94. Contemplative Life—Strange, Mysterious, Queer

Those unlearning the ways of an anxious culture are leaning into queerness as a metaphor for approaching the sacred: We are leaning into "possibilities beyond"...We're learning a new path.

 

• Find Jonathan Merritt's children's book My Guncle and Me here.
• Find Queering Contemplation by Cassidy Hall here.
• Find the Contemplating Now podcast episode I quoted from with Therese Taylor-Stinson here.
• The prayer we pray in A Slow Practice can be found in The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton. 
• Here's a link to Micha's new book Blessed Are The Rest of Us: How Limits and Longing Make Us Whole. Find it at Target, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Bookshop.org.
• Leave a review for Blessed on Amazon here! 
• It's availble at 40% off the price of other booksellers at BakerBookHouse. Just use the code SLOWWAY at checkout.
• Learn more about Micha's other podcast The Lucky Few at their website and instagram.  
• Micha will be hosting a weekly virtual book club for paid subscribers this spring, following the release of her new book. If you're interested, become a paid subscriber and support her work! Here's a link to learn more.
• Find a transcript of this episode here. 
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