Intersections with Phil Allen, Jr.        

Episode: 011 “What I Learned From 2020”

Airdate: December 14, 2020

Length: 29:

Guests: Phil Allen Jr.

In this episode Phil Allen Jr. reflects on the year that many cannot wait to leave behind. He asks two important questions for the listener to consider: “What did you learn about race, culture, and theology from the traumatic events of 2020?” And “If you can’t wait for 2021 to arrive, why?” What difference will one digit really make?

Allen not only asks the questions, he also challenges the listener to consider what he or she will commit to in 2021 to be a part of change. He challenges the white community to be courageous and the evangelical church to make justice as important to them as it is to Jesus. If nothing else, this is a raw and honest episode that invites all to reflect and think about how they can be a part of making things different after 2020 has taught its lessons about race, culture, and theology.

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Phil Allen, Jr. is a Los Angeles-based pastor, social justice activist, filmmaker and author. Allen’s book Open Wounds explores the murder of Nate Allen—Phil Allen’s grandfather—in the Jim Crow era of South Carolina and how that traumatic event resonated through generations of his family. Open Wounds – which is based on the Allen-produced documentary of the same name – will be published February 9, 2021. Allen is a Ph.D. student studying Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.