How can we cultivate resilience and hope, even when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges and ongoing chaos?In this episode Dr. Barbara Holmes and Dr. Donny Bryant talk with Rev. Otis Moss III about Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times, and how we can build resilience by consecrating chaos through prophetic grief and liberation listening.Otis Moss III built his ministry on community empowerment and social justice activism. As senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Moss spent the last two decades practicing and preaching a Black theology that unapologetically calls attention to the problem of mass incarceration, environmental justice, and economic apartheid. Hailed as one of the "twelve most of effective preachers in the English-speaking world" by Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary, he has been cited by Chicago Magazine as one of the city's thirty most influential people. He is an NAACP Image Award recipient, award-winning filmmaker, poet, and professor of homiletics at Mercer University McAfee School of Theology. He is married to Monica Brown, and they are the proud parents of two children.Resources:<ul>
<li>A transcript for this episode can be <a href="https://cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TCW_Transcript_S5_E1.pdf">found here</a>.</li>
<li>Rev. Otis Moss III's latest book, Dancing in the Darkness, can be <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/dancing-in-the-darkness-spiritual-lessons-for-thriving-in-turbulent-times-otis-moss-iii/18593699?ean=9781501177699">found here</a>.</li>
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How can we cultivate resilience and hope, even when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges and ongoing chaos? In this episode Dr. Barbara Holmes and Dr. Donny Bryant talk with Rev. Otis Moss III about Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times, and how we can build resilience by consecrating chaos through prophetic grief and liberation listening. Otis Moss III built his ministry on community empowerment and social justice activism. As senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Moss spent the last two decades practicing and preaching a Black theology that unapologetically calls attention to the problem of mass incarceration, environmental justice, and economic apartheid. Hailed as one of the "twelve most of effective preachers in the English-speaking world" by Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary, he has been cited by Chicago Magazine as one of the city's thirty most influential people. He is an NAACP Image Award recipient, award-winning filmmaker, poet, and professor of homiletics at Mercer University McAfee School of Theology. He is married to Monica Brown, and they are the proud parents of two children. Resources: A transcript for this episode can be found here. Rev. Otis Moss III's latest book, Dancing in the Darkness, can be found here.

How can we cultivate resilience and hope, even when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges and ongoing chaos?In this episode Dr. Barbara Holmes and Dr. Donny Bryant talk with Rev. Otis Moss III about Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times, and how we can build resilience by consecrating chaos through prophetic grief and liberation listening.Otis Moss III built his ministry on community empowerment and social justice activism. As senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Moss spent the last two decades practicing and preaching a Black theology that unapologetically calls attention to the problem of mass incarceration, environmental justice, and economic apartheid. Hailed as one of the "twelve most of effective preachers in the English-speaking world" by Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary, he has been cited by Chicago Magazine as one of the city's thirty most influential people. He is an NAACP Image Award recipient, award-winning filmmaker, poet, and professor of homiletics at Mercer University McAfee School of Theology. He is married to Monica Brown, and they are the proud parents of two children.Resources:<ul>
<li>A transcript for this episode can be <a href="https://cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TCW_Transcript_S5_E1.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">found here</a>.</li>
<li>Rev. Otis Moss III's latest book, Dancing in the Darkness, can be <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/dancing-in-the-darkness-spiritual-lessons-for-thriving-in-turbulent-times-otis-moss-iii/18593699?ean=9781501177699" rel="noopener noreferrer">found here</a>.</li>
</ul>

