Upside Down Podcast
Upside Down Podcast is an ecumenical podcast at the intersection of justice, spirituality, and culture. Join us for conversations about God's Upside Down Kingdom. No topic is off limits. Upside Down Podcast is a collaborative Christian podcast co-founded by Kayla Craig and Lindsy Wallace. Some of our most popular guests have included Christena Cleveland, Dr. John Perkins, Shane Claiborne, Jo Saxton, Father Greg Boyle, Shannan Martin, and Dominique Gilliard. Popular episodes have featured the enneagram, gentrification, nonviolence, vocations and callings, immigration, and more. Upside Down is proud to be an ecumenical podcast, bridging the gap between Catholic and Protestant thought. Visit www.upsidedownpodcast.com or follow us on Instagram at @upsidedownpodcast.
Upside Down Podcast
Season 6 | Episode 96: Persistence in Advent with Kat Armas
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Kayla Craig, Lindsy Wallace, Patricia Taylor, Alissa Molina
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Season 6
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Episode 96
Have you ever considered that Jesus is who he is because of a woman? Co-hosts Patricia Taylor and Kayla Craig talk with writer Kat Armas about this bigger, expansive, abuelita faith—one that persists, resists, and survives.
In this episode, we:
- Discuss the influence of Kat’s Roman Catholic upbringing on having a tangible and embodied view of Mother Mary
- Talk about Julian of Norwich’s image of Jesus as mother as well as Jesus being raised by a mother and being mothered himself
- Marvel at how marginalized women can contain the most sacred and most holy
- Define what abuelita theology means and how it’s birthed through our lived experiences
- Go over the difference between persistence and resistance and where they can meet and overlap on the journey to justice
- Ask who is in our spiritual genealogies and who are the theologians in our lives who wouldn’t be considered one by the dominant culture
- Wonder what are the places where we haven’t been trained to experience God
Join us for this stirring conversation about what a lived theology looks like from the perspective of being a woman. We hope that it enriches your experience of the Advent season.
News, Notes, and Links:
- Follow along with Kat through her website, on Instagram, on Twitter, and through her podcast. You pick up her beautiful book, Abuelita Faith, here.
- Check out the Chasing Justice Masterclass that Kat co-led with Dr. Yolanda Pierce, “Rooted: Elders, Ancestors, and Collective Memory” here.
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- Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.
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