Podcast appearances and mentions of kat armas

If you're like me, a child of the 80s, you grew up watching Star Wars. I understood a lot about Star Wars but what I didn't understand at the time was how political it was. The empire and the rebellion. Resistance. Fighting for the underdog and the oppressed. Fighting for an alternative way of being that is not dictated by empire. One of my goals with this podcast is to create a diverse platform of voices within the church. Voices on the margins. Artists on the margins. Theologians on the margins. One of those important voices is author and Cuban-American theologian Kat Armas. One of my favorite books this year is her new book Liturgies for Resisting Empire. This is a conversation about reimagination. Decolonization. Reclaiming agency. Seeing the beauty in humanity in dehumanizing times. There's a lot here, but the entire conversation is worth your time if you like to be challenged, stretched, and gain perspective from a different vantage point in a global and diverse Christianity. Topics Covered: The importance of listening to marginalized people Deconstruction vs Decolonization How the Bible is co-opted in support of various political agendas Why The United States of America can’t be de-colonized How to resist empire Global missions and colonialism How to care for those who have deconstructed their faith Resources Mentioned: Show Sponsor: Planning Center Liturgies for Resisting Empire by Kat Armas Abuelita Faith by Kat Armas Sacred Belonging by Kat Armas Bewilderment by Richard Powers Show Sponsor: Planning Center This episode is brought to you by Planning Center, helping you sync all your ministry details across your whole church. Planning Center has become so essential to how I manage a team, that it's almost impossible to consider local church ministry without it anymore. Today, I want to leave you with a PCO pro-tip. Does this sound like a familiar situation? It's the end of the week. You're about to leave the office when you suddenly think: Did all of our volunteers confirm for Sunday? You scroll through the schedule and sure enough—there's a gap. Instead of allowing yourself to spiral into a panic, try this: In Services, Planning Center has gap alerts. Turn them on, and you'll get a heads-up days before service if positions are still unfilled or unconfirmed. No more end of the week scrambling. Speaking of less scrambling, did you know you can access everything you need for rehearsals right from the Service media player on your phone? Lyrics, chord charts, arrangement notes—it's all right there, so you're not hunting for files in the middle of hitting those power chords. To see what else you can do to make your Sundays easier, go to planningcenter.com/blog. The post #394: Empire, Resistance, and Faith On The Margins with Kat Armas appeared first on Beyond Sunday Worship.

If we spend our time with people who angry, self-protective, and cruel, we will most likely become those things as well. But if we spend our time with people who are generous, compassionate, and humble, and grounded in the way of Jesus we will those things will take root in us too. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert concludes our series, Together in Christ, walking through the book of Philippians!We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you'd like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.Resources Referenced:Philippians: Interpretation Commentary by Fred CraddockAbuelita Faith by Kat Armas

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On this episode, Shane sits down with Kat Armas to talk about how we meet this moment as followers of Jesus, the role of prayer and liturgy, and her new book, Liturgies for Resisting Empire. Connect with Kat Website: Kat Armas Instagram: @katarmas Substack: Some Things Abuelita | Kat Armas | Substack Connect with RLC Help sustain the work of RLC: www.redletterchristians.org/donate/  To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org   Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians  Instagram: @RedLetterXians  Follow Shane on Instagram: @shane.claiborne  Twitter: @ShaneClaiborne 

This week we heard from authors Shannan Martin and Kat Armas about the intersection of their work and the current moment in which we find ourselves. You don't want to miss this meaningful conversation! ⛪️ To learn more about who we are and what we do, visit https://gracepointe.net/about-us

This week we heard from authors Shannan Martin and Kat Armasabout the intersection of their work and the current moment in which we find ourselves. You don't want to miss this meaningful conversation! ⛪️ To learn more about who we are and what we do, visit https://gracepointe.net/about-us

AbbeyoftheArts.com Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Melinda Thomas reads Kat Armas and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world. Credits: All texts under fair use or with permission. Kat Armas, Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World. (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2025), pg. 65 AbbeyoftheArts.com

“You cannot decolonize the academy. So, let's get creative about what we can do.” — Kat Armas Author and theologian Kat Armas joins us on the podcast to discuss strategies for right-sizing our relationship with power in our world today. How do the ideologies of empire affect our daily lives and how shall we respond? Author and theologian Kat Armas joins us on the podcast to discuss her recent book Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World. Kat examines the concept of empire, uncovering ways that power structures infuse daily life and the broader culture. Her response comes in the form of liturgies, framing these ideas in prayer and offering a thoughtful and galvanizing call to critique and action. Kat's writing invites us to look carefully at the world around us and refocus on the example Jesus offers of loving God and loving neighbor. Our conversation is energetic and relevant and fun too — I think you'll enjoy it. And if you listen to the end of the credits, you'll hear an excerpt from our conversation where Kat tells the story of that one time when the Pope shared one of her articles. So jump right in! We're so glad you're here. — Ann Boyd For show notes or more information please visit our article at The Well. If you'd like to support the work of InterVarsity's Women Scholars and Professionals, including future podcasts such as this episode, you can do so at givetoiv.org/wsap. Thank you for listening!

