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In a season marked by burnout, uncertainty, and diminishing reserves of hope, many Christians are left wondering whether simply enduring still counts as faithful living. In this webinar, we will reframe survival not as spiritual failure, but as a deeply faithful practice—one shaped by Black Christian communities and other marginalized traditions that have long learned how to remain human, joyful, and grounded under pressure.

This live webinar invites participants into a rich, embodied conversation about what it means to endure faithfully in exhausting times — not by numbing ourselves or pushing harder, but by practicing joy, creativity, song, movement, and communal care as forms of resistance.

Hosted by CSA Program Director Avril Z. Speaks, this conversation explores how embodied practices — moving, singing, gathering, celebrating — can sustain hope when words alone fall short. Features panelists such as Jane Hong, Nia Campbell Bacote, and Brandi Miller. Full line-up will be announced in the weeks to come. 

What We’ll Explore

Together, our panelists will reflect on endurance as something more than grit or survival — and instead as a spiritual discipline formed over generations.

Key themes include: survival as a spiritual discipline, joy as resistance, embodied faith under pressure, exhaustion without shame, holding grief and joy together, and what the Church must relearn.