Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll
“We don't talk about environmentalism in the black church, but we talk an awful lot about revival. We talk about things that are old, decayed, that they can be made brand new again. And so for us, there's this notion of renewal, of revival.”
“I'm a black pastor ordained by the Baptist church, but I don't do this because of what the Anabaptist did in Switzerland. We've been doing communities for eons. It's in my blood line.”
“And so we have to decolonize that and get back to our roots and at our roots, we are an Earth honoring. We’re in relationship with the planet. We are calling up on that and we are calling that out of one another. And we’re saying, don’t you remember? Don’t you remember when you knew the language of the birds? You have forgotten. ”
Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll
Senior pastor at The Church by the Side of the Road in Berkeley, CA and founder of Green The Church, a sustainability initiative designed to tap into the power and purpose of the Black Church Community and expand the role of churches as centers for environmental and economic resilience.
Audio Transcription
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.