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Messy Jesus BusinessCole Arthur Riley: embodiment and memoryEpisode 94 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh.
In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with author and poet Cole Arthur Riley. They explore embodiment, resisting meritocracy, story, collective memory, letter writing, resistance, the tension between practice and belief, interiority, and much more.
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"I think we can ask ourselves, who benefits from us being disembodied in this country? Government leaders, the ultra wealthy who need us to work more and more and more for less and less...
2025-09-2550 min
Messy Jesus BusinessCole Arthur Riley: embodiment and memoryEpisode 94 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh.
In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with author and poet Cole Arthur Riley. They explore embodiment, resisting meritocracy, story, collective memory, letter writing, resistance, the tension between practice and belief, interiority, and much more.
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"I think we can ask ourselves, who benefits from us being disembodied in this country? Government leaders, the ultra wealthy who need us to work more and more and more for less and less...
2025-09-2550 min
Messy Jesus Business » PodcastCole Arthur Riley: embodiment and memoryEpisode 94 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh.
In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with author and poet Cole Arthur Riley. They explore embodiment, resisting meritocracy, story, collective memory, letter writing, resistance, the tension between practice and belief, interiority, and much more.
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A transcript of the show is available.
"I think we can ask ourselves, who benefits from us being disembodied in this country? Government leaders, the ultra wealthy who need us to work more and more and more for less and less...
2025-09-2550 min
Messy Jesus BusinessCole Arthur Riley: embodiment and memoryEpisode 94 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh.
In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with author and poet Cole Arthur Riley. They explore embodiment, resisting meritocracy, story, collective memory, letter writing, resistance, the tension between practice and belief, interiority, and much more.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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A transcript of the show is available.
"I think we can ask ourselves, who benefits from us being disembodied in this country? Government leaders, the ultra wealthy who need us to work more and more and more for less and less...
2025-09-2550 min
The Family Table PodcastPraise Is My WeaponPraise Is My Weapon: When Faith Becomes Pacifism in the Face of FascismEpisode Overview:In this episode of The Family Table, we dig into the phrase “Praise is my weapon” - a beloved declaration in Black churches - and ask what it means in a time when MAGA extremism sanctifies violence, Christian nationalism glorifies death, and both political parties fail to protect our communities. Is praise being used as a tool for survival, or as pacifistic manipulation to keep us out of the fight?We unpack the hypocrisy of a movement that claims faith in G...
2025-09-1130 min
The Optimist Project with Yara ShahidiCole Arthur Riley's Black Liturgies and the Beauty of Unanswered Questions✨ Writers, Seekers, and Tender Truth-Tellers—This One’s for You.This week on The Optimist Project, we’re joined by writer, poet, and spiritual curator Cole Arthur Riley, author of This Here Flesh and creator of the transcendent digital space Black Liturgies.Cole’s wisdom invites us to consider optimism not as loud hope but as sacred stillness—a quiet, rooted stance that makes room for contradiction, wonder, and doubt. In this profound conversation, she speaks with reverence and clarity about the spiritual life as one of complexity: where skepticism meets faith, and silence becomes presence.
2025-06-2547 min
Ask a BooksellerAsk a Bookseller: ‘Black Liturgies’ by Cole Arthur RileyOn The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country to find out what books they’re most excited about right now. When asked for a recommendation for our ongoing Books of Hope series, China Reevers of Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, Mont., turned to a book on her shelf that she’s gifted many times: Cole Arthur Riley’s “Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human.” “I think it is just a beautiful text that is so rich.” Reevers, who was raised Catholic...
2025-04-0502 min
Let's Talk Social InnovationEpisode 6 (ft. Dr. Leah Fabiano)- Cultural Awareness, Anti-Machismo, and Sticking in AcademiaHappy Women's History Month!Welcome to Season 4, Episode 6 of the Let's Talk Social Innovation Podcast. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Leah Fabiano, professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Fabiano talks about growing up in a homogenous community and shifting to a more diverse culture with age, and how that shaped her career and worldviews. In the second half, we discuss how minorities can get ahead in academia.Join us for an inspiring discussion about passion, purpose, and the importance of creating a more sustainable and equitable world.The Bilingual Phonology LabDepartment of Communication Science and...
2025-03-171h 00Let's Talk Social InnovationEpisode 5 (ft. Dr. Audra Lewis-Hoesch) - Period Zero, Imposter Syndrome, and Finding MotivationHappy Women's History Month!Welcome to Season 4, Episode 5 of the Let's Talk Social Innovation Podcast. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Audra Lewis-Hoesch, founder of Period Zero. Dr. Audra touches on her journey from her homeless upbringing, to founding nonprofits and owning 2 homes. In the second part of the episode, we dive into the topics of motivation, imposter syndrome, and overachieving.Join us for an inspiring discussion about passion, purpose, and the importance of creating a more sustainable and equitable world.Dr. Lewis-Hoesch's linktree: https://linktr.ee/dr_lewis_hoeschPeriod Zero creates equitable access to opportunities, providing a...
2025-03-1033 min
We Can Do Hard ThingsHow to Be More Alive with Cole Arthur Riley (Best Of)In this beautiful conversation–in which Glennon names Cole’s book “This Here Flesh” the Next Right Book–we discuss: 1. What we learned from Cole’s insight that, “If you’re not in your body, someone else is.” 2. A mind-blowing revelation about all of our own faces that we will never stop thinking about. 3. Why the phrase “If you don’t believe you’re beautiful, no one else will” is horseshit. 4. Why dignity is the bedrock to being alive–and how to find it when we haven’t been loved well. 5. The connection between fear...
2025-01-121h 28
The Collective TableS9E4: Wanting to BelieveEpisode 4 of Season 9 is here! In today’s episode, Jason and Jenell revisit our most recent interview with author of Black Liturgies, Cole Arthur Riley. What is the role of doubt in opening us to new possibilities? What is uncertainty’s place? What does it look like for us to identify our own beliefs and lean on our own “wisdom giants,” as Cole suggests?
