In this episode St Luke's Executive Director John Ericson discusses an exciting new tour opportunity that will allow for both onsite and offsite visitation, the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, and a conversation about sacred sites and messy history.

John Ericson is the Executive Director of St Luke's Historic Church & Museum. A graduate of Roanoke College and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He has worked up from Docent to Executive Director over his tenure of nearly 12 years at St Luke's.

In this episode John Ericson, the Education Coordinator at St Luke's and Host of the Old Brick Church Podcast, interviews Joseph McGill. Joseph is the founder and Director of the Slave Dwelling Project that seeks to offer a more inclusive narrative about our Nation's founding. Joseph and other members of his team have slept at plantations and other sites to highlight the stories of the Enslaved and ensure that their memories and legacies are preserved. Joseph is the Co-Author along with Herb Frazier of "Sleeping with the Ancestors; How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery."

John Ericson discusses the recent Symposium at Jamestown Settlement entitled: Ways of Being; Evolving Religion and America with Dr. Travis Harris, Visiting Assistant Professor at Norfolk State University.