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🗓️ 9 March 2022
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Chiiillleee, this episode is “for church girls who’ve considered tithing to the beauty supply store when Sunday morning isn't enough.” That’s right, Saints—W.E. see your side-eyes & raise you a neck roll…’cause IYKYK! Theologian, essayist, public educator, and author Candice Benbow is co-hosting with SJR & is highkey a force to be reckoned with! She tells of harnessing her power even after internalizing church hurt, losing her mother, and experiencing sexual trauma. Sis, let this be a reminder that God gone step for His! Learn more about the work that Candice is doing at CandiceBenbow.com. Plus, cop her NEW book, Red Lip Theology, that centers Black women of faith! As a loyal listener you can get 10% OFF your first month at BetterHelp.com/Evolve + start your FREE 30-day trial from Audible.com/wellbeing + try CatalinaCrunch.com/Evolve with 15% OFF your first order, plus FREE shipping. Tell them W.E. sent you!
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0:00.0 | God can't bless you for tend to be or who you can care yourself to. |
0:04.8 | He can only bless you and the lane that was created for you. |
0:09.0 | I feel that for somebody. |
0:12.0 | You don't need no itch, it's a unique boundary. |
0:15.0 | What? |
0:16.0 | I don't need your lights, I don't need your elevation. |
0:19.0 | All I need is a God fighting for me that's there for all things. |
0:23.0 | All things, all things. |
0:26.0 | Child. |
0:29.0 | When I first saw the name Candice Marie Benbow, it was on a tweet. |
0:35.0 | This tweet was spicy and thoughtful and wise and convicting and upsetting. |
0:42.0 | I think that those are all of the emotions that are evoked when you open up yourself to a new way of thinking. |
0:50.0 | And that new way of thinking is being challenged by those who are watching you learn in front of the world. |
0:57.0 | Candice Marie Benbow is beautiful, she is intelligent and she herself is very spicy. |
1:04.0 | I like that about her, she reminds me of myself. |
1:07.0 | We do not agree about everything. |
1:09.0 | There are probably some people familiar with her work and familiar with what I do and think. |
1:14.0 | I don't think these two should get together. |
1:16.0 | There are others who are probably thinking, finally we can have a conversation that I've been wondering within myself. |
1:23.0 | This is the beginning of what I hope will be many conversations with someone whose thoughts and belief systems are different from mine, |
1:31.0 | but whose experiences and revelation resonate deeply with where I am. |
1:36.0 | It's this oxymoron that we all have to deal with when we show up in the world, authentically and connected to our neighbor. |
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