AbbeyoftheArts.com Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Te Martin reads Kat Armas and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world. Credits: All texts under fair use or with permission. Kat Armas, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength. (Brazos Press, 2021), pg. 170 AbbeyoftheArts.com

Christine Valters Paintner is joined by author Claudia Love Mair for a series of video conversations. Every other month they take up a new book by or about a voice of color. The community is invited to purchase and read the books in advance and participate actively in this journey of deepening, discovery, and transformation. This month they sit down with Kat Armas to discuss her book Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World. In Liturgies for Resisting Empire, Cuban American theologian and writer Kat Armas provides a roadmap for Christians seeking a countercultural way of living that prioritizes community and humanity over dominance and power. Armas combines spiritual practices and biblical theology to help us create authentic belonging to God, ourselves, each other, and creation. She begins by examining how empire affects us daily through its pervasive ideologies and systems of control. Drawing from decolonial and postcolonial biblical interpretation, she explores how the New Testament church resisted Roman imperial power while building communities centered on God's kingdom values rather than worldly dominance. This book offers hope for Christians struggling to live faithfully within systems of exploitation and oppression. Armas provides practical spiritual disciplines, community-building strategies, and theological frameworks that empower readers to resist empire's dehumanizing effects while cultivating spaces of authentic belonging and liberation. AbbeyoftheArts.com/lift-every-voice/liturgies-for-resisting-empire

We are so excited to have Kat Armas with us! Kat is a Cuban American writer, speaker, and theologian from Miami, FL. She will be talking about the subject of her newest book—Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World, which examines the ideologies of empire that infiltrate daily life and offers a pathway toward liberation.We are live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you'd like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

In a country that is hurting and fractured by deep division, many of us are wondering how to remain rooted in love. As followers of Jesus, the question before us is not simply what do we think, but how do we stay human, attentive, and faithful in such a time as this? In this thoughtful and spacious conversation, Rachael Clinton Chen welcomes theologian and author Kat Armas into a much-needed dialogue about power, imagination, and what it means to remain grounded and joined together in the way of Jesus. Drawing from her newest book, "Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World," Kat invites listeners beyond political binaries and party lines into a deeper reckoning with how power has shaped our stories.  Here, empire names more than a political system. It refers to any way of organizing life—political, theological, cultural, or personal—that relies on power and fear to preserve itself, rather than love, humility, and mutual care. Often, its influence goes unnamed, shaping our imaginations, our bodies, our relationships, and even our spirituality. Against this backdrop, Kat offers liturgies as embodied practices that can steady us, give us language when words feel thin, and help us resist dehumanization together. This episode is not about debating political parties or policies. Instead, it invites us to slow down, to notice what's been "in the water" all along, and to return our attention to Jesus. We hope this conversation offers something more sustaining than easy answers—a holy resistance shaped by presence, community, and love. About the Allender Center Podcast: For over a decade, the Allender Center Podcast has offered honest, thoughtful conversations about the deep work of healing and transformation. Hosted by Dr. Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen, MDiv, this weekly podcast explores the complexities of trauma, abuse recovery, story, relationships, and spiritual formation. Through questions submitted by listeners, stories, interviews, and conversations, we engage the deep places of heartache and hope that are rarely addressed so candidly in our culture today. Join the Allender Center Podcast to uncover meaningful perspectives and support for your path to healing and growth.   At the Allender Center, we value thoughtful dialogue across a wide range of voices, stories, and lived experiences. In that spirit, our podcast features guests and hosts who may hold differing perspectives. The perspectives shared on this podcast by guests and hosts reflect their own experiences and viewpoints and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, or endorsements of the Allender Center and/or The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. Stream each episode, plus find transcripts, additional resources, and more at: theallendercenter.org/podcast   To become a supporter of the Allender Center Podcast, visit: https://theallendercenter.org/2025/11/podcast-support/  

Hey there, we intended to get this episode published last month but life and *waves hands at everything going on in the US* got in the way. HOWEVER! This was an encouraging conversation and a great way to orient ourselves as we kick off a new year under an oppressive, malicious, and very dumb empire. Kat Armas is is a Cuban American writer, speaker, and theologian from Miami, FL. She holds a ThM from Vanderbilt Divinity School, and a dual MDiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary where she was awarded the Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing. She is also a very thoughtful writer and a great hang. Topics included on this episode:The way Empire trades mystery and memory for conformityHer book dedication on LfREAdvent and how the Incarnation relates to what she's been thinking and writing about latelyHer love of reading and horror moviesand MORE!Check out her upcoming stops on her book tour and take some friends to see her when she's in your area!Buy Liturgies For Resisting Empire (30% off & Free Shipping rn!)Listen on Libby through your local library Shoutouts:The CorrespondentsTell Me EverythingAlien seriesSmall Things Like TheseChildren of MenFollow Kat:InstagramWebsiteSubstackFollow Us:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Philip's Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Share Your Questions/Suggestions/Feedback With Us:Email: thesubstancepod@gmail.comDM on InstagramSupport Us: Support the show with an individual donation on CashApp to $TheSubstancePod or become a monthly Patreon supporter at patreon.com/TheSubstancePod

I am embarrassed to admit how recently I started to realize the effects of empire on my life. It probably wasn’t until I entered seminary that vocabulary like empire or colonialism entered my everyday consciousness, and even when it did, reckoning with it is something that still evades me most days. It’s difficult to see … Continue reading Episode 334 – Kat Armas

