In this episode, I got to connect with my friend and fellow writer Dr. Alysia Nicole Harris about faith and what it means to believe in a higher power, to be a Christian. It made me realize I still had a lot to heal from my experience with the church once I came out as gay. Alysia talks about her love for Jesus so beautifully and what it means for her to be a Christian.
Guest Bio:
Alysia Nicole Harris is a poet, linguist, and teaching-artist. She received her PhD in linguistics from Yale University and her MFA in poetry from NYU. Alysia’s debut chapbook won the 2015 New Women’s Voices Series Prize. Her work has appeared in dozens of publications and her poetry has garnered over 5 million views on Youtube. Alysia has spent over a decade performing nationally and internationally, including at the UN, the US Embassies in Jordan and Ukraine, and The National Theatre. She now lives in Atlanta where she serves as Arts & Soul editor for Scalawag Magazine and is working on her next book. She loves Jesus, theology, black tea, lemon tarts, and writing on whiteboards.
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