Listen back to the full interview with Cole here: https://the-collective-table.castos.com/episodes/cole-arthur-riley-black-liturgies?_gl=1*wnlsb2*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3MjE2ODMyMTMuQ2p3S0NBandodmkwQmhBNEVpd0FYMjV1ajdoaGkwcmFhbXprVHZQR1k5VmtGbWtTaGFHNm91MV9yMUhvZ1kzYWtwQ3VDMVg3Vjl...
2024-10-2133 min
Bethnal Green Mission ChurchCompendium - Cole Arthur RileyReflections on the Human Experience. In her book, "This Here Flesh," writer Cole Arthur Riley states, "In lament, our task is never to convince someone of the brokenness of this world; it is to convince them of the world's worth in the first place. True lament is not born from that trite sentiment that the world is bad but rather from a deep conviction that it is worthy of goodness." This podcast seeks to consider some of the author's reflections on key themes from her personal stories, challenging us to dig deeply from our stories and biblical themes such as...
2024-10-2038 min
Holy Smokes: Cigars and SpiritualityBlack Liturgies with Cole Arthur Riley "Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality" In this episode, Cole Arthur Riley joins us to explore Black Liturgies and their role in faith, culture, and spiritual practice. Watch the Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/Sam036qdeRo Subscribe to the Ecosystem Here: https://www.patreon.com/tfcvirtual ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If you want to grab Breaking All The Rules as a physical copy, e-book or audiobook visit holysmokesmovement.com and click "Purchase Breaking All The Rules" under "Shop"
2024-06-2558 min
Oasis Church Waterloo podcastBlack Liturgies with Cole Arthur RileyBlack Liturgies with Cole Arthur Riley by Oasis Church Waterloo
2024-04-0535 min
Smart Funny & Black ProductionsSide Effects of Black Liturgies (with Cole Arthur Riley)This week, we are joined by Author Cole Arthur Riley to discuss her journey with writing her NYT Bestseller Black Liturgies.Get your Smart Funny & Black merch here! For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!Keep up with my releases and appearances!Subscribe to my newsletter for free at AmandaSeales.comSupport the work here://Join the #sealessquad at Patreon.com/AmandaSeales//Stop by my lickle shop! AmandaLandExports.comatforms.This is a Smart Funny & Black Production
2024-03-2758 min
Calvary Episcopal Church - Memphis, TNCole Arthur Riley: March 7, 2024Cole Arthur Riley is a writer and poet. She is the author of the NYT bestseller This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us. Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic, Guernica, and The Washington Post. Cole is also the creator and writer of Black Liturgies, a project that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body. Her spirituality in this season is comprised of more questions than answers and grounded in myth, storytelling, interior examen, and embodiment. She is currently interested in questions concerning collective and inherited memory and has been...
2024-03-0726 minCalvary Episcopal Church - Memphis, TNDIALOGUE with Jacqui Lewis and Cole Arthur RileyThe Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis uses her gifts as an author, activist, preacher, and public theologian to create an antiracist, just, gun violence-free, fully welcoming, gender-affirming society in which everyone has enough. The author of several books and articles, Lewis’s most recent book, Fierce Love, was published in 2021. Her Just Love Story Bible will be released in 2025.
Cole Arthur Riley is a writer and poet. She is the author of the NYT bestseller This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us. Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic, Guernica, and The Washington Post. Cole is al...
2024-03-0640 min
Poëzie VandaagGod van de collectieve zorg (Cole Arthur Riley)Vandaag: 'God van de collectieve zorg' van Cole Arthur Riley. Voorgedragen en geduid door Ellen Deckwitz.
2024-02-2802 min
the goop podcastExamining Your Faith (with author Cole Arthur Riley)Cleo Wade is joined today by Cole Arthur Riley to discuss her new book— Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human—and her personal journey through spirituality. Riley shares what led her to write a prayer book that embraces questioning as part of faith and what happened after she allowed herself to question her own spiritual beliefs. They talk about discovering spiritual communities among writers and artists, using breath and other rituals as a form of prayer, and finding the beauty and meaning in contemplation. To learn more about listener data and o...
2024-02-2041 min
Silk!Black Is Beautiful & Also Lit ft Cole Arthur RileyOk listen this week of Silk! is huge for us!! We're joined by the wonderful, incomparable, spatially confused Cole Arthur Riley.
Cole is the creator of the viral instagram "Black Liturgies", a New York Times Best Selling Author, queer icon, & best friend of Cody. She joins us today to talk about her spirituality, dive into her & Cody's religious trauma (you had to be there!!), and even teaches us how to get to Aldi. Also Tisha talks about Drake's floppy ass dick!!!
We know this episode is a bit more serious than usual (and thats ok...
2024-02-141h 00
Nomad PodcastCole Arthur Riley - Black Liturgies (N314)Poet and author Cole Arthur Riley joins us to talk about her desire for a spirituality that was more human and a more liberating expression of faith. This journey led to the emergence of Black Liturgies. From prayers and poetry to breath practices and ancestral writings, this digital project explores spirituality that embraces embodiment, lament, rage and rest. And draws deeply from both contemplation and activism. Following the interview Tim and Anna reflect on their own evolving faith journey, and ponder what role embodiment, lament, rage and rest might play in it. Interview starts at 13...
2024-02-091h 25
Start Your Day With A Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook.Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur RileyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/221088to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Black Liturgies
Author: Cole Arthur Riley
Narrator: Cole Arthur Riley
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
Release date: 01-18-24
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Religious
Publisher's Summary:
In the summer of 2020, Cole Arthur Riley was desperate for a spirituality she could trust. Amidst ongoing national racial violence, the isolation of the pandemic, and a surge of anti-Black rhetoric in many Christian spaces, she began dreaming of a harbour for a more human, more liberating expression of faith. She went on to create Black Liturgies, a digital project that...