Mary B is joined by Kat Armas to discuss her new book, Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World. This episode begins with Armas offering an invocation — as she does at the start of each chapter of her latest book. Her invocation is aptly a liturgy for resisting empire. Armas focuses on the important of community as resistance because as she says, “friendship… is the death of empire.” It is in community where one finds new ways to resist and care for their neighbor. Empire insidiously convinces us to think in binary and Armas urges the listener to hold on to complexity in a world that often demands simplicity.Kat Armas (MDiv, MAT, Fuller Theological Seminary) is a Cuban American writer and podcaster and the recipient of Fuller Seminary's Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing. She is pursuing a ThM at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Armas is the author of three books, Abuelita Faith, Sacred Belonging, and Liturgies for Resisting Empire. She has written for Christianity Today, Sojourners, Relevant, Christians for Biblical Equality, Fuller Youth Institute, Fathom magazine, and Missio Alliance.Get Liturgies for Resisting Empire wherever you buy books (check Baker Books to see if it's still on sale there!). Follow Kat on socials @kat_armas. Check out Kat's Substack at katarmas.substack.comJoin the Found Family crew over on Substack and get your free copy of the Found Family Cheat Sheet! Support the show

Mary's "Magnificat" is pretty revolutionary. It isn't praising God for abstract blessings, but for real material events, all of which have to do with radical social justice. And this makes sense, given the world Mary lived in. She was a young Jewish woman, likely from a poor family, in a nation that was occupied by the Roman Empire. Since she was not a citizen, she lacked various protections and rights. Her son Jesus would eventually be executed by that Empire, on suspicion of revolution—and his execution would be in the brutal form of crucifixion, since he didn't enjoy the protection of citizenship.  We know there were revolutionary groups in first-century Roman-occupied Palestine. And we know Jesus was executed because the imperial regime viewed him as a revolutionary. What would Mary have thought about those groups? Does her Magnificat indicate that she favored them? Can we call Mary a revolutionary? On this episode of Glad You Asked, the second in a three-part season finale looking at Mary as a figure of liberation, the hosts talk with theologian Kat Armas about Marian devotion in relation to movements of revolution and reform.  Armas has a dual Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, where she was awarded the Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing. She is the author of Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World (Brazos Press, and Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence and Strength (Brazos Press), as well as numerous articles, including in the National Catholic Reporter, Plough Magazine, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Sojornours.   Learn more about this topic, and read some of Armas' work, in these links:  Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World, by Kat Armas Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence and Strength, by Kat Armas "In Scripture and Trump's America, some people mistakenly want a king," by Kat Armas "Mary, Mary, quite contrary," by Elizabeth Johnson "How Liberation Theology Illuminates Advent in the Bible," a U.S. Catholic interview Glad You Asked is sponsored by the Claretian Missionaries USA, a congregation of Catholic priests and brothers who live and work with the most vulnerable among us. To learn more, visit claretians.org.   "Divine revelation leads to revolution," by Alice Camille

This week we welcomed theologian and GP member Kat Armas to share about her brilliant new book, Liturgies for Resisting Empire. After the sermon Kat is joined by GP Lead Pastor Josh Scott for a conversation about our response to empire.⛪️ To learn more about who we are and what we do, visit https://gracepointe.net/about-us

Kat Armas, a Cuban American write, speaker and theologian, generously preached this past Sunday - reading a story and answering questions from her new book "Liturgies for Resisting Empire."Armas holds a ThM from Vanderbilt Divinity School and dual MDiv and MAT degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary, where she received the Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing.

This Sunday, we welcome guest preacher Kat Armas. Kat Armas is a Cuban American writer, speaker, and theologian from Miami, FL. She holds a ThM from Vanderbilt Divinity School, and a dual MDiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary. Kat has spoken at seminaries, universities, and conferences nationwide and her work has appeared in the National Catholic Reporter—where one of her essays was shared by the pope!, Plough Magazine, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Sojornours Magazine, and more. Kat currently lives on a small farm in middle Tennessee with her family—which includes her spouse, young children, chickens, goats, pigs, dogs, and cats. Her new book was released this week. Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World examines the ideologies of empire that infiltrate daily life and offers a pathway toward liberation. Additionally, Pastor Molly will offer a reflection on our new mission statement, as well as an invitation to participate in our fall stewardship campaign. www.TheLoftLA.org

Kat Armas joins Shifting Culture to talk about her new book, Liturgies for Resisting Empire, a powerful exploration of how empire shapes the way we think about God, community, time, and ourselves. She names the ways control, hierarchy, and productivity have distorted our faith and imaginations, and invites us into practices of resistance rooted in love, rest, and belonging. Kat offers a vision of wholeness that embraces paradox over dualism, kinship over domination, and peace over violence. This conversation points us toward a more human way of living. One where we belong without conditions and find God in the places empire forgets.Kat Armas is a Cuban American writer, speaker, and theologian from Miami, FL. She holds a ThM from Vanderbilt Divinity School, and a dual MDiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary where she was awarded the Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing.Her first book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence and Strength, sits at the intersection of women, decolonialism, the Bible, and Cuban identity. Her second book, Sacred Belonging: A 40-day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture invites readers to encounter the Bible through a decolonized lens, lifting up themes of creation, wisdom, spirit, the body, and the feminine.Kat has spoken at seminaries, universities, and conferences nationwide and her work has appeared in the National Catholic Reporter—where one of her essays was shared by the pope!, Plough Magazine, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Sojornours Magazine, and more.Kat currently lives on a small farm in middle Tennessee with her family—which includes her spouse, young children, chickens, goats, pigs, dogs, and cats. Her forthcoming third book Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World examines the ideologies of empire that infiltrate daily life and offers a pathway toward liberation. It releases November 4th.Kat's Book:Liturgies for Resisting EmpireKat's Recommendations:The CorrespondentTell Me EverythingResident AlienConnect with Joshua: jjohnson@shiftingculturepodcast.comGo to www.shiftingculturepodcast.com to interact and donate. Every donation helps to produce more podcasts for you to enjoy.Follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Threads, Bluesky or YouTubeConsider Giving to the podcast and to the ministry that my wife and I do around the world. Just click on the support the show link below Contact me to advertise: jjohnson@shiftingculturepodcast.com Support the show

What does true belonging look like when the society you live in is not something you want to "belong" to? In Liturgies for Resisting Empire, Cuban American theologian and writer Kat Armas provides a roadmap for Christians seeking a countercultural way of living that prioritizes community and humanity over dominance and power.

