Amy Frykholm (@AmyFrykholm) joins Contemplify in conversation on visionary 13th century contemplative and mystic Julian of Norwich. Bring some mead to the table because we cover a lot of ground here; the near death experience of Julian that catapulted her writing (by the by, Julian was the first woman to write a book in English), Amy’s life-altering encounter with Julian, a Noble prize winning contemplative geneticist who listened to corn, drink recommendations for a conversation on Julian of Norwich and much more.
Amy Frykholm is an author, poet, contributor and editor at The Christian Century. Visit amyfrykholm.com to see all of her work.
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episode Show Notes
Books by Amy Frykholm
- Rapture Culture: Left Behind in Evangelical America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Julian of Norwich: A Contemplative Biography. Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2010.
- See Me Naked: Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity. Boston: Beacon Press, 2011.
Books Mentioned
- Meditations with Julian of Norwich by Brendan Doyle (editor)
- Left Behind Series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
- Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich
- The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe
- Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet by Christian Wiman
People
- Julian of Norwich
- Teresa of Avila
- Hildegard von Bingen
- Mechthild of Magdeburg
- Henry VIII
- Margery Kempe
- Christian Wiman
- Barbara McClintock
Drinks Pairings
- Mead
- Sweet cicely tea
- Absinthe
Conversation Highlights
1m Amy talks about Rapture Culture
1m30s Religious fiction and truth, The study of reading
5m45s Disliking the Left Behind series, but loving the readers
8m45s Julian of Norwich as contemplative
10m40s Amy’s transformative experience with Julian of Norwich
16m30s New way of seeing reality
20m30s Teaching Julian of Norwich
23m30s Writing a biography about Julian of Norwich
25m45s Theology of suffering
27m15s Julian’s deathbed story and last rites
34m30s Julian’s relevance for today’s world
37m The soul’s two duties according to Julian
39m Julian’s influence on Amy
42m15s If Amy could ask 2 questions of Julian of Norwich
44m10s Julian’s fundamental message
47m05s What piece of Julian’s work Amy would give a budding contemplative
48m45s A contemplative mentor who listened to corn
52m Amy’s advice to her younger self
57m16 Amy’s drink pairing for a conversation on Julian of Norwich
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