2024-01-188h 15
This Is the AuthorS9 E2: Cole Arthur Riley, Sharon Brous, and Dr. Mariel BuquéIn this episode, meet writer and poet Cole Arthur Riley, senior rabbi of IKAR Sharon Brous, and psychologist and professor Dr. Mariel Buqué. Press play to hear how these authors describe their recording processes, and how they felt hearing their words aloud.
Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721989/black-liturgies-by-cole-arthur-riley/audio
The Amen Effect by Sharon Brous:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720048/the-amen-effect-by-sharon-brous/audio
Break the Cycle by Dr. Mariel Buqué:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714176/break-the-cycle-by-dr-mariel-buque/audio
2024-01-1616 minThe Collective TableCole Arthur Riley: Black LiturgiesWelcome to Season 8 of The Collective Table Podcast! Today Dana and Chelsea sit down with author and friend of the podcast, Cole Arthur Riley, to discuss her new book, Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human.
Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator. Learn more about Cole and her work at https://colearthurriley.com/.
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2024-01-1541 min
Read This! Authors CornerThis Here Flesh-Cole Arthur Riley
Cole Arthur Riley wants us to become curators of our family's multiple generational stories: a New York Times Bestseller and The Harlem Book Fair's 2023 Wheatley Award Winner for non-fiction. Cole takes you on a poetic journey of life, love, and spiritual introspection. She shares her love for her father, a single parent, and a deep connection with her grandmother. This book is a different look at our culture, a change from the narrative generally put forth in books and movies. I invite you to take this journey with us and gift yourself a new perspective.
2023-12-2326 min
I Will Read for You: The Voice and Writings of Jaiya John266. sacred conversation with cole arthur riley (@blackliturgies).My heart was deeply moved by this quiet, heartful conversation with Cole Arthur Riley, creator and curator of Black Liturgies (a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation), and author of the books This Here Flesh and the upcoming Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human. Cole shares her soulful work daily on Instagram. In our conversation we share about our kindred childhood experiences with silence, solitude, and finding our written and spoken voices. Together, we find commonality in the spiritual nature of our work and the use of language in soul service, and i...
2023-12-1155 min
Holy Unhappiness with Amanda Held OpeltAdvent Week 1 - Hope with Cole Arthur RileyThe podcast is back for the season of Advent! Historically, the church has recognized four themes through the four weeks of Advent, and we begin with the theme for week one: Hope. I speak with Cole Arthur Riley, author and creator of Black Liturgies, about the role memory, discipline, and awe have to play in our formation of hope.
2023-12-0134 min
The SacredCole Arthur Riley on storytelling and learning to express angerThis episode takes place live at the Greenbelt Festival, and in it Elizabeth Oldfield speaks to writer, Cole Arthur Riley.
Cole Arthur Riley is a writer and the creator of the very successful social media account, Black Liturgies - "a space where Black words of dignity, lament, rage, and rest, are curated and integrated with a liberating spirituality". She is also the author of the NYT bestseller, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us.
Cole spoke about her childhood and growing up being raised by a young dad, the power of sharing stories, and how she...
2023-09-2057 min
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2023-09-1900 min
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2023-09-0800 min
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2023-09-0800 min
5 Questions in 5 Minutes with Brian PriorCole Arthur RileyCole Arthur Riley joins Brian Prior on the edition of the 5 Questions in 5 Minutes podcast.
2023-09-0507 min
The Bible For Normal People[Faith] Episode 24: Cole Arthur Riley - The Body of FaithCole Arthur Riley joins Jared on this episode of Faith for Normal People to talk about the harm done by disembodied theology, the value of intergenerational spirituality, the hard work of remembering well, and what a path toward embodied spirituality might look like.Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-09-0454 min
I Can't Fux With You! Confessions of An Uppity Black WomanEpisode 24: Reinforce the Link(s)We not fuxing with a few things today. In the first half of today's episode we discuss the pains of Father's Day, and how my daughter and I have shifted our procedures to ensure we feel full instead as if we are missing something. That has been a work, but we doing it. All the signs point to wholeness and we step confidently into knowing with assuredness that we have provision and protection - even if it comes with a few tears. We then move to discussing why I feel a ways about Juneteenth! Now before the p...
2023-06-2245 minI Can't Fux With You! Confessions of An Uppity Black WomanEpisode 23: Tell Me What Your Name IsWhat we are not fuxing with today is not knowing our names. Like our for real names. Not the name your mama gave you Sis, but your NAME. We return again to the mellifluous words of Cole Arthur Riley in This Here Flesh, specifically the chapter entitled Calling, where she queries, using the words of Reverend Howard Thurman, "Who Are You?" Sis, I have been called to do a Thing. This Thing has always been present in my soul, and knew me before I was born. I look at my origins, my ties to my great-grandmother, and...
2023-06-1539 min
Reimagining Love with Dr. Alexandra SolomonCultivating Contemplation: How Wonder Helps us Heal with Cole Arthur RileyDr. Alexandra is joined by the visionary writer and poet Cole Arthur Riley on this episode. They discuss Cole's book, "This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us," and explore topics of wonder, contemplation, disability, childhood, and much more.This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley:https://bookshop.org/p/books/this-here-flesh-spirituality-liberation-and-the-stories-that-make-us-cole-arthur-riley/17122524?ean=9780593239797Black Liturgies, a project that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body:https://www.instagram.com/blackliturgies/Get the brand...
2023-06-0644 minI Can't Fux With You! Confessions of An Uppity Black WomanEpisode 21: Shrapnel in my Chest and You Owe MeThe sh*t we are not fuxing with today is denying ourselves the confessions of people who have hurt us. We will use the framework of reconciliation/confession as used by the Catholic Church to demonstrate what individuals must do when they have wronged others. I use a recent chance encounter with members of my ex-husbands family - of which my daughter and I have been estranged because of the bombs my ex-husband drops regularly (feels like every Tuesday sometimes). The shrapnel from those bombs reverberate for miles and create distance and disconnection. His family cut me when I w...
