“This Here Flesh” with Cole Arthur Riley, Part One

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The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

4.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Rachael Clinton Chen is joined by Linda Royster from The Allender Center as they co-host this conversation with a very special guest. Cole Arthur Riley is the creator of Black Liturgies, a space for Black spiritual words of liberation, lament, rage, and rest; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Executive Curator. She is the author of the New York Times best selling book, This Here Flesh.

In the first part of this conversation, Cole talks about the impact of her family of origin and how she came to tell her story. Be sure to stay tuned for the conclusion of this conversation in next week’s podcast episode, in which Cole will share how her story led her to a new understanding of the Divine.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast.
0:06.7	I'm Dr. Dan Allender.
0:08.7	And I'm Rachel Clinton-Centen.
0:10.5	We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.
0:14.7	And restoration for the heart.
0:17.2	Thank you for joining us.
0:18.5	Let's get this conversation started.
0:28.8	Thank you for joining us. Let's get this conversation started. Well, thank you so much for joining us today. I'm really looking forward to this conversation,
0:33.6	and I'm so delighted to be joined by a guest co-hosts today, my friend and colleague Linda
0:39.3	Royster. You've had the opportunity to hear from Linda before on the Allender Center podcast,
0:44.3	but she's a therapist in North Carolina as well as a part of the Allender Center leadership team.
0:49.3	She's also a brilliant teacher, writer, facilitator, and supervisor extraordinaire.
0:53.9	Linda, thank you so much for extraordinaire. Linda, thank you so much for
0:56.0	joining me. Well, thank you. Such a kind intro. Thank you, Rachel. And it's a privilege to join this time
1:03.4	in this conversation with you and with Cole. I've heard so many wonderful things about you, Cole. So it's a
1:09.7	privilege to be here with you.
1:12.0	So as Linda has said, we are very privileged to be joined by Cole, Arthur Riley.
1:16.7	It's joining us for this conversation.
1:18.7	You may remember hearing from Cole.
1:20.8	I think, Cole, you joined me for Advent of 2020, which was crazy because I thought it was like this advent. And then I was like, no, that was
1:30.6	over a year ago. And so you may remember hearing from Cole. She is the creator of black
1:36.5	liturgies, a space for black spiritual words of liberation, lament, rage, and rest. You may have
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