika Afeni Mills)

Educator, pastor, spiritual director, and author Afrika Afeni Mills joins me to talk about her upcoming book Sowing the Seeds of Shalom.

Afrika is the author of Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students, and her TED-Ed talk Four Ways to Have Healthy Conversations About Race has reached hundreds of thousands of viewers. Her widely shared essay, A Letter to White Teachers of My Black Children, continues to inspire and challenge educators around the world.

Afrika’s ministry and writing invite us into healing and flourishing through the way of Jesus and the practice of shalom. We explore how racial healing and spiritual formation belong together, and what it looks like to live into wholeness, reconciliation, and flourishing in our everyday lives.

Connect with Afrika:

• Website: afrikaafenimills.com
• Missio Alliance: An Invitation to Racial Healing as Spiritual Formation
• TED-Ed Talk: Four Ways to Have Healthy Conversations About Race
• Book: Open Windows, Open Minds
• Substack: Shalom Seeds

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Chapter Markers — Ep38: Sowing the Seeds of Shalom (with Afrika Afeni Mills)
Total length: ~1:02:07

• 00:00:00 — Welcome & Introduction
• 00:04:35 — Afrika’s Story and Early Inspirations
• 00:12:42 — Defining Shalom: More Than Just Peace
• 00:21:18 — Education, Justice, and Planting Seeds of Change
• 00:34:05 — The Power of Community and Collective Work
• 00:46:11 — Challenges Along the Way: Resistance and Hope
• 00:55:27 — Practical Ways to Sow Seeds of Shalom Today
• 01:00:15 — Closing Reflections & Blessing

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