This week, Isabela sits down with Kat Armas - a Cuban American writer, theologian, and podcast host. In 2021, Kat released her debut book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength. Isabela got her hands on this book at the beginning of 2022, and it transformed how she engaged with her faith. In this week's episode, Isabela and Kat discuss the book, the importance of having an embodied faith, the centrality of food to our spirituality, and how to hold in tension the harm our faith has inflicted with the hope and liberation it also brings to marginalised communities.You can connect with Kat Armas, ⁠here⁠.You can buy her first book, Abuelita Faith, ⁠here⁠.Her second book, Sacred Belonging: A 40 day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture, is available ⁠here⁠.Her upcoming book Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanising World is available for pre-order here. When you get a moment, I'd really appreciate it if you left a review on Apple Podcasts and/or rated us on Spotify.Connect with me on Instagram, @belagiirrllA massive thank you to Mossy Heart Media for designing the cover art and logo. A big thank you to David Andrew for producing the music for this season. Follow him ⁠here.

This week Kat Armas shares a message about a gospel that blurs the lines empire tries to draw, focusing on the Song of Songs. ⛪️ To learn more about who we are and what we do, visit https://gracepointe.net/about-us

On today's episode Heather is joined by Kat Armas. Kat is a Cuban American theologian and author who specializes in seeing Scripture in new ways. Her lens for engaging with the Bible reminds us that there is always so much more to Scripture than we notice at first glance. This week there's also more of our new segment Friends in the Kitchen, featuring celebrity chef Danielle Kartes. Today, Danielle is sharing her delicious Chicken Piccata recipe, which you can find on her blog here. Guest Bio Kat Armas is a Cuban American writer and podcaster from Miami, Florida. She holds a dual MDiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary and is currently pursuing a ThM at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Her first book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence and Strength, sits at the intersection of women, de-colonialism, the Bible, and Cuban identity. She also explores these topics and more on her podcast, The Protagonistas, which centers the voices of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color in theological spaces. Kat is currently living outside of Nashville where she preaches regularly at Gracepointe church. Her second book, Sacred Belonging: A 40-day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture is available right now. Host Bio Heather Thompson Day is an associate professor of communication at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. She is the author of eight books, including I'll See You Tomorrow and It's Not Your Turn. Reach out to Heather on X, the app formerly known as Twitter, at @HeatherTDay and on Instagram @heatherthompsonday. Get Heather's weekly inspirational email delivered to your inbox every Friday night at 7 p.m. EST. Sign up now at: www.heatherthompsonday.com/links. Viral Jesus is a production of Christianity Today Host and creator: Heather Thompson Day Executive Producer: Ed Gilbreath Producer: Loren Joseph Mix Engineer: Alex Carter Director of CT Podcasts: Mike Cosper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“An invitation into a deep, expansive, and healing way of encountering Scripture” In this 40-day devotional, Cuban American writer Kat Armas shows us that reading the Bible with fresh eyes allows us to experience God in new and liberating ways. Highlighting biblical passages that point toward decolonized themes centered on creation, wisdom, spirit, the body, and the feminine, Armas helps us see how Scripture directs us to live a liberated faith–a faith where we belong to God, the earth, and one another. “What a delicious book. We are invited to taste and see biblical narratives with a new palate that decenters and decolonizes and disrupts limited ways of knowing.” -Rev. Dr. Jacqui J. Lewis, senior minister, Middle Church; author of Fierce Love About our Author Guest Kat Armas (MDiv and MAT, Fuller Theological Seminary), a Cuban American writer and speaker, hosts The Protagonistas podcast, where she highlights stories of everyday women of color, including writers, pastors, church leaders, and theologians. She is the author of Abuelita Faith and has written for Christianity Today, Sojourners, Relevant, Christians for Biblical Equality, Fuller Youth Institute, Fathom magazine, and Missio Alliance. Armas speaks regularly at conferences on race and justice and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.   To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org  Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians Instagram: @RedLetterXians Follow Shane on Instagram: @shane.claiborne Twitter: @ShaneClaiborne Common Hymnal information: https://commonhymnal.com/ 

As grown-ups, we can often unlearn the curiosity our children naturally have and express. They freely ask questions about anything from the ordinary to the disarmingly complex. Today, we're sharing a prayer about holy curiosity by guest liturgist Kat Armas. You're invited to pray alongside us as we ask the God of divine creativity to reconnect us to that precious spirit of curiosity so that we may see our reality anew.   Kat is a Cuban-American writer author, theologian, and speaker. You can grab her newest book, Sacred Belonging, here. You can also follow along with her work through her website and Instagram, @kat_armas.   Kayla's newest book, Every Season Sacred, is out now! This book is an invitation to ask big questions, embrace faithful rhythms, and experience God's mysterious, loving presence together. Get your copy of Every Season Sacred here or wherever books are sold.   You can check out Liturgies for Parents on Instagram for more prayers and encouragement and pick up your own copy of To Light Their Way wherever books are sold. For glimpses of Kayla's experiences with parenting and faith, find her on Instagram at @kayla_craig.   Subscribe to us on your favorite podcast app so you never miss an episode. You can also help others find us by subscribing and leaving an honest review.   This podcast is made possible by our sponsor, Bethany Christian Services. Learn more about how—together—we can change the world through family by visiting bethany.org/kayla.   The Liturgies for Parents Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual resources to help you grow into the parent you want to be, visit www.christianparenting.org.

