artandfaithunplugged.com (https://www.artandfaithunplugged.com/) When it seems like too many things are falling apart and too many people are being too terrible, it’s easy to become too hopeless, too discouraged, and too angry. Instead of complaining and raging about the church's failures, the government's failures, and everyone else's failures, we can focus more on things like art and faith that help us navigate the joys and pains of everyday life. Art matters because it helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Art and Faith Unplugged and its host Charlotte Donlon make space for conversations and writing that explore how art deepens our belongings and the ways art intersects with faith, doubt, and mystery. Welcome. We hope Art and Faith Unplugged helps you notice the ways art and faith help you flourish and belong. Visit artandfaithunplugged.com (https://www.artandfaithunplugged.com/) for essays, articles, and news about art, faith, and belonging. In this third episode with Chandra White-Cummings, Charlotte Donlon and Chandra discuss ways films, TV shows, and actors help Chandra feel less alone and how those who make art should engage different forms of art. Chandra also talks about the healing power of laughter and joy that comes from watching shows like Queen Sugar and Black-ish. Charlotte also gives a shoutout to Blaire Erskine and her hilarious Instagram videos. Chandra also talks about the ways Black women are inspiring her in her creative work. Chandra White-Cummings is a writer, editor, and founder of CWC Media Group and Transforming Justice™, a learning cohort on issues of racial justice. She is a certified trauma healing group facilitator and trainer with the American Bible Society’s Trauma Healing Institute, and covers adult trauma healing, healing for caregivers, sexual assault survivors, and generational trauma healing between Black and white America. She has two young adult sons and lives in Virginia. You can connect with her on Twitter at @ChandraWC (https://twitter.com/ChandraWC). CWC Media Group https://www.cwcmediagroup.com/ A Few Articles by Chandra White-Cummings We need more white parents to talk to their kids about race. Especially now. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/05/22/we-need-more-white-parents-talk-their-kids-about-race-especially-now/) Congressional Caucus On Black Women And Girls Must Include Work On Mental Health To Offer Real Hope (https://ourselvesblack.com/journal/2016/4/30/congressional-caucus-on-black-women-and-girls-must-include-work-on-mental-health-to-offer-real-hope) Black Stress Needs Black Action (https://ourselvesblack.com/journal/2017/2/27/black-stress-needs-black-action-1) _More about Art and Faith Unplugged's host: Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a certified spiritual director for writers at Writing Life Spiritual Direction (https://www.writinglifespiritualdirection.com/), and host of Art and Faith Unplugged (https://www.artandfaithunplugged.com/). Charlotte’s writing and work are rooted in noticing how art helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (https://charlottedonlon.com/the-great-belonging-book). You can subscribe to her newsletter (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/) and connect with her on Twitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).