2023-06-0141 min
Vita Poetica JournalKolya Braun-Greiner's Book Review of This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur RileyKolya Braun-Greiner reads her book review, "An Enfleshed Spirit: Reflections on Cole Arthur Riley's This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us."
Kolya Braun-Greiner is a member of Seekers Church and former program coordinator with Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake. She has created curricula and facilitated trainings for people of many faiths to explore connections of their tradition with care for the environment. She is currently working on a book about contemplating nature as a way to foster reverence and healing for Earth.
2023-05-0918 min
The Daily Still Podcast - Guided Christian Meditations and DevotionsRest - Guest Meditation by Cole Arthur Riley We are honored to offer a special encore guest meditation by writer and poet Cole Arthur Riley. Cole is the New York Times best selling author of "This Here Flesh - Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us." In today's podcast episode, Cole shares a meditative reading from the chapter of her book on Rest. We invite you to enter into a place of centering stillness, becoming aware of the Divine within. Feel the wind of the Spirit blowing, as you settle in and listen to this beautiful meditation by Cole Arthur Riley.
2023-05-0111 min
Things Not Seen PodcastEnsure the Pages Are Worthy: Cole Arthur Riley [Rebroadcast]Our guest, Cole Arthur Riley, talks to us about her brilliant recent book, This Here Flesh, which weaves together four generations of lived experience into a book that is both a theological meditation and a memoir of loss and liberation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-04-1659 min
Saved by the CityWe're STILL Deprogramming from '90s Diet Culture + Cole Arthur Riley
But did the era of heroin chic ever really end?Low rise jeans are trying to make a comeback — does that mean the bodies that look good in them must too? (Aka: teensy tiny itty bitty very flat stomach bodies.)On this episode, Katelyn and Roxy explore how the body ideals promoted during our teen years are still informing the way we see our adult bodies. We look at how some things have changed — because there has been some progress! — and how others have stayed frustratingly toxic. Plus, we're joined by Cole Arthur Riley for a love...
2023-03-3048 min
I Am AmericaEpisode 6: Departing the Quiet with Cole Arthur RileyAfter a societal tragedy, an aspiring writer searches for community by sharing her deeply personal poetic liturgies. To learn more about Cole Arthur Riley, visit https://colearthurriley.com/ A transcript of Episode 6 can be found here. Produced by Dear Media and Joy Mill Entertainment. A word from our sponsors: Pair Eyewear: Get glasses that stay as fresh as your unique style with Pair. Go to paireyewear.com/AMERICA for 15% off your first purchase. Pattern Beauty: From wash day, to styling, and everything in between, Pattern promises to kee...
2023-03-0739 min
Sound of the GenuineCole Arthur Riley: The Call to WriteTo kick off season four of the Sound of the Genuine, Dr. Patrick B. Reyes has a conversation with Cole Arthur Riley. She talks about being a shy, often non-verbal child and how her love of words, nurtured by her family, helped her express herself as a writer at a very young age.Cole currently serves as the spiritual teacher in residence with Cornell University’s Office of Spirituality and Meaning Making. She is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion. Her debut book, This Here Flesh is a Ne...
2023-03-0329 min
Good Life ProjectCole Arthur Riley | Reclaiming the Stories That Shape UsCole Arthur Riley grew up in a house full of loud, funny, and loving personalities, but as a kid, she kept her voice from others, barely speaking at all until she was 7 years old. Still, her dad kept finding ways to, as she described, bribe her to share her voice and nurture her creative impulse, often in writing, from poems to stories and beyond. Over time, as her expressive and creative voice took shape, her lens on spirituality also yearned for a more expansive expression, she began to bring all parts of her life together...
2023-02-161h 06
The Well Done LifeCommunity HealerThis week we're very honored to welcome Zera of Compass Collective to the podcast. Zera, who affectionately goes by her longtime moniker Z, is the owner and founder of Compass Collective. Compass Collective is an independent bookshop and community rooted in diverse, inclusive, and healing-centered engagement. The experiences in both her personal and professional life shed light on the importance of representation and the power that lies within community. Books were the gateway into her own healing journey and now Z strives to create a safe space where books, empathy, support, and peace can coalesce and coexist together, in co...
2023-02-0550 min
On the Way PodcastSpirituality, liberation and the stories that make us: Cole Arthur RileyThe way we narrate our past shapes our present and our future, but sometimes our memories are reduced by the generality of the stories we tell- stories shaped by our fears and our wounds and not faithful to the embodied particularity of our lived experience. Too often our spirituality has been dismissive of the body and our religion has conformed to dominant narratives of power that whitewash pain and injustice, leading away from life and freedom. We experience and remember the particularity of both pain and joy in our bodies, however, making a spirituality at home in the body...
2023-01-291h 02
Queer TheologyLiturgies of Silence and Speech with Cole Arthur-RileyCole Arthur-Riley joins us on the podcast for an inspiring and insightful conversation about her work as a writer and poet. Cole is the creator and writer of Black Liturgies, a project that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body. She is also the author of the NYT bestseller, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us. As a storyteller, Cole takes us on a journey of liberation to heed our calling and connection to the Divine by staying true to who we are. Amen!
Book: This h...
2023-01-2245 min
Queer Theology PodcastLiturgies of Silence and Speech with Cole Arthur-RileyCole Arthur-Riley joins us on the podcast for an inspiring and insightful conversation about her work as a writer and poet. Cole is the creator and writer of Black Liturgies, a project that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body. She is also author of the NYT bestseller, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us. As a storyteller, Cole takes us on a journey of liberation to heed our calling and connection to the Divine by staying true to who we are. Amen! Book: Th...
2023-01-2245 min
MadangMadang Podcast: Cole Arthur Riley, Ep. 24Welcome to Madang Podcast.
