Millennials In Ministry — Erin (Lashley) Dooley

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Ordinary Time #13: Southside Solidarity | @kaleophx

Ordinary Time #13: Southside Solidarity | @kaleophx

WARNING: In this sermon, I challenge the idea of penal substitutionary atonement and present a non-violent way to view the crucifixion. In traditional seminary experiences, students are often taught the different ways cultures and denominations view the crucifixion, but that's not something everyone is familiar with. So before you listen to this, just know this may rearrange the furniture in in your head and spiritual belief system. If you would like more resources as you explore this idea, please check out the links at the bottom of this sermon!

Ordinary Time #8: Written-Out Slaves | @kaleophx

Ordinary Time #8: Written-Out Slaves | @kaleophx

A decolonial reading of this text, therefore, challenges us to recover and reclaim the forgotten lives in the text and the context. A recovery of these forgotten lives is by ‘hearing to speech’ their voices, which is an affirmation of their existence in society.

I Opened Up in Prayer for the House of Representatives in Arizona - April 4, 2023

I Opened Up in Prayer for the House of Representatives in Arizona - April 4, 2023

On April 5, 2023 (I say the wrong date in the video) I was invited by Corazón Arizona to open up the floor and pray for the House of Representatives. We were guests of Representative Lorena Austin and I was honored to be with them and participate. 🙏🏾 Click here to read a transcript of this prayer which was an adaptation from words by Mandie McGlynn.

Pastor, PoliticsErin DooleyMay 24, 2023house of representatives, revered, erin dooley, lorena austin, corazon arizona, faith in action, republicans, democrats, amanda gorman, mandie mcglynn, prayer of storytelling

Eastertide #6: We Still Have Each Other | @kaleophx

Eastertide #6: We Still Have Each Other | @kaleophx

On this sixth Sunday of Eastertide, Pastor Erin guides us through John 17:1-11. Jesus is departing his disciples giving them the task of continuing his work of liberation and continuing his politics of a non-violent way of resistance to oppression and corrupt government.

Faith In Action Faith Forum - Feb 2022 (Washington D.C.)

Faith In Action Faith Forum - Feb 2022 (Washington D.C.)

A Recap of my trip to the Faith In Action Faith Forum February 2022 in Washington, D.C.

I also had the opportunity to share a reflection at the Corazón AZ Rise + Vote Town Hall meeting and a few people asked me for a copy. The audio is a recording of that event!

MLK Sunday 2023: From Rage to Shout

MLK Sunday 2023: From Rage to Shout

I still feel the tension of the life and work of Dr. King because he was assassinated for saying things that I’m going to say to you today. I still feel the tension of rage, courage, confusion, uncertainty, And the responsibility of Truth-telling, which sometimes feels like shouting in the fire. I still feel the tension of the reality that we are the continuation of a story Dr. King couldn’t finish telling…

Pushing Out White Supremacy | @kaleophx

Pushing Out White Supremacy | @kaleophx

We're on week 7 of our journey through the work of Oscar Romero and the way he preached the Good News of Jesus among the poor and oppressed of El Salvador.⁠ In this episode, we reflect on Romero's homily from April 9, 1978 and are guided through Luke 24:13-35 as we discuss the importance of pushing back on the line of tolerance for White Supremacy.

Will You Join God's Work of Liberation? | @kaleophx

Will You Join God's Work of Liberation? | @kaleophx

We're on week 4 of our journey through the work of Oscar Romero and the way he preached the Good News of Jesus among the poor and oppressed of El Salvador.⁠ In this episode, we reflect on Romero's homily from February 24, 1980, and are guided through Isaiah 43:14-21. God has always been in the business of liberation and tearing down systems of oppression. ⁠Can you see what God is up to today? Can you see the story He is telling? Will you join Him in the work of liberation?⁠

Return to Beauty | @kaleophx

Return to Beauty | @kaleophx

What Oscar Romero had hoped for the Salvadorian people is that those in power would see and understand that, like the earth, we are one people and belong to one another. And like Jesus, have empathy for our country’s most vulnerable (the poor). Romero wanted his listeners to see that as God’s good creation we are responsible for our neighbors. So, to bring harm to someone else is actually bringing harm to ourselves.

A Greenhouse Contradiction: Nurturing Spaces of Peace for Communal Flourishing | @kaleophx

A Greenhouse Contradiction: Nurturing Spaces of Peace for Communal Flourishing | @kaleophx

Jesus, Howard Thurman, and MLK all lived in contradiction to the world they were living in. We must also do so if we want to create spaces of peace for communal flourishing. BUT…it starts with a seed in a greenhouse. I could think of no better way to gift the world with who I am than by sharing this message I gave last Sunday called The Greenhouse Contradiction. It strongly represents who I am as a pastor and the community we are growing @kaleophx.