“What if I actually took Jesus literally and … looked at the birds of the air and actually noticed the flowers? We relate to the natural world how we relate to each other.... If we disregard the natural world, it's so much easier to disregard people in our midst.” — Kat Armas Author and scholar Kat Armas shares ideas from her new devotional about our connection with earth, cosmos, nature, fellow humans, Scripture, and the liberating heart of God. How might we reconsider the world around us as we press on to know God more fully? Author Kat Armas joined us on the podcast to discuss her new book, Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture. Kat talks about her own journey of learning to integrate ideas of ecology, embodiment, and ancient wisdom with her study of Scripture, ultimately discovering some fresh avenues for connection with God. It's a very different kind of devotional, one that seeks to disentangle biblical teaching from power structures that marginalize women and people of color. The book is broad and expansive and full of stories from Kat's own life. And if you listen to the end of the podcast, I've included an excerpt from our conversation where Kat talks about the importance of body-awareness especially for academics.  So jump right in! We're so glad you're here. — Ann Boyd For show notes or more information please visit our article at The Well. If you'd like to support the work of InterVarsity's Women Scholars and Professionals, including future podcasts such as this episode, you can do so at givetoiv.org/wsap. Thank you for listening!

In this episode, host Kelly Wolfe is joined by Kat Armas, author of the new book Sacred Belonging: a 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture, to discuss:What it means to “repattern, reweave, and reimagine” Scripture and how doing so gives us fresh insights and leads us toward liberationWhy creation, Holy Spirit, wisdom, the body, and the feminine are five areas which are so ripe for (& in need of) decolonizationHow translation and language can impact our understanding and interpretation of Scripture (with a fascinating conversation about John 1:1 in Spanish, English, Greek, and in extra-biblical uses by the Greeks.)and much more!Guest Bio: Kat Armas (she/her) is a Cuban-American writer and speaker, and host of The Protagonistas podcast, where she highlights stories of everyday women of color, including writers, pastors, church leaders, and theologians. She is the author of Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength which came out in 2021 and Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture which released this month! Kat has also written for Christianity Today, Sojourners, Relevant, Christians for Biblical Equality, Fuller Youth Institute, Fathom magazine, and Missio Alliance. She has an MDiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary, she speaks regularly at conferences on race and justice and lives in Nashville, TN with her family. You can find her on IG and Twitter @kat_armas and on her website at katarmas.com

This week Isabela sits down with Kat Armas - a Cuban American writer, theologian, and podcast host. In 2021, Kat released her debut book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength. Isabela got her hands on this book at the beginning of 2022, and it transformed how she engaged with her faith. In this week's episode, Isabela and Kat discuss the book, the importance of having an embodied faith, the centrality of food to our spirituality, and how to hold in tension the harm our faith has inflicted with the hope and liberation it also imparted into communities. You can connect with Kat Armas, here. You can buy her first book, Abuelita Faith, here. Her second book, Sacred Belonging: A 40 day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture, comes out in September. Pre-order here. You can connect with Isabela on Instagra, @belagiirrll. As always, we are so grateful for everyone who listens and shares. When you get a moment, we would appreciate it if you left a review on Apple Podcasts, rated us on Spotify, or tagged us in your stories on Instagram, @amateuractivistpod

Yaneth (pronounced Janet) is the Team Leader of Cru's high school ministry in Houston. She was born in El Salvador and moved to the U.S. at the age of 4. Yaneth, along with her friend Debby Minell, who is on staff with Cru in the Twin Cities, share about Cru's summer nationwide high school missions trips to 6 continents and stories about teens who are going. Yaneth also shares thoughtfully about the hardships of feeling marginalized leading the team as a brown woman and about an exciting 1,000 Women campaign she developed with the help of some good friends. You'll be inspired by the joyful, resilient spirit and amazing stories of this EXTRAordinary woman. For more information about Cru's high school ministry in Houston, go to https://www.cru.org/communities/hs/houston/. For info on the 1,000 Women Campaign see https://sites.google.com/cru.org/a-thousand-women-campaign/home Yaneth recommends the book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength by Kat Armas. To listen on the EXTRAordinary Lives website, go to https://www.extraordinary.live/episodes/38-yanethdiaz

In the story of Pentecost, we see how the spirit of wisdom stands in direct opposition to the empires that try to control us. Today, Kat Armas shares how Acts 2 changed her view of the Holy Spirit. She invites us to reexamine the way we think about wisdom, and to oppose the efforts of empire to force assimilation by stamping out wisdom. Episode Recap: Empire does not always get the last say (0:10) Prophecies were wake up calls, reminding people of God's justice (5:27) The Bible primarily portrays wisdom and the Holy Spirit as a woman (6:54) Wisdom is a threat to empire (14:29) It's time to decolonize our view of wisdom (21:27) The Spirit of the Divine does not ask us to assimilate (23:55)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Resources: Learn more about GracePointe Check out our schedule of upcoming events Follow GracePointe on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

