Advent 2025 Episode 4: Bear Witness

Season six of “The Raceless Gospel” podcast continues in Advent, and it's an invitation to embody the evidence of your faith. Episode 4: Bear Witness Lectionary Text: Matthew 1:18-25 Before Joseph can back out of his marriage to Mary, an angel finds a backchannel in the dream space and explains why he will be the stepfather of the millennia. Accordingly, before Joseph gets out of bed, he agrees to step up and help Mary bring the prophecy to full term. In this episode, listeners hear Joseph as a silent partner, who answers the call to bear witness. Join Rev. Starlette Thomas, your podcast pastor, for “Bear Witness," the 2025 Advent installment of "The Raceless Gospel" podcast. Four episodes will drop on Wednesdays: November 26, December 3, December 10 and December 17. Subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, and learn more at GoodFaithMedia.org. "The Raceless Gospel" podcast is produced by Good Faith Media, headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma. "Bear Witness" is written and produced by Starlette Thomas, and edited by Cliff Vaughn. Music by Pond5. The audio recording of "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" was gathered at State Farm, Women's Dormitory, Raiford, Florida, on June 4, 1939, by John and Ruby Lomax and performed by Julia Griffin, Johnny Mae Medlock, and Clifford Reed. It is preserved by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Learn more at https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000555/? Episode release date: December 17, 2025. Links: The Raceless Gospel Initiative: https://goodfaithmedia.org/the-raceless-gospel/ Explore more Good Faith Media podcasts: https://goodfaithmedia.org/podcasts/ Good Faith Media: https://goodfaithmedia.org/ Social: Starlette Thomas @racelessgospel ~ Good Faith Media @GFMediaOrg "Take Me to the Water" book by Rev. Dr. Starlette Thomas ~ https://goodfaithmedia.org/product/take-me-to-the-water-by-starlette-thomas/