This was our final Q&A session wrapping up Grace’s lecture series on the Holy Spirit (you can get here), and what a fantastic conversation it turned out to be! Grace shared how spending time with pneumatology has shifted her focus toward the practical, embodied aspects of faith – moving beyond the academic exercises of graduate school toward understanding how the Spirit calls us to live sustainably and care for all of creation. We dove deep into how dualistic thinking has harmed both our relationship with the earth and our understanding of ourselves as whole beings – body and spirit together. Grace beautifully connected this to everything from climate justice to prayer practices, showing how recognizing the Spirit’s presence in all aspects of life breaks down those false sacred-secular divisions. We also tackled some great practical questions about helping congregations develop Spirit-awareness and discerning authentic spiritual movements from cultural trends.
Grace Ji-Sun Kim is a professor of theology at Earlham School of Religion and host of the Madang podcast.
Previous Episodes with Grace
Intercession at the Intersection: The Gender-Bending History of the Holy Spirit
Before There Was a Bible & the Messy Origins of Spirit Doctrine
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