Brooke Prentis- An Aboriginal Perspective to Faith: A National Reconciliation Week 2020 Special Episode

In honour of National Reconciliation Week, I had the absolute pleasure to have a conversation with Brooke Prentis; hearing her story, and learning about both reconciliation, and also what it means to be both Aboriginal and Christian.

As we go through todays episode, we’ll be covering questions like:

-What is it like to be aboriginal in the Australian church context?

-What does reconciliation look like?

-How has your Aboriginal identity shaped the ways Aboriginal people see the gospel?

-How do we read the Bible with Aboriginal eyes?

-What can non-indigenous Christians learn from our indigenous brothers & sisters?

And so so much more, from questions on reconciliation, forgiveness, theology, cultural engagement and even stories about how God has been working in these lands well and truly before white people came along.

Brooke Prentis is an Aboriginal Christian Leader from the Wakka Wakka peoples. Brooke is the CEO of Common Grace, a growing movement of over 47,000 Australian Christians passionate about Jesus and Justice. Brooke is also the Coordinator of the Grasstree Gathering a growing network of over 200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Christian Leaders. Brooke is a founding Board Member in Australia of NAIITS: a Global Indigenous Learning Community of Theologians. Brooke works ecumenically speaking on issues of Justice affecting Australia and sharing a message of Reconciliation as friendship.

To learn more about Reconciliation Week, visit https://www.commongrace.org.au/reconciliation_week_2020. Here you can sign up here for their series which includes daily devotions and creative ways to engage with National Reconciliation Week. Also, please sign up for church resources for Sunday 31 May.

To learn more about Grasstree Gathering, visit www.grasstreegathering.org.au.

Also, follow Brooke Prentis on Facebook and Instagram @brookeprentisgrasstree and Twitter @bprentis.