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What is the body's relationship to the Divine? How do our bodies reveal the Divine to ourselves and to each other? How can you involve your body in your spiritual practice? I sat down with physical therapist and women's health coach Beth Anne Fisher over Zoom to discuss one of my favorite subjects: that alchemical connection between body and spirit. Together, we examine the ways in which we can recognize, acknowledge, and include the body in daily life. In this video we discu

CW: Satan, misotheism, violence against women Amethyst and flowers on the table Is it real or a fable Well I suppose a friend is a friend -Sufjan Stevens I was recently rummaging around in the 7th level of hell that is my GarageBand folder from my college years, and I came across a song of my own creation entitled “An INFP Confronts the Cosmos.” Strap in. First off, while I do think that INFP’s are lovely, beautiful souls who deserve our unquestioned reverence, I don’t think

When I was a good youth group kid, I was rip-roaring ready to convert my friends to Evangelical Protestantism (or "Christianity," as I called it). The Cosmic Narrative™ made so much sense to me: Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration. I was ready to do my part in bringing as many people into the fold as possible as my duty between the Redemption (sacrifice and resurrection of Christ) and the Restoration (eternity with God). "Duty." Singular. I had a lot of energy and willing

On a crisp October evening in Golden Gate Canyon State Park, my then boyfriend and I found ourselves skirting along an ever-darkening hiking path that, God-willing, would lead us back to my car. We had set out, as all respectable couples ought, to hike through bright orange autumnal aspen groves and to do some early evening star gazing. Confidence was high throughout the journey as we trod along in graceful obedience to the traditions of the harvest season. After spending the

I talk a lot about bodies. I cannot overemphasize the inherently physical nature of our humanity and the importance of living into our human bodies as our essential selves. In this post I want to talk about how embodied spirituality is not an activity we perform apart from God but rather in the imitation of God. In other words, our physicality does not separate us from the Holy; it makes us more like it. It is through the incarnation of Christ that we come to better understan

Some days I find myself in euphoric rapture about the miracle of my physical being and in profound gratitude that I hail from a theological tradition that affirms the body as an essential component of human selfhood, and then I’ll see C. S. Lewis quoted, “You don’t have a soul; you are a soul. You have a body.” Sigh. Don’t throw your pipes away just yet, 20-something Christian guys. Mr. Lewis never actually said this. It was in fact his predecessor in the realm of theological