Our Primary Opportunity | Rise + Vote Town Hall - July 2022

Our Primary Opportunity | Rise + Vote Town Hall - July 2022

What is the language of a decolonized faith? How do I marry my faith with my desire to see social and political change? Where is Jesus in relationship to the oppressed and marginalized?

I had the opportunity to share a reflection at the Corazón AZ Rise + Vote Town Hall meeting and a few people asked me for a copy. Below is a transcript!

Trinity Sunday: Bearing the Unbearable | @kaleophx

Trinity Sunday: Bearing the Unbearable | @kaleophx

The spirit makes the unbearable things of this world bearable because the spirit knows that what is unbearable will not always be. The Spirit invites us to join it and a shaking of foundation to make the world what it was always supposed to be from the beginning with the Creator with Jesus and with the spirit.

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Eastertide #4: Loving the Born vs. Unborn (Roe v. Wade & Buffalo, NY Shooting) | @kaleophx

Eastertide #4: Loving the Born vs. Unborn (Roe v. Wade & Buffalo, NY Shooting) | @kaleophx

Their friend, hero, Lord and Savior was unjustly murdered. He was the one that said He was going to save them from the Roman Empire. But what they saw with their eyes was not him overturning the Roman Empire but they saw the Roman Empire over turned Him. BUT…

Easter Sunday - Jesus is Greater Than Empire | @kaleophx

Easter Sunday - Jesus is Greater Than Empire | @kaleophx

Their friend, hero, Lord and Savior was unjustly murdered. He was the one that said He was going to save them from the Roman Empire. But what they saw with their eyes was not him overturning the Roman Empire but they saw the Roman Empire over turned Him. BUT…

Good Friday Reflection: What Makes It Good? | Grace Lutheran Church x Kaleo Phoenix

Good Friday Reflection: What Makes It Good? | Grace Lutheran Church x Kaleo Phoenix

Jesus was a subversive, political leader. He took on the humanity of us all and showed us what it means to live a life subversive to the empire.

Lent #4 - Miriam: Awakening Prophetic Imagination | @kaleophx

Lent #4 - Miriam: Awakening Prophetic Imagination | @kaleophx

As they walked through the Red Sea, I imagine that all of Israel marched together just like they do in the protests of today. They marched on dry ground surrounded by walls of impossibility, yet God made a way for them to cross over to the other side. And they are led by a prophet called Miriam as she sings and dances she embodies a place of liberation as the river swallows up their oppressors - the horse and rider. Miriam begins to give Israel prophetic imagination to exist and to live as something different.

Pastor, LentErin DooleyMarch 28, 2022erin lashley, erin dooley, miriam, wilda c gafney, daughters of miriam, prophetic imagination, liberation theology, liberation, hebrew, scholars, leoprosyComment

Transfiguration Sunday: Jesus and John Brown (The Embodied Witness) | @kaleophx

Transfiguration Sunday: Jesus and John Brown (The Embodied Witness) | @kaleophx

I believe John Brown was an embodied witness of Jesus because he looked at the scriptures and saw liberation and a God of love. And then embodied in practice what he believed the spirit of God wanted for the people of his time…FREEDOM. Now, not everybody agrees with his method of violence, and you don’t have to agree with it…

Epiphany, PastorErin DooleyMarch 28, 2022john brown, jesus, abolitionist, transfiguration sunday, kaleo phoenix, kaleo phx, embody, emodied, embodied witness, embodiment, black national anthemComment

Epiphany #3 - Liberation in Genealogy | @kaleophx

Epiphany #3 - Liberation in Genealogy | @kaleophx

On the weekend of MLK Day, my husband and I had the privilege of having dinner with one of our city’s matriarchs, Linda Morris, and this sermon was inspired by her. Click here for a recording from that gathering and a transcript of my message notes.

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Advent #2 - Vote & Make Crooked Places Straight | @kaleophx

Advent #2 - Vote & Make Crooked Places Straight | @kaleophx

The coming of the birth of Jesus was indeed a threat to political power, authority, and rule. But to those experiencing oppression, the coming of Jesus was a gift of hope and liberation.

Julius Jones, Kyle Rittenhouse, Truthsgiving, and the Persistent Widow | KALEO PHX

Julius Jones, Kyle Rittenhouse, Truthsgiving, and the Persistent Widow | KALEO PHX

After the heavy week of Julius Jones, Kyle Rittenhouse, and ASU Multi-cultural center, I spoke at Kaleo Phx on Sunday, November 21, 2021. This is a recording from that gathering and below is a transcript of my message notes.