"Becoming a Whole Man" with Rasool Berry

Get another chance to hear encouraging words from contributing voices of The Whole Man Project! We’re sharing some of the powerful moments from this past season of Where Ya From? with pastor James White, Dr. Nii Addy, Dr. Maliek Blade, and pastor Jerome Gay. Explore some of perspective-changing conversations and moments, while hearing some personal stories of struggles with pursuing wholeness in God that we all can relate to.

Guest Bios:
James White has served as the senior pastor of Christ Our King Community Church in Gardner, North Carolina since its inception. In addition to his role as the executive vice president of the Center for Social Impact for the YMCA of the North in Minneapolis, he is a highly sought-after consultant, concerning cultural transformation through diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Pastor Jerome Gay is the lead pastor of Teaching and Vision at Vision Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is also the Founder and President ofThe Urban Perspective and the author of four books, Church Hurt, Talking to Your Children About Race, The Whitewashing of Christianity,and Renewal.

Dr. Maliek Blade, a compassionate author, and CEO of the Whole Brother Mission, is passionately dedicated to improving mental wellness for Black men and their families through a nationwide network of culturally competent mental health professionals.

Dr. Nii Addy is the Albert E. Kent associate professor of Psychiatry and an associate professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at the Yale School of Medicine. In addition to his campus work, Dr. Addy hosts the Addy Hour podcast, discussing topics at the intersection of neuroscience, mental health, faith, culture, and social justice.

Notes & Quotes:

“Being whole is what’s possible when we take all the different pieces of ourselves—our past, our relationships, our inner world, our work, our need for rest—and offer those up to God. He can take those broken pieces and make artistic restoration out of them.”
“The thing about the Scriptures is it has a lot to say about our thought life, our meditations, about the things that we think about and how when we offer those things to God, he can give us a greater sense of reality and a better sense of ourselves.”
“[Jesus] reiterates in the gospels that when we put everything—all of our whole selves—through the lens of the gospel, our head, our heart, our hands, and our soul, then we’re able to be whole men.”
“God has value for me being accepted, loved, and forgiven. These are the things that God thinks about me.”

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