Consecrating Chaos With Rev. Otis Moss III

Envision a future brimming with peace, joy, and creativity. What does that look like for you? In the final episode of “The Cosmic We” season 4, Dr. Barbara Holmes and Dr. Donny Bryant discuss the importance of envisioning a future that bridges the ordinary and the eternal.   As Dr. Holmes explains: “We are unique and ordinary mystics in the making, flowing from one state of existence to the other, inhabiting the ordinary and touching the eternal. We are embedded in the continuum of life, related to the divine, the earth, and our neighbors.”  Resources:<ul>
<li>The transcript for this episode can be <a href="https://cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TCW_Transcript_S4_E6.pdf">found here</a>.</li>
<li>If you wish to get a copy of Crisis Contemplation, you can <a href="https://store.cac.org/products/crisis-contemplation-healing-the-wounded-village?gclid=Cj0KCQjw756lBhDMARIsAEI0AgmGpbR7ZF_ZOUmYbYKBebq7MURGwSJ6RwZWobAc4GUKw5ask9hj-dkaAkD8EALw_wcB">find it in the CAC Bookstore.</a>
</li>
</ul> Connect with us:<ul>
<li>Have a question you'd like Dr. B or Donny to answer on a possible listener questions episode? Email us: <a href="mailto:podcasts@cac.org">podcasts@cac.org</a> or <a href="http://www.cac.org/voicemail">leave us voicemail</a>.</li>
<li>This podcast is made possible thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at <a href="https://cac.org/support-cac/podcasts/">https://cac.org/support-cac/podcasts/</a> Thank you!</li>
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Envision a future brimming with peace, joy, and creativity. What does that look like for you? In the final episode of “The Cosmic We” season 4, Dr. Barbara Holmes and Dr. Donny Bryant discuss the importance of envisioning a future that bridges the ordinary and the eternal. As Dr. Holmes explains: “We are unique and ordinary mystics in the making, flowing from one state of existence to the other, inhabiting the ordinary and touching the eternal. We are embedded in the continuum of life, related to the divine, the earth, and our neighbors.” Resources: The transcript for this episode can be found here. If you wish to get a copy of Crisis Contemplation, you can find it in the CAC Bookstore. Connect with us: Have a question you'd like Dr. B or Donny to answer on a possible listener questions episode? Email us: podcasts@cac.org or leave us voicemail. This podcast is made possible thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at https://cac.org/support-cac/podcasts/ Thank you!

Envision a future brimming with peace, joy, and creativity. What does that look like for you?&nbsp;In the final episode of “The Cosmic We” season 4, Dr. Barbara Holmes and Dr. Donny Bryant discuss the importance of envisioning a future that bridges the ordinary and the eternal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As Dr. Holmes explains: “We are unique and ordinary mystics in the making, flowing from one state of existence to the other, inhabiting the ordinary and touching the eternal. We are embedded in the continuum of life, related to the divine, the earth, and our neighbors.”&nbsp;&nbsp;Resources:<ul>
<li>The transcript for this episode can be <a href="https://cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TCW_Transcript_S4_E6.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">found here</a>.</li>
<li>If you wish to get a copy of Crisis Contemplation, you can <a href="https://store.cac.org/products/crisis-contemplation-healing-the-wounded-village?gclid=Cj0KCQjw756lBhDMARIsAEI0AgmGpbR7ZF_ZOUmYbYKBebq7MURGwSJ6RwZWobAc4GUKw5ask9hj-dkaAkD8EALw_wcB" rel="noopener noreferrer">find it in the CAC Bookstore.</a>
</li>
</ul> Connect with us:<ul>
<li>Have a question you'd like Dr. B or Donny to answer on a possible listener questions episode? Email us:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:podcasts@cac.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">podcasts@cac.org</a> or <a href="http://www.cac.org/voicemail" rel="noopener noreferrer">leave us voicemail</a>.</li>
<li>This podcast is made possible thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at <a href="https://cac.org/support-cac/podcasts/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://cac.org/support-cac/podcasts/</a> Thank you!</li>
</ul>

Futurism and Cosmic Rebirth

Have you ever experienced another culture’s interpretation of universal wisdom? Dr. Rachel Harding drops by to talk about ancestry and mysticism with “The Cosmic We” hosts Barbara Holmes and Donny Bryant. What do you think Dr. Harding means by travel being a mnemonic device? How have you witnessed that play out in your life? Rachel Elizabeth Harding, is Associate Professor of Indigenous Spiritual Traditions in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Denver. A native of Georgia, a writer, historian and poet, Rachel is a specialist in religions of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora and studies the relationship between religion, creativity and s­ocial justice activism in cross-cultural perspective. She is a Cave Canem Fellow and holds an MFA in creative writing from Brown University and a PhD in history from the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Harding is author of A Refuge in Thunder: Candomblé and Alternative Spaces of Blackness as well as numerous poems and essays. Rachel’s second book, Remnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism and Mothering, combines her own writings with the autobiographical reflections of her mother, Rosemarie Freeney Harding, on their family history and the role of compassion and spirituality in African American social justice organizing.Rachel is an ebomi (elder initiate) in the Terreiro do Cobre Candomble community in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, where she has been a participant for over 20 years. Resources:The transcript for this episode can be <a href="https://cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TCW_Transcript_S3_E3.pdf">found here. </a>

