Three Black Men: Theology, Culture, And The World Around Us

In this episode Trey goes on a journey to bring historical and current knowledge of Liberia into dialogue with what we face here in America. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, Sam, Trey, and Rob revisit their thoughts around shame and God's commitments toward us individually and collectively. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode Trey and Sam discuss the prolific book The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, the fellas sit down to talk about the beauty of Black joy. Don't we need it? Yeah. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this conversation, Robert, Sam, and Trey discuss their thoughts on Ryan Coogler's hit movie, Sinners. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode Robert highlights a recent interview that he did around the movie The Wiz. He shares some of the background of why this movie is so important to him. For the full interview he references please check it out by going to the Voiceover: Movies That Move Us podcast.

We interrupt our scheduled break in programming to bring you this historical, political, and theological reflection on Juneteenth. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode Robert highlights the work of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde as a profile in sincere Truth Telling. Please check out her book How We Learn To Be Brave . To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@...

In this episode we talk about the work of being an iconoclast and the care that is needed to do it well. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

Sam and Robert sit down in this episode to talk about the evolution of (or lack of) rappers that they have been impacted by and learned from. Enjoy. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, we get the opportunity to sit with our first guest ever...Sharifa Stevens in a full circle moment as we discuss her new book When We Talk to God: Prayers and Poems for Black Women. Please go and get her book wherever books are sold and check out her substack at https://sharifahstevens.substack.com To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our P...

In this episode Sam and Robert discuss their mental health and the state of the country. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this week's episode, Sam & Trey sit down to talk about the capacity for telling the truth in music... but the temptation and allure of peddling nonsense instead. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmen...

In this episode we are happy to bring back on the podcast poet and author Nikki Grimes to talk about her new book Glory, Too: Poems . You can find out more about this book and about more of her work at nikkigrimes.com To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patre...

In this episode we think through the normal critiques of building echo chambers and offer a generative approach to building them. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, we sit down to talk about the recent viral clip of Marvin Sapp and the pressure to give financially to church spaces. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In continuing the season's theme of truth telling...Trey reads Martin Luther King Jr's Letter from Birmingham Jail. Enjoy. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, we have an honest conversation about the roles that shame has played in our lives and how it can be a generative force. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, we bring Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and work to the table and talk through what it means to be a truth teller who emulates his work. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

Continuing the conversations we have been having on being truth tellers, we sit down and talk about the journey towards telling the truth to ourselves. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

In this brief episode Robert thinks about the role of Black imagination and how it relates to truth telling. He reads a Foreword of Natasha Marin's book Black Imagination . To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodc...

In this episode we sit down with the always thoughtful and always funny Reverend Solomon Missouri. For more information on his work please visit www.solomonmissouri.com To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@...

Trey leads this episode and continues the theme of the season by leaning into the legacy of Ida B. Wells. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com

We are back at the table for season 6. In this opening episode we discuss the gravity of the moments that we are living in. We are energized to podcast this season and hope you will enjoy what we have cooking up. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you c...

We end Season 5 and our journey towards hope together. We are proud of all of the conversations we have had and look forward to Season 6. To support the work that we do here and to join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/threeblackmen and if you'd like to support us financially outside of Patreon, you can do that via PayPal: threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com