SEASON TWO - EPISODE 20: THE CHURCH OF THE COVENANT WITH DAN HARRISON
Reparations, contemplative prayer, the Good Samaritan, the Choctaw Nation, and the racial history and segregation in Lynchburg, VA are a few of the topics Dan Harrison and I talk about in this episode of The Why Behind the What.
Dan is the third pastor of the infamous Church of the Covenant, which has been a force for racial justice and integration within Lynchburg, contemplation, and creating a community of people who live out the teachings of Jesus since 1954.
The Church of the Covenant was the first integrated church in Lynchburg during the Civil Rights Movement, hosted Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, during his visit to the city, opened the first integrated swimming pool, started a camp, and has been an ecumenical movement within its context ever since.
In this episode, Dan and I talk about our role of dismantling white supremacy, the Good Samaritan, reparations, contemplative prayer, and his journey of moving from a fundamentalist Christian faith to an expansive spiritual life.
Dan knows his history and it impacts his actions. He refuses to forget or ignore history, like so many of us do. Instead, he embodies that history so he might live more fully as a Christian, a minister, and as a human being.
In this episode, Dan mentioned his interview with Quan McLaurin and the LUnderground Railroad GoFundMe Campaign to raise funds for staff who feel racial trauma at the institution and hope to leave Liberty University but are financially unable to do so.
If you want to learn more about Dan and Church of the Covenant, check out the website and you can follow them on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. And maybe someday a TikTok.
And as you continue to work for an equitable world where the contemplative leads to you humble yourself, may you have peace, may you have calm, may you have happiness.may you have peace, may you have calm, may you have happiness.