Christena Cleveland - A Spirituality of the Womb (N311)

Nomad Podcast

Tim Nash

Christianity, Faithshift, Deconstruction, Christianmysticism, Religion & Spirituality, Christianspirituality, Progressivechristian, Christian, Religion, Emergingchurch

4.7 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this Christmas devotional podcast, Dr Christena Cleveland explores the symbolism of the Black Madonna. In times of dysregulation and uncertainty, the Black Madonna has provided Christena a powerful symbol of love, nurture and connection, allowing her to move from a spirituality of fear to one of trust.

Following Christena’s refection, Anna Robinson creates a contemplative space for us to more deeply reflect and experience this womb-like space of safety and trust.

Jay Hulme then reads a poem about Julian of Norwich, the 14th Century mystic who experienced a radical connection with the divine feminine.

All this is beautifully woven together with the music of Jon Bilbrough (musically known as Wilderthorn).

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0:00.0	Greetings, beloved listeners, your host, Tim here.
0:04.1	The following is more of a devotional podcast, so I thought it might be helpful to have a few introductions before we get started.
0:10.3	The first voice you'll hear is Dr. Christina Cleveland, who joins us, I think, for the third time on Nomad.
0:16.6	This time she's bringing a wonderful reflection based around the idea of the divine womb.
0:22.1	If you want more from Christina, you can find her work at Christina Cleveland.com.
0:27.7	Following Christina is beloved nomad co-host Anna Robinson, who will be leading us in a meditation
0:33.0	inspired by Christina's reflection.
0:35.6	And you can, of course, find Anna's work at
0:38.0	Livelight, dwell deep.org. And then finally, you'll hear Jay Hume, who is joining us again,
0:44.1	I think, for the third time, this time sharing the poem Mother Julian from his latest
0:48.4	collection, The Vanishing Song. And you can find Jay at jayhume.com. And all this is beautifully woven together with the music of John Bilbra,
0:58.8	known musically as Wilderthorn.
1:01.0	I've been getting to know John a bit over the last couple of years,
1:03.6	and I'm a big fan of his music,
1:04.8	so I'm really pleased that he's been able to contribute to this podcast.
1:08.5	If you want more from John, you can find him at wildathorn.com. All the links,
1:13.7	of course, will be in the show notes. I really hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I did,
1:18.0	and I hope you all have a really peaceful Christmas. We'll be back in the new year with more
1:22.5	interviews and probably one or two more episodes like this as well, I'd imagine. But for now,
2:03.8	I leave you in the capable and creative and inspiring hands of days with my nieces and nephew, who I don't get to see as often as I would like because they live in another state.
2:08.5	But it was wonderful spitting time with them, and they are ages one, three, and five.
2:15.0	So you can probably imagine how much energy and chaos and joy and screaming and
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