Have you ever experienced another culture’s interpretation of universal wisdom? Dr. Rachel Harding drops by to talk about ancestry and mysticism with “The Cosmic We” hosts Barbara Holmes and Donny Bryant. What do you think Dr. Harding means by travel being a mnemonic device? How have you witnessed that play out in your life? Rachel Elizabeth Harding, is Associate Professor of Indigenous Spiritual Traditions in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Denver. A native of Georgia, a writer, historian and poet, Rachel is a specialist in religions of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora and studies the relationship between religion, creativity and s­ocial justice activism in cross-cultural perspective. She is a Cave Canem Fellow and holds an MFA in creative writing from Brown University and a PhD in history from the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Harding is author of A Refuge in Thunder: Candomblé and Alternative Spaces of Blackness as well as numerous poems and essays. Rachel’s second book, Remnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism and Mothering, combines her own writings with the autobiographical reflections of her mother, Rosemarie Freeney Harding, on their family history and the role of compassion and spirituality in African American social justice organizing. Rachel is an ebomi (elder initiate) in the Terreiro do Cobre Candomble community in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, where she has been a participant for over 20 years. Resources: The transcript for this episode can be found here.

Have you ever experienced another culture’s interpretation of universal wisdom? Dr. Rachel Harding drops by to talk about ancestry and mysticism with “The Cosmic We” hosts Barbara Holmes and Donny Bryant. What do you think Dr. Harding means by travel being a mnemonic device? How have you witnessed that play out in your life?&nbsp;Rachel Elizabeth Harding, is Associate Professor of Indigenous Spiritual Traditions in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Denver.&nbsp;A native of Georgia, a writer, historian and poet, Rachel is a specialist in religions of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora and studies the relationship between religion, creativity and s­ocial justice activism in cross-cultural perspective.&nbsp;She is a Cave Canem Fellow and holds an MFA in creative writing from Brown University and a PhD in history from the University of Colorado Boulder.&nbsp;Dr. Harding is author of A Refuge in Thunder: Candomblé and Alternative Spaces of Blackness as well as numerous poems and essays.&nbsp;Rachel’s second book, Remnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism and Mothering, combines her own writings with the autobiographical reflections of her mother, Rosemarie Freeney Harding, on their family history and the role of compassion and spirituality in African American social justice organizing.Rachel is an ebomi (elder initiate) in the Terreiro do Cobre Candomble community in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, where she has been a participant for over 20 years. Resources:The transcript for this episode can be <a href="https://cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TCW_Transcript_S3_E3.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">found here. </a>

