Dr. Angelique Walker Smith delivered an inspiring and challenging address at this year’s Figel Event for Ecumenism.   Her topic, “The Hope of Pan-African Peoples and the Contradiction of Visible Unity Deferred: Ubuntu as a Vision for Christian Unity” was a critique and source of hope for traditional Ecumenism.   I had the joy of meeting her after the address at the historic Beulah Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA (the site of the first Theological and normal School for African-Americans in Reconstruction).   There I met her family, friends, and colleagues from Beulah, and I was able to present the Ecumenism Award for 2022 in person.   What a great joy!