Burton, director of the Leadership Institute<\/a> at Union Presbyterian Seminary, also operates an antiracism consulting firm where he\u2019s known as Di Baddest Chaplain<\/a> and co-hosts the podcast CrossStreets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Having recently completed his doctoral degree, \u201cI feel a lot of excitement and joy going into the summer,\u201d Burton told Hinson-Hasty, having the simultaneous sense of having climbed one mountain and standing at the base of another. \u201cI feel energized by that,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are people I haven\u2019t met yet with whom I will be co-laboring.\u201d<\/p>\n His dissertation explores Jesus as \u201cthe prime abolitionist. Every single act recorded in the gospels is a liberative act, an act where Jesus is setting someone free,\u201d Burton told Hinson-Hasty, adding he tells people taking leadership training courses at Union Presbyterian Seminary that \u201cyou are in the business of setting people free because Jesus was in the business of setting people free.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI had never heard of Jesus as the prime liberationist,\u201d Hinson-Hasty told Burton.<\/p>\n It\u2019s more than freedom from physical bonds, Burton replied. It\u2019s freeing people from poor health and inadequate health care, the lack of access to quality food and educational opportunities. \u201cAll these come into direct conflict with Jesus declaring, \u2018I came so you might have life abundant,\u2019\u201d Burton said. \u201cJesus is not just dealing in metaphors, but has a direct impact on people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n He called the Leadership Institute \u201ca wonderful opportunity to bring folks who would not otherwise learn from one another to the same space.\u201d People who are \u201cdeeply church-related,\u201d who are, for example, working at becoming certified ruling elders called to lead congregations \u201care learning alongside folks who just want to leave the world better than what they found it. That\u2019s almost like an innovation lab,\u201d Burton said.<\/p>\n Announcements on upcoming courses led by \u201cstellar scholars and teachers\u201d will be made next month, Burton said. \u201cYou will be excited to see the folks we have,\u201d Burton said. \u201cMake sure to sign up when the courses are announced\u201d as they can fill up fast, he said.<\/p>\n CrossStreets, which Burton co-hosts with Brittany Buongiorno, originally explored \u201cour neighbors\u201d in the Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods of Brooklyn. \u201cIt served as an avenue to promote the dignity of Black people. We talk about soul care,\u201d Burton said. \u201cFor people who don\u2019t get to live in proximity of Black people, you can see the different avenues [by which] we can pursue our calling in life.\u201d<\/p>\n Burton said he\u2019s excited to hit the road this summer to \u201cshow people the on-ramps to abolitionist work and how to live into antiracist practices.\u201d He\u2019ll explore biblical ties to the work found in the books of Daniel and Esther and plans to work with \u201cdifferent organizations, churches and schools who are deeply concerned about this and want to know what\u2019s coming next.\u201d<\/p>\n The Rev. Dr. Lee Hinson-Hasty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Asked by Hinson-Hasty how he manages to squeeze so much work into his days, Burton said it\u2019s foundational practices, including starting the day with gratitude, that see him through a packed daily schedule.<\/p>\n \u201cYou understand that happiness is a gift that visits, but joy is that thing you need. Joy is the source,\u201d Burton said. \u201cEverything flows from a sense of abundance. Because I have taken care of my first responsibilities, I am able to flow into other aspects of life.\u201d<\/p>\n Hinson-Hasty replied that \u201cit feels like a Christian practice\u201d to \u201cstep across the gap and meet someone and get to know people not like you. That feels like a good first step.\u201d<\/p>\n Summer is Burton\u2019s favorite season because \u201cit\u2019s the time of year people allow themselves to sabbath. I love being around well-rested people\u201d who \u201ctake time to keep the main thing the main thing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn our American culture, we make busyness the same thing as business,\u201d Burton said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s so true, frankly, in our Reformed tradition,\u201d Hinson-Hasty said. \u201cThere are good things that can come from that, but it can become an idol easily.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m so grateful for who you are. What a beautiful journey,\u201d Hinson-Hasty told Burton before asking him to bless and send listeners. Among the words Burton offered in his blessing: \u201cMy hope for you today wherever you are listening to this is you continue to realize the difference between what you feel like you have to do and the things that are near and dear to your heart \u2014 the ways in which God is speaking to you, not in the thunder and the rumblings, but in the still, small voice that God uses.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI hope and pray that when you get a deeper understanding of who you are and what God has made you for, that you understand yourself as a blessing, as a blessed person \u2014 not [a blessing] to keep in your pocket, but to be a blessing to every single person you encounter. May you be blessed and may you be a blessing. God bless you and keep you. Much love to you.\u201d<\/p>\n At 1 p.m. Eastern Time on June 15, Hinson-Hasty plans to turn the microphone and sit for an interview by the Rev. 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