Becoming Instruments of Grace and Compassionate Justice with Dr. Rachel Harding

In this very special episode of The Cosmic We, we're honoring the life of our beloved co-host Dr. Barbara Holmes. Co-host Donny Bryant and producer Corey Wayne recall what it was like working on this show with Dr. B over the last 4 years. Coincidentally, the last unaired episode was with Dr.B's cousin Linda Holmes. We had been working on it across the last year of Dr. Holmes' life. As we look to living her teachings forward through this show, we wanted to share this powerful conversation.This conversation covers a lot of ground: the history of Black midwifery, systemic racism in healthcare, and the spiritual traditions surrounding birth, the importance of honoring African traditions, and the need to reclaim and transform the medical system to name a few. Linda shares her birthing journey and how it led her to champion birth justice and to connect with midwives in both the US and Africa.A fun fact, Linda and Dr. B grew up in the same home. They take us into their shared childhood, their family's history, and the powerful connections between midwifery and Black history.Linda's book Safe in a Midwife's Hands was a finalist for the <a href="https://www.maah.org/maah-stone-book-award">Stone Book Award</a> for the Museum of African American History.About Linda: Linda Janet Holmes, writer, biographer, oral historian, curator, and long-time women's health activist, is the author of the groundbreaking book, <a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net/safe_in_a_midwife_s_hands__birthing_traditions_from_africa_to_the_american_south_.htm">Safe in a Midwife's Hands: Birthing Traditions from Africa to the American South</a>. Holmes' most recent book focuses on stories emanating from decades of interviewing African descendant midwives in the American South, intertwined with the stories of traditional midwives in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Ghana. <a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net/safe_in_a_midwife_s_hands__birthing_traditions_from_africa_to_the_american_south_.htm">Safe in a Midwife's Hands </a>is rooted in the research and writing for her previous book<a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net/safe_in_a_midwife_s_hands__birthing_traditions_from_africa_to_the_american_south_.htm">, </a><a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net/listen_to_me_good__the_life_story_of_an_alabama_midwife_120530.htm">Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of An Alabama Midwife</a>, (Ohio State University Press). Co-authored with Margaret Charles Smith, a traditional African descendant midwife, <a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net/listen_to_me_good__the_life_story_of_an_alabama_midwife_120530.htm">Listen to me Good</a> continues to be a widely read best seller, 27 years after its publication.Resources:<ul>
<li>To learn more about Linda, visit her website <a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net">here</a>
</li>
<li>Her book, Safe in a Midwife's Hands can be found <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/safe-in-a-midwife-s-hands-birthing-traditions-from-africa-to-the-american-south-linda-janet-holmes/19150793?ean=9780814258668&gclid=Cj0KCQjwk96lBhDHARIsAEKO4xZgNwU2Hz1UxWju_QS_UTx4T-wOZlvrIdfSdBIROiPYYBb6jXKonLMaAgV5EALw_wcB">here</a>
</li>
<li>The transcript to this episode can be found <a href="https://cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TCW_Transcript_S5_E5.pdf">here</a>.</li>
</ul>

In this very special episode of The Cosmic We, we're honoring the life of our beloved co-host Dr. Barbara Holmes. Co-host Donny Bryant and producer Corey Wayne recall what it was like working on this show with Dr. B over the last 4 years. Coincidentally, the last unaired episode was with Dr.B's cousin Linda Holmes. We had been working on it across the last year of Dr. Holmes' life. As we look to living her teachings forward through this show, we wanted to share this powerful conversation. This conversation covers a lot of ground: the history of Black midwifery, systemic racism in healthcare, and the spiritual traditions surrounding birth, the importance of honoring African traditions, and the need to reclaim and transform the medical system to name a few. Linda shares her birthing journey and how it led her to champion birth justice and to connect with midwives in both the US and Africa. A fun fact, Linda and Dr. B grew up in the same home. They take us into their shared childhood, their family's history, and the powerful connections between midwifery and Black history. Linda's book Safe in a Midwife's Hands was a finalist for the Stone Book Award for the Museum of African American History. About Linda: Linda Janet Holmes, writer, biographer, oral historian, curator, and long-time women's health activist, is the author of the groundbreaking book, Safe in a Midwife's Hands: Birthing Traditions from Africa to the American South. Holmes' most recent book focuses on stories emanating from decades of interviewing African descendant midwives in the American South, intertwined with the stories of traditional midwives in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Ghana. Safe in a Midwife's Hands is rooted in the research and writing for her previous book, Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of An Alabama Midwife, (Ohio State University Press). Co-authored with Margaret Charles Smith, a traditional African descendant midwife, Listen to me Good continues to be a widely read best seller, 27 years after its publication. Resources: To learn more about Linda, visit her website here Her book, Safe in a Midwife's Hands can be found here The transcript to this episode can be found here.