In this conversation, host Kelly Wolfe is joined by author, speaker, and fellow podcast host, Kat Armas, to discuss:how Kat came to and started to see the Bible and the role of women through the lens of what she calls Abuelita Faith or Abuelita Theologywho benefits (and how) when we read the Bible through the lens of the oppressed, rather than the oppressor -- and when we see ourselves rightly in the textthe wisdom, legacy, and sacredness of the survival of women and their faith, and how women (and especially marginalized women) so often become the unofficial priestesses, pastors, and ministers in their families and communitiesvarious women from Scripture and how they pave the way for all of us todaythe Holy Spirit, as the "feminine wild child of the Trinity" and feminine personification of Divine Wisdom (quote from Zaida Maldonado Perez, as referenced in Abuelita Faith)Additional Links: Episode 1 of Let It Matter Podcast - The Image and Image-Bearers of God Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture (Kat's Upcoming Book)Guest Bio: Kat Armas (she/her) is a Cuban-American writer and speaker, and host of The Protagonistas podcast, where she highlights stories of everyday women of color, including writers, pastors, church leaders, and theologians. She is the author of Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength which came out in 2021. And has also written for Christianity Today, Sojourners, Relevant, Christians for Biblical Equality, Fuller Youth Institute, Fathom magazine, and Missio Alliance. She has an MDiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary, she speaks regularly at conferences on race and justice and lives in Nashville, TN with her family. You can find her on Twitter and IG @kat_armas or on her website at katarmas.com

In this episode Kat Armas shares her story and how that informs her faith, and we talk about centering the marginalized, how to embody faith, healing the trauma of our past, and more.Kat Armas is a Cuban American writer and podcaster from Miami, FL. She holds a dual MDiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary where she was awarded the Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing, and is currently pursuing a ThM at Vanderbilt Divinity School.Her first book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence and Strength, sits at the intersection of women, decolonialism, the Bible, and Cuban identity. She also explores these topics and more on her podcast, The Protagonistas, which centers the voices of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color in theological spaces.Kat is currently living in Nashville with her spouse and new baby while working on her second book, Sacred Belonging: A 40-day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture.Kat's Website:www.katarmas.comKat's Recommendation:The Last of UsConnect with Joshua: jjohnson@allnations.usGo to www.shiftingculturepodcast.com to interact and donate. Every donation helps to produce more podcasts for you to enjoy.Follow on Facebook or Instagram at www.facebook.com/shiftingculturepodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/shiftingculturepodcast/Consider Giving to the podcast and to the ministry that my wife and I do around the world. Just click on the support the show link below.Support the show

Episode 35: #GriefAND Theology featuring Kat Armas. Kat is a Cuban American writer and podcaster from Miami, FL. Her first book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence and Strength, sits at the intersection of women, decolonialism, the Bible, and Cuban identity. She also explores these topics and more on her podcast, The Protagonistas, which centers the voices of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color in theological spaces.

The story of Christmas is a story of God making a home among the marginalized and overlooked. But so often, we're sold an image of Christmas and of Jesus that doesn't match this reality. Today, Kat Armas reflects on some of the things we tend to miss when thinking about the Christmas story: Mary's identity as a marginalized woman, the realities of pregnancy and childbirth, and the truths that Mary boldly proclaimed about God and God's plans for those living under empire. Episode Recap: The end of Advent is the transition from preparation to celebration (1:20) Advent is a time to struggle with what it means to feel hope, joy, peace, and love (2:41) Mary has been held up as an unattainable standard (9:12) The story we're told of Christ's birth completely ignores the reality of pregnancy (13:59) Mary was not quiet and submissive, she boldly declared the truth (21:25) Through the incarnation, God made a home among the people empire casts aside (26:28) Resources: Learn more about GracePointe Check out our schedule of upcoming events Follow GracePointe on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

I am very excited to introduce you to our guest today: Kat Armas. Kat holds a Mdiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary. She is the host of the Protagonistas podcast, where she highlights stories of everyday women of color. She has written for Christianity Today, Sojourners, Relevant, Christians for Biblical Equality, Fuller Youth Institute, and Missio Alliance. She also speaks regularly on race and justice. Kat wrote a book called “Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength.” I read it and have been going through it chapter by chapter with a class at our church this fall. It has been challenging for me in so many good ways. Kat's writing has reminded me to be aware of the lenses through which I view Scripture, and to do my best to read Scripture in a way that honors the whole the story — not just the parts with which I am familiar or most comfortable. Throughout her research and writing, Kat also reminds us that God lifts up women to be world-changers and culture-shapers. We see this in Scripture, in the lives of women throughout history, and in the lives of women today. To connect with Kat, you can find her on instagram @kat_armas or on her website katarmas.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carly-bartlett/support

Kat Armas's Abuelita Faith tells the story of unnamed and overlooked theologians in society and in the Bible--mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters--whose survival, strength, resistance, and persistence teach us the true power of faith and love. 

