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Sacred Attention: A Conversation with Cole Arthur Riley
In this episode with the founder of Black Liturgies, Cole Arthur Riley, we discuss the power of sacred attention, the importance of resting in the stories, and what it...
The Unnamed Mystics: A conversation with Dr. Kimberly D. Russaw
In this episode, Cassidy interviews her former professor of Hebrew Bible and African American Biblical Hermeneutics and Womanist Biblical Interpretation, Dr. Kimberly ...
The Sacred Black Feminine: A Conversation with Dr. Christena Cleveland
Christena Cleveland, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is the founder and director of the Center for Justice + Renewal as we...
Opening Unto Mystery: A Conversation with Dr. Elyse Ambrose
Elyse Ambrose, Ph.D. (they/them) is a blackqueer ethicist, creative, and educator, whose research, art and community praxis lie at the intersections of race, sexuality...
The Fierce Call of Love: A Conversation with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis—Author, Activist, and Public Theologian—is the first female and first Black Senior Minister to serve in the progressive Collegiate Church, wh...
Breaking Barriers: A Conversation with Davelyn Hill
In this episode, poet activist Davelyn Hill and I talk about the ways in which mysticism is intertwined with community and communal care, "I don't think I can say that...
Breathing Mysticism: A Conversation with Dr. Angela N. Parker
In this interview with Dr. Angela N. Parker, we discuss contemplation, mysticism and the movement of collective breath. On the topic of mysticism she said, “I think th...
The Privilege of Contemplation: A Conversation with Dr. Anthea Butler
Dr. Anthea Butler is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Her latest book is White Evange...
Mysticism in the Streets: A Conversation with Dr. Leah Gunning Francis
Dr. Leah Gunning Francis is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana. During the Ferg...
Fresh Courage: A Conversation with Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown
Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Psychology at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA. She studied psychology as an undergraduate at the Univer...
Heart Work: A Conversation with Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows
In this conversation, Bishop Jennifer and I discuss contemplation, mysticism, and activism. We discuss the need to intellectualize less and remember that the work of s...
Embodied and Boundless: A Conversation with Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Sensei Zenju Earthlyn Manuel is an ordained Zen priest and the dharma heir of Buddha in the Suzuki Roshi lineage through the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC). She is th...
Becoming A Truth-Teller: A Conversation with Sophfronia Scott
In this episode, author Sophfronia Scott and I discuss the power of truth-telling, encounters with mysticism, and the ways in which contemplation can lead to mystical ...
Patient Endurance: A Conversation with Sister Barbara Jean LaRochester
Sister Barbara Jean LaRochester is an 88 year old Carmelite nun in Baltimore, where she's been a sister since 1972. Prior to her arrival she spent 17 years in Philadel...
We Are Interconnected: A Conversation with Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey
In her book "Our Lives Matter: A Womanist Queer Theology," Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey writes, “Black spirituality is deeper than-and can also be absent from-any relation...
Everybody Can Be A Mystic: A Conversation with Therese Taylor-Stinson
In her book exploring stories of contemplation and justice, Therese writes, “So that contemplation can be whole, it must consist of both inward solitude and reflection...