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This is the 24th episode of Madang where I converse with Cole Arthur Riley on her book, This Here Flesh
Cole Arthur Riley who is the creator of Black Liturgies, a space for...
2023-01-131h 01
Deconstructing MamasThis Little Light of Mine - Torri Williams“To be human in an aching world is to know our dignity and become people who safeguard the dignity of everything around us.”-Cole Arthur Riley-This Week on the Podcast:Torri Williams, our guest this week, is an activist and brilliant soul. Growing up in a small town which was prominently white and highly evangelical as a a black charismatic fundamentalist, she found herself constantly curious about her faith and how it played out, not only for herself as a black woman, but for others who were...
2022-11-0843 min
The Faith and Justice Network21. The Sound of the GenuineLiz Lin and Peter Choi discuss Cole Arthur Riley’s book and webinar, which occurred at our fall gathering in Denver. They cover a range of topics including Howard Thurman’s invitation to hear the sound of the genuine, the doctrine of total depravity, internalized racism, the hubris behind some projects of evangelization, and their own spiritual journeys. A surprising realization (confession?) at the end that one of them may still be an evangelical brings this episode to a sudden conclusion, to be continued next time! To watch the webinar with Cole Arthur Riley and to dig deepe...
2022-11-0233 min
Faith and FeminismReplay: Black Liturgies with Cole Arthur RileyCole Arthur Riley, the creator of Black Liturgies, talks to us about the importance of implementing dignity, lament, rage, justice, rest, and liberation in our faith practice.
2022-10-281h 07
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley BartonSeason 17: Episode 3 | Sabbath as ResistanceWe had so much goodness in our conversations around the idea of sabbath as resistance that we decided to release them as separate episodes. In this episode, Ruth and guest Cole Arthur Riley continue the discussion with a conversation around whether or not sabbath is just for the privileged few. Cole shares how she experiences rest in honor of her ancestors who were not allowed to do so, and the two discuss the tender places sabbath can take us.
Cole Arthur Riley is a writer and poet. She is the author of the NYT bestseller, T...
2022-09-1542 min
The ProfileCole Arthur Riley: From existential doubt to a mystery-filled faith
In her student days, Cole Arthur Riley was an atheist eagerly searching for peace, in what she now smilingly describes as a "grand search for ultimate truth". Reflecting back, she thinks that journey turned out to be a mask to placate her own discomfort with mystery. In this in-depth interview with Premier Christianity's Sam Hailes, the author of the critically acclaimed book This Here Flesh and founder of Black Liturgies unpacks how she ultimately found faith.
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2022-08-1959 min
For the Ultimate Good with Danielle CokeCreating While Black: The White Gaze, Hope, and Reimagination with Cole Arthur RileyIn the age of social media, many of us have been wired to respond to injustice and tragedy online. For Cole Arthur Riley, her processing of such events coupled with her liturgical formation and Black experience combined to birth Black Liturgies, a project that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black […]
2022-07-1235 min
The Allender Center Podcast"This Here Flesh" with Cole Arthur Riley, Part TwoWe're continuing with the second part of the conversation with Cole Arthur Riley, author of "This Here Flesh," co-hosted by Rachael Clinton Chen and Linda Royster from The Allender Center. We'll drop back into the discussion as Rachael asks Cole about the ways she has encountered God in the midst of encountering the trauma and horrors of her own story. If you missed the first part, you can go to the previous episode entitled, "This Here Flesh with Cole Arthur Riley, Part 1" to hear Cole speak about the impact of her family of origin on her life.
2022-06-2524 min
The Brown Line Church PodcastBelongingWhat does it mean to belong to ourselves and belong to one another? On the weekend of Juneteenth and Father's Day, we look to the words of writer Cole Arthur Riley as Hayley shares thoughts around being personally and communally well. (Image: cover art for “This Here Flesh” by Cole Arthur Riley)
2022-06-2125 minThe Allender Center Podcast"This Here Flesh" with Cole Arthur Riley, Part OneRachael 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...
2022-06-1823 minWe Can Do Hard Things103. How to Be More Alive with Cole Arthur RileyIn this beautiful conversation–in which Glennon names Cole’s book “This Here Flesh” the Next Right Book–we discuss: 1. What we learned from Cole’s insight that, “If you’re not in your body, someone else is.” 2. A mind-blowing revelation about all of our own faces that we will never stop thinking about. 3. Why the phrase “If you don’t believe you’re beautiful, no one else will” is horseshit. 4. Why dignity is the bedrock to being alive–and how to find it when we haven’t been loved well. 5. The connection between fear...
2022-06-091h 29
A People's TheologyCole Arthur Riley: Why Embodiment is Essential to SpiritualityThis episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted:unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheologyIn this episode Mason chats with Cole Arthur Riley about her new book, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. They chat about why embodiment is essential to spirituality and much more.Guest Bio/Info:Cole Arthur Riley is the creator of Black Liturgies. She is also the recent author of This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories...
2022-06-0849 min
ExcavateSpecial Guest Cole Arthur Riley + The Woman at the WellWe’re thrilled to welcome a very special guest to the podcast, New York Times Best Selling author, Cole Arthur Riley. Cole’s work in the last 2 years through her Instagram account @blackliturgies, her online writing, and her recent book “This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that make us” have been such a powerful voice.
The three of us dig in to the story of the Woman at the Well. We look at Jesus’s invitation to belonging and question traditional narratives about this woman. We explore her storytelling as an act of liberation and how the narrative of her sto...
2022-06-081h 09
Freedom Road PodcastThis Here Flesh with Cole Arthur RileyThis month, Americans will pause to commemorate the day when the last enslaved African Americans were notified that they had been set free, on June 19, 1865 (two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation). In this context, Lisa Sharon Harper and Cole Arthur Riley (author of This Here Flesh, creator @BlackLiturgies on Instagram) reflect on the impact of 400 years of subjugation on Black flesh and Black souls. Listen as Cole taps into the spirituality of her father and grandmother to find the resilience needed for the next leg of the journey.