The practice of silence or contemplation doesn't require us to be passive, but to play an active role in noticing the things others might overlook. Today, author and podcaster Kat Armas wraps up our “Naked Spirituality” series by talking about the concept of silence. Kat explains how silence can be an invitation to reconnect with ourselves, with the earth, and with our community, and she reminds us that we can come to God as we are, without shame. Episode Recap: Moment of silence for the Club Q victims (1:09) Nakedness is about coming to God as we are, without shame (2:01) Shame crops up when our love and belonging feel threatened (6:34) What does silence actually look like? (12:33) Jesus invites us to look closer and notice the overlooked (18:19) Silence doesn't have to be passive (21:22) Contemplation connects us to a community of belonging (29:14) Resources: Learn more about GracePointe Check out our schedule of upcoming events Follow GracePointe on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook “Naked Spirituality” by Brian McLaren “Abuelita Faith” by Kat Armas Listen to Kat's podcast, “The Protagonistas”

This week, Dr. Reyes talks to Kat Armas about growing up in the Cuban community in Miami, her lifelong passion for stories, and the foundational relationship with her abuela that helped form her as a writer seeking to center the stories of women of faith.  Kat is a Cuban American writer and podcaster from Miami, FL. She holds a dual MDiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary where she was awarded the Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing. Her first book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength, sits at the intersection of women, decolonialism, the Bible, and Cuban identity. She also explores these topics and more on her podcast, The Protagonistas, which centers the voices of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color in theological spaces. Kat is pursuing a ThM at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, where she lives with her spouse and new baby. She is also working on her second book, Sacred Belonging: A 40-day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture.Instagram: @kat.armasTwitter: @kat_armasVector Illustration by: ReAl_wpapMusic by: @siryalibeatsRate, review, and subscribe to Sound of the Genuine on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we are re-playing this amazing episode with Kat Armas. Enjoy! Kat Armas, author of Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength, is on the podcast this week! Kat is a Fuller grad, on her way to Vanderbilt Divinity School, and is a wrestler in the faith. … Continue reading Episode 163 – Kat Armas

This season we are talking about how to have conversations about race and ethnicity with your students and other adults. In this episode, authors Kat Armas, Jennifer Guerra Aldana, and Ahren Martinez give us a brief overview of the guide, Talking About Race with Teenagers. They also share helpful practices to support your antiracist work and to honor your students' ethnic backgrounds. If you are a BIPOC or white leader, this is a great antiracism resource.  Host: Giovanny Panginda  Timestamps:1:08 Teen voices3:11 What is Talking About Race with Teenagers?4:48 “Moving toward Jesus-centered Multicultural community,” and “Talking about Migration” 8:08 “Words to know and why they matter,” and “Navigating Power”12:25 “Talking about Race,” and “Preparing to teach about racism and oppression in a multicultural context.”17:44 Practices with lasting impact23:28 "Words to Swap" Mentioned in this episode:Resource: Talking About Race with Teenagers Download a sample of Talking about Race with Teenagers here!  Sign up for our email list Related FYI resources: Blogs:  Processing racialized violence with students Helping young people grieve and take action Don't be a bystander: Resources for those in the movement for change A letter to white leaders about white supremacy and Christian nationalism

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Kat Armas, author of Abuelita Faith, whose earliest theological formation came from her grandmother and ultimately inspired her to tell the stories of those we find on the margins. She teaches people to reflect on the abuelitas in their lives and shows us how to live out this kind of faith on a daily basis.The ProtagonistasAbuelita Faith by Kat ArmasAbuelita Fe by Kat ArmasSacred Belonging by Kat Armas [devotional coming soon]BEMA 52: Jonah — PotentialKat Armas's WebsiteKat Armas on TwitterKat Armas on Instagram Special Guest: Kat Armas.

Have you wondered about how to talk about race with middle school and high school students? Maybe you have questions about how to have conversations about race and ethnicity with other leaders. If you want to know more about why race matters to your students, God, and the church, this season is for you! In this episode, the authors of the guide Talking About Race with Teenagers, Kat Armas, Jennifer Guerra Aldana, and Ahren Martinez join us to talk about the importance of having these conversations with our students and each other. They also give us helpful tips for youth ministry conversations about race, ethnicity, and culture.  Host: Giovanny Panginda  Timestamps: 00:32 - Teen voices 02:54 - Guest introductions 07:55 - Why is it important for the church to talk about race and ethnicity? 09:35 - Why is it important to be aware of diverse representation in youth ministry resources?  13:17 - What is the role of story? And practical ideas for how to create a safe space for students to share their stories. 17:40 - The making of Talking About Race with Teenagers. 20:30 - 4 ideas for language to swap. Mentioned in this episode: Talking About Race with Teenagers Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a changing church by Soong Chang Rah Dr. Chanequa Walker Barnes Download a sample of Talking about Race with Teenagers here!  Sign up for our email list  Related FYI resources: Blog: Testimonios: The power of faith stories shared in community Blog: 2 leadership lessons on diversity and unity from K-pop Blog: Engaging teenagers in faithful discussion about race Blog: Herencia: Engaging students' ethnic and cultural background in your ministry

"What if the greatest theologians the world has ever known are those whom the world wouldn't consider theologians at all?" — Kat Armas Kat Armas chats with us about the navigating seminary, grieving over research, and discovering wisdom in unexpected places.  Let me invite you into a conversation with Kat Armas, theologian and author of Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence and Strength. In her book, Kat builds a bridge between intellectualism and earthy wisdom as she considers the question, “What if the greatest theologians the world has ever known are those whom the world wouldn't consider theologians at all?” Through an exploration of history, Scripture, and her own Cuban-American upbringing, Kat draws fresh insight into the rich wisdom that can be found in women who are often overlooked in theological conversations. In our discussion, Kat shares about her own personal spiritual journey, including the complexities of navigating seminary as a Cuban-American woman. Her encouragement to continue questioning the status quo and looking for wisdom in unexpected places is a breath of fresh air. Kat is fun and vivacious and full of stories, and I think you'll really enjoy this episode. So have a listen! We're so glad you're here. — Ann Boyd For show notes or more information please visit our article at The Well. If you'd like to support the work of InterVarsity's Women Scholars and Professionals, including future podcasts such as this episode, you can do so at givetoiv.org/wsap. Thank you for listening!