In this very special episode of The Cosmic We, we're honoring the life of our beloved co-host Dr. Barbara Holmes. Co-host Donny Bryant and producer Corey Wayne recall what it was like working on this show with Dr. B over the last 4 years. Coincidentally, the last unaired episode was with Dr.B's cousin Linda Holmes. We had been working on it across the last year of Dr. Holmes' life. As we look to living her teachings forward through this show, we wanted to share this powerful conversation.This conversation covers a lot of ground: the history of Black midwifery, systemic racism in healthcare, and the spiritual traditions surrounding birth, the importance of honoring African traditions, and the need to reclaim and transform the medical system to name a few. Linda shares her birthing journey and how it led her to champion birth justice and to connect with midwives in both the US and Africa.A fun fact, Linda and Dr. B grew up in the same home. They take us into their shared childhood, their family's history, and the powerful connections between midwifery and Black history.Linda's book Safe in a Midwife's Hands was a finalist for the <a href="https://www.maah.org/maah-stone-book-award" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stone Book Award</a> for the Museum of African American History.About Linda: Linda Janet Holmes, writer, biographer, oral historian, curator, and long-time women's health activist, is the author of the groundbreaking book,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net/safe_in_a_midwife_s_hands__birthing_traditions_from_africa_to_the_american_south_.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer">Safe in a Midwife's Hands: Birthing Traditions from Africa to the American South</a>. Holmes' most recent book focuses on stories emanating from decades of interviewing African descendant midwives in the American South, intertwined with the stories of traditional midwives in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Ghana.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net/safe_in_a_midwife_s_hands__birthing_traditions_from_africa_to_the_american_south_.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer">Safe in a Midwife's Hands&nbsp;</a>is rooted in the research and writing for her previous book<a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net/safe_in_a_midwife_s_hands__birthing_traditions_from_africa_to_the_american_south_.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer">,&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net/listen_to_me_good__the_life_story_of_an_alabama_midwife_120530.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer">Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of An Alabama Midwife</a>, (Ohio State University Press). Co-authored with Margaret Charles Smith, a traditional African descendant midwife,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net/listen_to_me_good__the_life_story_of_an_alabama_midwife_120530.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer">Listen to me Good</a>&nbsp;continues to be a widely read best seller, 27 years after its publication.Resources:<ul>
<li>To learn more about Linda, visit her website <a href="https://www.lindajholmes.net" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>
</li>
<li>Her book, Safe in a Midwife's Hands can be found <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/safe-in-a-midwife-s-hands-birthing-traditions-from-africa-to-the-american-south-linda-janet-holmes/19150793?ean=9780814258668&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwk96lBhDHARIsAEKO4xZgNwU2Hz1UxWju_QS_UTx4T-wOZlvrIdfSdBIROiPYYBb6jXKonLMaAgV5EALw_wcB" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>
</li>
<li>The transcript to this episode can be found <a href="https://cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TCW_Transcript_S5_E5.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
</ul>

Honoring the Life of Dr. Barbara Holmes and Birthing Justice with Linda Janet Holmes

When was the last time you deeply listened to someone’s story?On this episode, Dr. Donny Bryant and Dr. Barbara Holmes are joined in conversation by Alison McCrary exploring the very real impact of how we listen, speak, and show up in the world. A former nun and tireless advocate, guest Alison McCrary reminds us, “We’re all called to be holy beings—to be the eyes, ears, heart, and being of God in the world.” How will you embody the eyes, ears, and heart of God in the world today? Alison McCrary, a Georgia-born, New Orleans-based social justice lawyer and spiritual worker, bridges justice and spirituality in her work. With roots in the U.S. South, she serves as a transformative justice practitioner, strategist, and mediator. Passionate about healing trauma and repairing harm, Alison is a Spiritual Advisor on Louisiana’s Death Row. Formerly a Catholic nun, she remains active in her parish and indigenous community, advocating for criminal justice reform, environmental justice, human rights, and cultural preservation.Resources:<ul>
<li>The transcript for this episode can be found <a href="https://cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/TCW_Transcript_S5_E2.pdf">here</a>.</li>
<li>To learn more about Alison's work, visit her website <a href="https://www.alisonmccrary.com/about">here</a>.</li>
</ul>

When was the last time you deeply listened to someone’s story? On this episode, Dr. Donny Bryant and Dr. Barbara Holmes are joined in conversation by Alison McCrary exploring the very real impact of how we listen, speak, and show up in the world. A former nun and tireless advocate, guest Alison McCrary reminds us, “We’re all called to be holy beings—to be the eyes, ears, heart, and being of God in the world.” How will you embody the eyes, ears, and heart of God in the world today? Alison McCrary, a Georgia-born, New Orleans-based social justice lawyer and spiritual worker, bridges justice and spirituality in her work. With roots in the U.S. South, she serves as a transformative justice practitioner, strategist, and mediator. Passionate about healing trauma and repairing harm, Alison is a Spiritual Advisor on Louisiana’s Death Row. Formerly a Catholic nun, she remains active in her parish and indigenous community, advocating for criminal justice reform, environmental justice, human rights, and cultural preservation. Resources: The transcript for this episode can be found here. To learn more about Alison's work, visit her website here.