2022-06-041h 06The Daily Still Podcast - Guided Christian Meditations and DevotionsA Conversation on Stillness with Cole Arthur Riley This is a special bonus episode and conversation on stillness with New York Times best selling author Cole Arthur Riley. Cole is a writer, poet and the author of "THIS HERE FLESH: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories that Make Us." Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a hugely popular and important Instagram space. This conversation is honest and authentic as we discuss liturgy, wonder, spiritual formation, breath prayer, and more. For more on Cole, visit http://www.colearthurriley.com @colearthurriley @blackliturgies
2022-05-1226 min
HER With Amena BrownHER Favorite Things (featuring Cole Arthur Riley)This week New York Times’ Bestselling author of This Here Flesh, Cole Arthur Riley, is in our HER living room sharing a few of her favorite things! Tune in as Cole and I talk about Philly food, the spirituality of Toni Morrison’s work, favorite cuss words and what spiritual practice looks like for Cole today. To learn more about Cole’s work, visit http://colearthurriley.com. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, become a member of my Patre...
2022-05-1045 minThe Daily Still Podcast - Guided Christian Meditations and DevotionsRest - Guest Meditation by Cole Arthur Riley We are honored to offer a special guest meditation by writer and poet Cole Arthur Riley. Cole is the New York Times best selling author of "This Here Flesh - Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us." In today's podcast episode, Cole shares a meditative reading from the chapter of her book on Rest. We invite you to enter into a place of centering stillness, becoming aware of the Divine within. Feel the wind of the Spirit blowing, as you settle in and listen to this beautiful meditation by Cole Arthur Riley.
2022-05-0912 min
The Cosmic We with Barbara Holmes and Donny BryantExploring the Power of Story with Cole Arthur RileyBarbara and Donny welcome Cole Arthur Riley to this episode of The Cosmic We to explore the power of our stories. Cole Arthur Riley is writer who was formed by thinkers such as Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Julian of Norwich, to name a few. Cole studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh, but traces her love of words back to her father, who would bribe her and her siblings to write poems and stories to get out of chores, or for cold hard cash; and her gramma who...
2022-04-3043 min
The Clearing with Katherine MayCole Arthur Riley on "We did good"Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.This week Katherine chats to writer and poet Cole Arthur Riley, author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies. Unable to speak up as a child, Cole talks about how she learned to find her voice amid a family of gifted talkers and storytellers. Cole describes her father and grandmother as inspirational figures who nevertheless were marked by the generational trauma experienced by so many African Americans. But from this emerges Cole’s own, unique spiritual account of the world, overseen by a God...
2022-04-291h 12
Inverse PodcastBlack Liturgies and "This Here Flesh" with Cole Arthur RileyWe are back with season 7 and happy to kick off this new season with Cole Arthur Riley. Cole is a writer and the creator of Black Liturgies, a contemplative writing project centering Black dignity, healing, and liberation. Cole also currently serves as spiritual teacher in residence with Cornell University’s Office of Spirituality and Meaning Making. Her debut book is This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us.
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2022-04-2559 min
Things Not Seen PodcastEnsure the Pages Are Worthy: Cole Arthur RileyOur guest, Cole Arthur Riley, talks to us about her brilliant recent book, This Here Flesh, which weaves together four generations of lived experience into a book that is both a theological meditation and a memoir of loss and liberation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-04-2459 min
Contemplating NowSacred Attention: A Conversation with Cole Arthur RileyIn this episode with the founder of Black Liturgies, Cole Arthur Riley, we discuss the power of sacred attention, the importance of resting in the stories, and what it means to let the true self live in expanse. She defines contemplation as “a certain commitment to paying attention,” and mysticism as “a fidelity to magic,” and shares more about her contemplative writing process for her newly released book, This Here Flesh. Bio: Cole Arthur Riley is the creator of Black Liturgies, a space for Black spiritual words of liberation, lament, rage, and rest; and a project...
2022-04-2139 min
The Church Times PodcastCole Arthur Riley in conversation with Chine McDonaldCole Arthur Riley is a writer, liturgist, and poet, and the creator of Black Liturgies, “a project seeking to integrate concepts of dignity, lament, rage, justice, rest, and liberation with literature and spirituality”.
On this week’s podcast, she talks about her debut book This Here Flesh: Spirituality, liberation and the stories that make us, which is a New York Times bestseller. An extract is published in this week’s Church Times (1 April).
Cole is in conversation with Chine McDonald, director of Theos, whose latest book is God is Not a White Man: And other revelations (Hodder & Stoughton) (Podcast, 28 May 2021; (Books, 1...
2022-03-3149 min
henrinouwensocietyHenri Nouwen, Now & Then | Cole Arthur Riley, "Spirituality, Liberation & the Stories That Make Us"This episode of "Henri Nouwen, Now & Then" introduces listeners to Cole Arthur Riley, an extraordinary writer and truth teller and the author of the New York Times bestseller and movingly eloquent "This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us" – a book that leaves you with questions, in the best possible way!
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2022-03-2536 minThis Is the AuthorS7 E15: Amy Bloom, Daniel Genis, and Cole Arthur RileyS7 E15: In this episode, meet writer Amy Bloom, journalist Daniel Genis, and Black Liturgies creator Cole Arthur Riley. Step into the recording booth and hear Amy Bloom discuss what inspired her to share her husband’s story, Daniel Genis on using literature to find meaning in 10 years spent incarcerated, and Cole Arthur Riley on the power of storytelling as a family tradition.
