Episode: 030                 

Airdate: May 10, 2021

Length: 1:20:44

Guests: Byron and Annett Davis

When you have amazing friends you ask them to come on your podcast and share their stories, their wisdom and insights, and anything else you can glean from them. My guests Byron and Annett Davis are a dynamic duo when it comes to sports accomplishments, ministry, and mentoring the next generation of athletes, men and women, couples, and their own amazing children.

The Davis’s share their individual and collective stories about their journeys to accomplishing the great things they have. They took two radically different journeys along the way. One (Byron) reared in the inner city of East Cleveland and the other (Annett) raised in sunny Southern California. It is the story of resilience and discipline and determination. One lost his father to tragedy. The other raised by a father who was a former NBA basketball player. But their paths crossed and their impact continues to grow as they do life on the same team.

In this episode you will hear the impact of being the only African American to participate in a white-dominated sport and the implications of that and you will also hear the power of faith and advice on raising young athletes. Sit back and enjoy this ride with Byron and Annett Davis.

My recent interview will air on the Black News Channel can be found on any cable provider as well as streaming on Amazon. Check out the show “State of Play” at 12 noon EST on Saturday May 15^th and Sunday May 16^th.

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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 – was published on February 9, 2021. The book can be purchased on Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, or Fortress Press.com. Allen is a Ph.D. student studying Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.