EP. 81: The Importance of Your Origin Story (with Rasool Berry)

Where are you from? Have you ever thought about that question? Do you ever think about where you started and how it led to where you are now? On this episode of God Hears Her, hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy talk to Rasool Berry about where he is from and how that shapes where he is now.

About Our Guest:

Rasool Berry serves as teaching pastor at The Bridge Church in Brooklyn, New York. He also is the Director of Partnerships & Content Development with Our Daily Bread Ministries. He hosts the Where Ya From? podcast, which uses stories to connect us to people applying their faith for social change. He also was the host of In Pursuit of Jesus, a travel documentary series in which he journeys across five continents exploring what he can learn about Jesus through others. Rasool is passionate about traveling, music, cooking and eating, and inspiring people to live in light of eternity. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Tamica, and their daughter Ire’Ana.

Notes and Quotes: 

• “In the time that I need my sense of morality the most, that’s when I’m less likely to be moral because of my own sin nature.”
• “The main barrier to me ever experiencing the grace and mercy of God was my own pride.”
• “It’s only when I recognize that I don’t have all the answers is when I begin to ask the questions and listen to other people.”
• “Always look out for those who are marginalized around you because those are the ones that you can learn the most from because they’re often not heard. And you maybe haven’t been exposed to really listening to their perspectives.”
• “Throughout the Scriptures you see God intentionally investing Himself in the margins.”
• “God’s the only one rightfully in the center. He invites people in the center with Him.”
• “God will take and ordain and sanctify and bless whatever is in your hand in order for you to do the next thing to bring those in the margins into the center.”

Verses: 

• Matthew 11:15: “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
• Genesis 16–21: The Story of Hagar
• Exodus
• Philippians 2
• Matthew 22:34–40
• Genesis 1:26–27
• Romans 5

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