Latifah Alattas on Suffering, Healing, and Singing

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Religion & Spirituality, Arts

4.7 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Cultivated veteran Latifah Alattas returns to the podcast this week to talk about life, faith, and creative work after divorce. When her marriage ended in 2017, it derailed a host of dreams and left her asking hard questions about forgiveness, healing, and relationships. Her work in churches was almost entirely halted, and for months she had to attend to her own body and soul to begin healing from the trauma. A year later, she released "Divorce," an album of raw songs exploring the painful emotions and aftermath of that experience. Host Mike Cosper and Latifah discuss the record, the events leading up to and since, and how creative life goes on after loss. Plus: Another Cultivated veteran, Melanie Penn, stops by to share about her release "More Alive Vol. 1", a collection of hope-filled songs written in quarantine and COVID. Cultivated is a production of Christianity Today. This episode was produced by Mike Cosper. It was edited by Mark Owens Our theme song is “Eden was a Garden” by Roman Candle. Music in this episode was by Moda Spira, Page CXVI, and Melanie Penn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.1	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion.
0:14.5	Join Moody Bible Institute professor Dr. Mikhail del Rosario at Apologeticsky.com.
0:23.0	Hey folks, I'm really excited about this episode,
0:25.5	but before we dig in, I thought I should mention that at the end of the show,
0:28.4	my friend and cultivated veteran, Melanie Penn,
0:31.3	stops in for a minute to talk about her new record as well.
0:33.9	It's a project she developed during COVID and quarantine,
0:36.6	and it's full of some hopeful
0:37.6	words. So don't miss that. All right. On with the show. Well, I feel like we have a lot of
0:43.5	ground to cover because it's been a long time since you were on the show. So much has happened.
0:49.9	Would that have been four years ago, 2016, that first Moduspero record?
0:54.4	Yes. Spent a full four years ago, 2016, that first Motuspero record? Yes.
0:55.3	Spent a full four years.
0:57.1	It's definitely, it's been dense.
1:00.4	Yeah.
1:00.7	I feel like the last time you and I talked, we were at the Canvas conference.
1:05.4	And I think the next Modisperi record was about to come out.
1:07.8	Like you had just finished it.
1:09.5	Yes.
1:10.0	I released that two years ago this October. And that record's called to come out. Like you had just finished it. Yes. I released that two years ago this
1:12.3	October. And that record's called divorce. And it is aptly named since I went through a divorce.
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