We dive into a few of the rituals that already exist in the Christian church for this episode: Baptism, Communion/the Eucharist, the Liturgy/Liturgical Year, and Prayer. We explore ways to find new meaning in these old rituals and hope this conversation sparks a desire in you to reconnect with these rituals in new and life-giving ways- but only if they do not cause you harm. Follow along as we really go deep into what these rituals were meant to accomplish, how they are viewed by different denominations, and how we can begin to view them as rituals for resistance within our communities.  

Links:

Liberating Rites: Understanding the Transformative Power of Ritual by Tom F. Driver 

Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality by Richard Beck

Take This Bread by Sara Miles

Torture and Eucharist by William T. Cavanaugh

Claiming Earth As a Common Ground by Andrea Cohen-Kiener

Radical Reinvention by Kaya Oakes

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