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2022-03-2214 min
Black Coffee and Theology PodcastThis Here Flesh with Cole Arthur RileyIn this convo I sit down with Cole to discuss her wonderful book, This Here Flesh. For more information on this podcast and to get extra content from my colleagues; Trey and Sam please go to: http://www.patreon.com/threeblackmen
2022-03-1854 min
For The Love With Jen Hatmaker PodcastBringing Prayer to Her People: Cole Arthur Riley’s Black LiturgiesWe’re back with more of our Faith Shakers series–with another person of faith who’s inhabiting something different than what we normally expect or see in faith spaces. When it comes to better understanding the church and how faith exists outside its walls, we must take into consideration voices that haven’t been largely represented in many church traditions. Communities of color were often not considered in the long history of liturgy in the church–and if you’re not familiar with what liturgy is, the technical definition is the “ritual or script for various forms of public worship in chur...
2022-03-0848 min
Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia BeckerThe Beauty and Wounding of This Here Flesh with Cole Arthur RileyThe effects of trauma often surface in our embodied existence. What about hope? Cole Arthur Riley, author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies, talks with Amy Julia Becker about bearing witness to the pain of the world through our bodies, the healing found in belonging, and the importance of weaving together self-care and community-care for social healing.SHOW NOTES AND GIVEAWAYView full show notes and transcript from this episode, plus book giveaway info: amyjuliabecker.com/cole-arthur-rileyGUEST BIO“Cole Arthur Riley is a writer, liturgist, an...
2022-03-0852 min
The Jesus Storybook Bible PodcastStories Shape Who We Are: Cole Arthur RileyWriter Cole Arthur Riley’s path to God was long and winding. She explored many religious traditions, but God eventually used the written word—a medium near and dear to her heart—to draw her to Him. Founder of the creative community Black Liturgies, Cole shares why stories touch us like nothing else, and why God has always used them to shape our understanding of Him. Quotes “I think our humanity demands the creative, and I think good spirituality asks a kind of artistry in each of us.” —Cole Arthur Riley “The Christians...
2022-03-0312 min
A Tiny Revolution#163: This Here Flesh, w/ Cole Arthur RileyThe creator of Black Liturgies and author of the debut This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us. In the convo we talk about practice, creating space for Black bodies in lament and liturgy. It's a really cute time.GET THE BOOK! Follow Cole @ColeArthurRiley @BlackLiturgiesFollow me @theKevinGarciaJOIN THE CROWDED TABLE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-02-241h 04
Reclaiming My Theology...From White Supremacy and Patriarchy: Contemplative Liberation w/ Cole Arthur RileyIn this epsidoe Brandi is joined by creator of Black Liturgies (@blackliturgies) and author of the now out (TODAY) book This Here Flesh, Cole Arthur Riley. They talk about how Black contemplative practices can help us from from outside of our bodies to having greater relationship with ourselves and our connection to the divine. You can find her book where ever books are sold (ITS MAD GOOD, Y'ALL). Our lent devotional has just dropped for this year (the e-book will be up at the end of the week of 2/21), so grab a copy at shoprmt.com...
2022-02-2252 min
Hope & Hard PillsBlack Liturgies with Cole Arthur RileyCole 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. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied Writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She once took a professor’s advice very seriously to begin writing a little every day, and has followed it for nearly a decade.In This Episode:Find out more about Cole's work and order a copy of her bookYou ca...
2022-02-1928 min
20 Minute TakesCole Arthur Riley & LiturgyOn this episode of 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talk with Cole Arthur Riley, the creator of Black Liturgies and author of the new book, This Here Flesh. Listen in as they discuss liturgy, generational strength, and embodied practices of healing and attentiveness.Check out our Q&A with her about her book.You can learn more about Cole, here.In addition to @BlackLiturgies, you can find her @colearthurriley.
2022-02-1620 min
Our Mothers' Gardens"The Stories We Tell" : In the Garden with Cole Arthur Riley “The women in my family are storytellers. They understand the importance of storytelling in intimacy and building connection. They know how to draw out stories. They know how to remember well. If I mirror any part of them today, it would be that.”In this episode I am in the garden with Cole Arthur Riley. Cole shares how she has learned storytelling from the women in her family, how being conscious of her own story affects the way she shows up in the world, and how understanding the stories of the mothers in her life impacts her relatio...
2022-02-1536 min
Good Life ProjectCole Arthur Riley | Reclaiming the Stories That Shape UsCole Arthur Riley grew up in a house full of personalities that she describes as loud and funny, but as a kid, as loved as she felt, she kept her voice from others. In fact, Cole barely spoke until she was 7. Still, her dad kept finding ways to, as she described, bribe her to share her voice and nurture her creative impulse, often in writing, from poems to stories and beyond. As she grew into herself, she developed a dual passion for contemplative spirituality, and also the work of writers, like Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton...
2022-02-101h 06
Heromakers PodcastCole Arthur Riley on Finding Rest and Discovering Yourself in Difficult Times + "This Here Flesh" - Her Upcoming BookIn this episode, Laurie and Ann talk with Cole Arthur Riley, a writer and liturgist who founded Black Liturgies, a project seeking to integrate concepts of dignity, lament, rage, justice, rest, and liberation with the practice of written prayer. In this episode we talk with Cole about her family and upbringing (including her heromaker Dad) and why she was prompted to start Black Liturgies in the summer/fall of 2020. We talk about wrestling with pain and trauma, and why rest and rediscovery may be the answer to our losses and wounds. Cole is honest about the growth o...
2022-01-2546 min
Stories PodcastA Conversation with Cole Arthur RileyCole Arthur Riley is the creator and writer of Black Liturgies, a space for spiritual words of liberation, lament, rage, and rest; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Executive Curator. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied Writing at the University of Pittsburgh. Her debut book, This Here Flesh, will be published in February of 2022.In this episode, Cole and I have an inspiring and uplifting conversation on blackness, faith, her new book, and everything in between.