Kat Armas is a Cuban American writer and podcaster from Miami, FL. She holds a dual MDiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary where she was awarded the Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing and is currently pursuing a ThM at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Her first book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength, sits at the intersection of women, decolonialism, the Bible, and Cuban identity. She also explores these topics and more on her podcast, The Protagonistas, which centers the voices of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color in theological spaces. Kat is currently living in Nashville with her spouse and new baby while working on her second book, Sacred Belonging: A 40-day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture. Jo and Kat talk about Abuelita faith, and muse about their common roots as Latin American women in the USA. Listen to connect with a faith that can't be read about in a book, a faith that is rooted deeply in identity and ancestry.   In This Episode 3:19 - Connecting with Abuelita faith to live authentically instead of performing 14:38 - Intellectual wisdom vs embodied wisdom 18:57 - Taking comfort in the fact that your soul will always return to its true home 25:52 - The sacred act of survival 39:07 - Embracing your imperfection and knowing that you are infinitely loved

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When was the last time you read a book that told your story through the personal story of the author? Add in biblical scholarship, intersectionality, decolonization, history, and current events and you have Kat Armas' book, Abuelita Faith. In this episode, Blake and Erin have a lively discussion with Kat Armas about the “protagonistas” in Scripture, history, and Armas' own family who help us see a God who loves us and is revealed through the lived theology of women of color, indigenous voices, and cultural diversity.  Be sure to check out Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength (just released in Spanish!)  Follow her on social media: @kat_armas  Subscribe to her newsletter from her website: https://katarmas.com/  Listen to her podcast, The Protagonistas: https://katarmas.com/theprotagonistaspodcast    Bio  Kat Armas is a Cuban American writer and podcaster from Miami, FL. She holds a dual MDiv and MAT from Fuller Theological Seminary, where she was awarded the Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing, and is currently pursuing a ThM at Vanderbilt Divinity School. https://www.cbeinternational.org/persons/kat-armas  Her first book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, Persistence and Strength, sits at the intersection of women, decolonialism, the Bible, and Cuban identity. She also explores these topics and more on her podcast, The Protagonistas, which centers the voices of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color in theological spaces.    Other Reading:  YHWH and Marginalization: Israel's Widows and Abuelita Theology: https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/priscilla-papers-academic-journal/yhwh-and-marginalization-israels-widows-and  3 Simple Rules for Egalitarian Couples:  https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/mutuality-blog-magazine/3-simple-rules-egalitarian-couples  Priscilla and Aquila Model Marriage: “More Accurately”:  https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/mutuality-blog-magazine/priscilla-and-aquila-model-marriage-more-accurately  Is Complementarian Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 14 Consistent with Practice?: https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/mutuality-blog-magazine/complementarian-interpretation-1-corinthians-14-consistent 

As a seminary student, she began to question why she hadn't been trained to recognize the importance of women in the Bible. Now her book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us About Wisdom, examines how our lives would be different if religion centered the stories of women's sacred practice of survival.Follow Kat on Instagram @kat_armas. If you loved this episode, listen to How Therapist and Healer Christine Gutierrez Came Back Home to Herself, and Wrote I Am Diosa and our Mother's Day tribute full of stories about motherhood. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!Founded by Dr. Howard Murad, M.D., Murad Skincare is a line of clinically proven, cruelty-free products that meet the meticulous standard for safety, efficacy and care you'd expect from a doctor. Use promo code LATINATOLATINA for 20% off plus free shipping on orders over $60 at Murad.com.

Here we chat about about some of the things we enjoyed about the movie Encanto. We realize that the story of Encanto isn't our story to tell but we really enjoyed being able to be witness to the beauty of it. For more thoughts on this movie check out Kat Armas' Pod: The Protagonistas and the episode she did on this movie. To support the work that we do please go to: www.patreon.com/threeblackmen Also: to find links to our new shows New Living Treyslation and Black Coffee and Theology (As well as merch for sale) please go here:  https://linktr.ee/threeblackmen

Welcome to episode forty-eight of New Creation Conversations. In today's conversation I am very excited to be joined by Kat Armas. Kat holds both MDiv and MAT degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary and is currently working on a ThM Degree at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She has published in several venues, including Sojourners, RELEVANT,Fathom Magazine and Mutuality. She is affiliated with the Fuller Youth Institute and Missio Alliance. She is also an accomplished podcaster. Her podcast, “The Protagonistas,” centers on the voices of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color in church leadership and theology. Kat is Cuban-American and insightfully writes and speaks from the intersection of women, Scripture, and her Cuban identity.I have been very anxious to talk with Kat about her recent book, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength – published by Brazos Press. I know it's still early in 2022, but I don't doubt that when the year is over it will make my personal list of most formative books that I read this year. Not only is the book a great tribute to her Cuban heritage and the women (especially her grandmother) who were such important sources of wisdom and guidance in her life, it is also an amazing journey exploring many of the overlooked women in the pages of the Scripture. As Kat's book helps the reader realize, those of us from various majority cultures often read about various people on the margins, but faith to read with them. Because the Scripture emerges from a marginalized people, often reading with those on the margins can help us see the richness, beauty, and truthfulness of the text in ways we simply cannot see. I am very grateful for voices like Kat's who can help us recognize the theological beauty and insight from persons and places that have too often been overlooked. I deeply loved Kat's book. I was thrilled to get to talk to her about it, and it brings me joy to get to bring that conversation to you.