Juneteenth (Isaiah 40:1-11)

from The Word Made Fresh · host The Riverside Church NYC

"Comfort, O comfort my people."These are the opening words of Isaiah 40. But they could just as well be the announcement made in Galveston, TX on June 19, 1865, the day when the last enslaved people in America were informed of their freedom.What happens when you're preaching this text on Juneteenth weekend? Listen in as Rev. Adriene Thorne and Rev. Jim Keat discuss this text and this upcoming Sunday.

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