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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 32
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 Waterloo2024-04-0535 min
Red Letter Christians PodcastCole Arthur Riley, “Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human” | Special Guest Host: Divya Rosaline David from RLCJoin Cole Arthur Riley in conversation with Divya Rosaline David to discuss “Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human.”
For years, Cole Arthur Riley was desperate for a spirituality she could trust. Amid 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 more human, more liberating expression of faith. She went on to create Black Liturgies, a digital project that connects spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black memory, and the Black body.
In this book, she brings together hundre...2024-03-2852 min
Small Doses with Amanda SealesSide 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!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.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 LiturgiesPoet 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
Your Favorite Stories, Now in Your Ears - Full AudiobookBlack Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human Audiobook by Cole Arthur RileyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 702588
Title: Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
Author: Cole Arthur Riley
Narrator: Cole Arthur Riley
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:15:58
Language: English
Release date: 01-16-24
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Prayer, Mindfulness & Meditation
Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies
“A true spiritual balm for our troubled times.”—Michael Eric Dyson, author of What Truth Sounds Like
For years, Cole Arthu...2024-01-178h 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/audio2024-01-1616 min
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & MeditationBlack Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human by Cole Arthur RileyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human Author: Cole Arthur Riley Narrator: Cole Arthur Riley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 16, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Mindfulness & Meditation Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies “A true spiritual balm for our troubled times.”—Michael Eric Dyson, author of What Truth Sounds Like For years...2024-01-1610 min
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Title: Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
Author: Cole Arthur Riley
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Release date: January 16, 2024
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Genres: Mindfulness & Meditation
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies “A true spiritual balm for our troubled times.”—Michael Eric Dyson, author of What Truth Sounds Like For years, Col...2024-01-168h 15Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsBlack Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human by Cole Arthur RileyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702588to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
Author: Cole Arthur Riley
Narrator: Cole Arthur Riley
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
Release date: January 16, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies “A true spiritual balm for our troubled times.”—Michael Eric Dyson, author of What Truth Sounds Like For years, Col...2024-01-168h 15The 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/.
Follow The Collective Table on Instagram @the_collective...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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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/adchoices2023-09-0454 min
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Reimagining LoveCultivating 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 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/adchoices2023-04-1659 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