I never wanted to be a mom and mothering didn’t come naturally to me. I had to discipline myself to be a good mom. So what does that mean?

I never wanted to be a mother, but there I was pregnant living in a van.

How could the message carry so much weight?

The font read,

“The beginning of wisdom is silence.”

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Faith should be embodied and we experience spirituality in our bodies. Join our conversation with Kylie.

Recently I had the privilege of answering three questions for the attendees at the Inspired To Lead conference. Here is what I had to say.

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It occurred to me that I could benefit from listening to the wisdom my body is whispering. See I believe the body speaks a word about ME, about others, and about God.

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One of the things I learned studying masculinity in America is that there are moments when the question, what does it mean to be a man, rises. It usually coincides with seismic shifts like the Industrial Revolution.

Our discussion with Nate Pyles about his Book Man Enough and knew we needed to hear his thinking on manhood right away. Enjoy!

Stephen Boyd, Professor of Religion and Public Engagement at Wake Forest, specializes in the history of Christianity and Christian thought, gender studies, and religion and public life. He’s authored multiple books on masculinity and what it means to be a man, and today we’ll be digging into his best-selling Christian book, The Men We Long To Be. 

In this book, Stephen argues that our patriarchal system socializes and conditions our men to become, what he calls, lonely warriors and desperate lovers. 

I have spent years studying the issue of masculinity in America.

I have concluded that much of what we are taught is cultural, not biblical. Today let's go back to Jesus and ask him what it means to be a man who follows after you. How does your life help us understand what it means to be a real man? Join me as we discuss these issues with Carolyn Custis James.

I’ve been on a spiritual journey of unlearning and relearning my Christian faith.

So much of what Brian Zahnd writes gives words and comfort to me.

I appreciate how he normalizes what many of us are going through. For those raised in the conservative evangelical world, unlearning and relearning can be scary. We’ve been taught not to question or shift our theology, or as it’s said, you’ll end up on the slippery slope to liberalism or, worse, have no faith at all. Listen today as Brian normalizes this spiritual learning journey of unlearning and relearning.