When was the last time you deeply listened to someone’s story?On this episode, Dr. Donny Bryant and Dr. Barbara Holmes are joined in conversation by Alison McCrary exploring the very real impact of how we listen, speak, and show up in the world.&nbsp;A former nun and tireless advocate, guest Alison McCrary reminds us, “We’re all called to be holy beings—to be the eyes, ears, heart, and being of God in the world.” How will you embody the eyes, ears, and heart of God in the world today?&nbsp;Alison McCrary, a Georgia-born, New Orleans-based social justice lawyer and spiritual worker, bridges justice and spirituality in her work. With roots in the U.S. South, she serves as a transformative justice practitioner, strategist, and mediator. Passionate about healing trauma and repairing harm, Alison is a Spiritual Advisor on Louisiana’s Death Row. Formerly a Catholic nun, she remains active in her parish and indigenous community, advocating for criminal justice reform, environmental justice, human rights, and cultural preservation.Resources:<ul>
<li>The transcript for this episode can be found <a href="https://cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/TCW_Transcript_S5_E2.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
<li>To learn more about Alison's work, visit her website <a href="https://www.alisonmccrary.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
</ul>

Sacred Activism With Alison McCrary

On this introductory episode, Dr. Barbara Holmes and Donny Bryant introduce who they are, recap their highlights from the first season and share their hopes for what the listeners will gain from listening to this podcast.

On this introductory episode, Dr. Barbara Holmes and Donny Bryant introduce who they are, recap their highlights from the first season and share their hopes for what the listeners will gain from listening to this podcast.

An Introduction to The Cosmic We

The Cosmic We is a brand new podcast that goes beyond race and racism to consider relatedness as the organizing principle of the universe, exploring our shared cosmic origins though a cultural lens that fuses science, mysticism, spirituality, and the creative arts. Together with prominent cosmologists, shamans, biblical scholars, poets and activists, Center for Action and Contemplation core teacher Barbara Holmes and co-host Donny Bryant unveil the “we” of us beyond color, continent, country, or kinship to conjure unseen futures in exploration of the mystery of Divine connection.

The Cosmic We is a brand new podcast that goes beyond race and racism to consider relatedness as the organizing principle of the universe, exploring our shared cosmic origins though a cultural lens that fuses science, mysticism, spirituality, and the creative arts. Together with prominent cosmologists, shamans, biblical scholars, poets and activists, Center for Action and Contemplation core teacher Barbara Holmes and co-host Donny Bryant unveil the “we” of us beyond color, continent, country, or kinship to conjure unseen futures in exploration of the mystery of Divine connection.

The Cosmic We&nbsp;is a brand new podcast that goes beyond race and racism to consider relatedness as the organizing principle of the universe, exploring our shared cosmic origins though a cultural lens that fuses science, mysticism, spirituality, and the creative arts. Together with prominent cosmologists, shamans, biblical scholars, poets and activists, Center for Action and Contemplation core teacher Barbara Holmes and co-host Donny Bryant unveil the “we” of&nbsp;us&nbsp;beyond color, continent, country, or kinship to conjure unseen futures in exploration of the mystery of Divine connection.

Coming Soon: The Cosmic We

The Cosmic We goes beyond race and racism to consider relatedness as the organizing principle of the universe, exploring our shared cosmic origins though a cultural lens that fuses science, mysticism, spirituality, and the creative arts. Together with prominent cosmologists, shamans, biblical scholars, poets and activists, Center for Action and Contemplation core teacher Barbara Holmes and co-host Donny Bryant unveil the “we” of&nbsp;us&nbsp;beyond color, continent, country, or kinship to conjure unseen futures in exploration of the mystery of Divine connection.

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The Cosmic We goes beyond race and racism to consider relatedness as the organizing principle of the universe, exploring our shared cosmic origins though a cultural lens that fuses science, mysticism, spirituality, and the creative arts. Together with prominent cosmologists, shamans, biblical scholars, poets and activists, Center for Action and Contemplation core teacher Barbara Holmes and co-host Donny Bryant unveil the “we” of us beyond color, continent, country, or kinship to conjure unseen futures in exploration of the mystery of Divine connection.

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