Sacred Repro and Systems that Support
Rev. Angela Tyler-Williams is the Co-Director of Movement Building at the Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity (SACReD) and an ordained Pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She is a staunch supporter of abortion rights, working with organizations that preserve and restore reproductive dignity. She believes that mobilizing the religious left is crucial to combat the religious right’s incessant attacks on reproductive rights.
You can view some of Rev. Tyler-Williams media appearances and learn more about SACReD here.
Show Notes:
@revangelatw
@sacred_repro
Feeling unprepared for all the post abortion feelings
Presbyterian upbringing “liberal raised in conservative spaces”
“My God is love”
Liberation Theology, Feminist Theology, Queer Theology….
@sitersong_woc
“Of course God is with the person making that decision… of course God wants you to make the decision that is best for your flourishing, and for your future, and for your family”
“The stories we’ve been telling ourselves; are totally insufficient”
Change the conversation, change the culture, change the narrative
Equipping faith congregations with resources to “hold space for courageous conversations, free from shame, judgment, and stigma; where folks can bring their whole selves”
@faith.aloud
“it is but one decision in a whole lifetime a whole constellation”
There are different stories out there
Building a foundation for people when and if they need it. What do we need right now, vs what might we need in the future? Building spaces that hold our liberation
Our Whole Lives
5 decades of organizing for LGBTQ in congregations
How do we weave together all parts of our lives?
“When you get into a crisis you are going to fall back on deeply held and ingrained messages… we’ve got to rewrite the scripts”
“Let’s start from a place of flourishing”
“It’s gotta be a BOTH/AND”
“It’s okay to feel complicated about this”
“No you are not alone. No you’re not crazy.”
When the 2am thoughts start racing
Calm the nervous system with “It’s possible _____”
From Brene Brown “The story I’m telling myself is ______”
“I’m thinking the thought _______”
“I am meeting you where you are and wherever you go I’ll go with you.”
“How much more can God forgive us? That is the beauty of Grace… it is God’s gift to you”
“There is nothing that can separate us from the love of God”
Why do humans grab for the self-sabotaging narratives?
“The bible is a library”
“Sky Daddy”
“Who is benefitting from us keeping ourselves small?”
(I don’t edit the middle because that is the exact part I guide us all to embrace)
“Yeah but……I should have” “Yeah and…. I could have”
“We are always planting seeds for healing” “It takes time”
“What kind of fruit does this conversation bear?” “What is the fruit?”
“You are beloved. You are worthy. You are enough.”
@queerladychurch on TikTok Episcopal priest + Presbyterian Minister
www.sacreddignity.org