2022-01-0250 min
Stories PodcastA Conversation with Cole Arthur RileyCole Arthur Riley is the creator and writer of Black Liturgies, a space for spiritual words of liberation, lament, rage, and rest; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Executive Curator. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied Writing at the University of Pittsburgh. Her debut book, This Here Flesh, will be published in February of 2022.In this episode, Cole and I have an inspiring and uplifting conversation on blackness, faith, her new book, and everything in between.
2022-01-0250 min
Stories PodcastA Conversation with Cole Arthur Riley of Black LiturgiesCole Arthur Riley is the creator and writer of Black Liturgies, a space for spiritual words of liberation, lament, rage, and rest; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Executive Curator. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied Writing at the University of Pittsburgh. Her debut book, This Here Flesh, will be published in February of 2022.In this episode, Cole and I have an inspiring and uplifting conversation on blackness, faith, her new book, and everything in between.
2021-12-3150 min
St. Andrew's LIFE U (Live In Faith Everyday)Cole Arthur Riley: Black LiturgiesThis week's Life Talk speaker is Cole Arthur Riley, founder and writer of Black Liturgies, "a project seeking to integrate concepts of dignity, lament, rage, justice, rest, and liberation with the practice of written prayer."Support the show
2021-10-2941 minThe Faith and Justice Network3. Cole Arthur RileyD.L. Mayfield talks with Cole Arthur Riley, the creator and writer of @blackliturgies on Instagram and author of the forthcoming book, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us. They talk about liturgy, journaling, living with darkness, and other spiritual practices.
2021-09-2144 min
Jesus Calling: Stories of FaithJesus Listens to Our Doubts: Jamie Kern Lima & Cole Arthur RileyEvery Christian faces a time in their relationship with Jesus that is frustrating, that’s full of questions, full of doubt, full of wondering if God is even real, if He listens, or if He cares. But time and time again, the Lord has proven that He does hear your every prayer, as Psalm 66:19 reminds us: “God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.” God is also okay with our doubts—He gives us the space we need to figure out for ourselves that He is good, all the time, and He will be with us always. This week’s g...
2021-07-1530 min
Engaging GrayCole Arthur Riley - A Pace of ProtectionIn this week's episode, we have the honor of hearing from Cole Arthur Rile, a gifted writer and liturgist, on how cultivating a pace of perseverance is more than about continuing to "do" but how it helps us BE fully. Cole shares with us how boundaries, silence, and reflection have been integral parts of cultivating her own pace, which enables her to write in a way that breathes connection into existence and continues to engage the complex and ever-changing world we find ourselves in. Take a listen for inspiration and tangible advice on cultivating a pace of perseverance.
2021-06-2338 min
The Liberation PodcastEpisode 19- Cole Arthur RileyToday I am joined today by the ever inspiring Cole Arthur Riley! Cole is the creator and liturgist behind Black Liturgies (@blackliturgies), a project seeking to integrate concepts of dignity, lament, rage, justice, rest, and liberation with the practice of written prayer. Cole is also currently the Content and Spiritual Formation Manager for a center for Christian studies at Cornell University.In this discussion, Cole retells how she came into her spiritual/liturgical practice and how it came in direct correlation with her studies of Black Liberation and Existential-esc philosophy. We also explore topics such as; concreteness v...
2021-06-151h 15Faith and FeminismBlack Liturgies with Cole Arthur RileyCole Arthur Riley, the creator of Black Liturgies, talks to us about the importance of implementing dignity, lament, rage, justice, rest, and liberation in our faith practice.
2021-06-141h 06
The Roll DownIn the Valley: Joy & RestIn the Valley Series Our conversation on Joy & Rest will be heavily influenced by Cole Arthur Riley’s unique prayer expression, “Black Liturgies”, that speaks to blackness, black emotion, black thought, black belonging and liberation. She gives great thought and encouragement for how we can lean into joy and rest in the midst of all the trauma as well as how we can be pushed towards hope in our pursuit of justice. Cole Arthur Riley is a writer, liturgist, speaker seeking a deeply contemplative life marked by embodiment and emotion. She is the f...
2021-06-0959 min
gen/activistfaith + justice / cole arthur rileyWe invited, Cole Arthur Riley, the founder and author of Black Liturgies to talk with us about the role of faith in racial justice and her experience giving words to the movement in the form of prayer. We talk about making space for lament and slow processing while also listening to the stories of our ancestors to learn from triumphs. While we recognize that this conversation is being offered through the lens and language of the Christian faith, we believe Cole's work, writings and the history are universal and we invite all to explore racial trauma, justice and lament, t...
2021-06-0751 min
The Academy PodcastConversation with Cole Arthur RileyIn this episode, we’re joined by Cole Arthur Riley, who is a writer, speaker, and liturgist. She currently serves as the Content and Spiritual Formation Manager for a Center for Christian Studies at Cornell University called Chesterton House. In her role, she produces and curates written content for spiritual formation and leads care and spiritual support for staff and students. While working for an Episcopal church, she became enamored with both Anglican and Catholic liturgical traditions, finding beauty in written prayer as well as the embodied experience of Eucharist and prayer services.
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2021-02-071h 02The Allender Center PodcastLiving into the Tension of Advent: Cole Arthur RileyContinuing a series of conversations about how we are to live into the tension of Advent in this season, Rachael talks with Cole Arthur Riley—writer, speaker, and founder of the project Black Liturgies, "a project seeking to integrate the truths of Black dignity, lament, rage, justice, and rest into written prayers." Throughout their conversation you'll hear about the role and function of liturgy, the radical trust of God in a woman's body, and practical ways we can lean into embodied practices this Advent season—including a guided breath prayer towards the end of the episode. We w...
2020-12-1139 min
Race and RedemptionBlack Liturgies with Cole Arthur RileyCole Arthur Riley is the creator of the trending Instagram account @blackliturgies- a space where Black words live in dignity, lament, rage, and hope to the glory of God. Cole reads through several of her liturgies and shares the inspiration and process behind each piece.
2020-09-1546 min