Black writer and playwright Andrea Hairston, who is also a personal friend of mine, put this amazing sentence in her last book (not the new book out this month): "For wisdom, you need passion, faith, and doubt." I haven't stopped thinking about it in more than a year, and I thought this community might appreciate it.
This feels like what drew me to On Being all those years ago. As things do, it changed over time, and mostly that was ok. But the time came my needs diverged, and On Being no longer fit. I was happy to get the invitation to join this iteration. I missed the beautiful and complex flow of On Being, so here I am, looking forward to again meeting the people I need in my life.
Krista, welcome back. Just this week I googled on being, wondering where you were. So you’re right in sync and in your flow. Looking forward to hearing from you and your team on Substack. I recently started a Substack page and have been diving into the platform with curiosity and fun. Glad to share this space with you🥰 your program and conversations with your guests have carried me through, every time I listen, to a place of joy, love, hope, wisdom, beauty and faith. I’ve been listening for ever and am so grateful for voices like yours.
I have been longing for the return of On Being!! I have missed you so much! I am sure whatever you have been working on, it will feed my soul and nourish my spirit. I am ready, let's go!
This makes my heart so happy!
Black writer and playwright Andrea Hairston, who is also a personal friend of mine, put this amazing sentence in her last book (not the new book out this month): "For wisdom, you need passion, faith, and doubt." I haven't stopped thinking about it in more than a year, and I thought this community might appreciate it.
One could also say, in place of "doubt" - curiosity.
Feels like a homecoming.
So looking forward to these soulful conversations. Thank you Krista for tending to 'what our hearts need to hear'.
Hurray! I’m so excited to hear more wisdom, humor and insights from Krista and the On Being team!
Krista,
For me, On Being never left. So many voices, so much to contemplate, so often am I grateful. As Paul Simon sang, "Many are the times ..."
Excited about all that will be coming our way! Thank you!
Can’t wait for the new podcasts!
So thrilled. It was a pleasure to meet you at ReImagine. ✨✨✨
Yay!
So happy to hear from you!!
This feels like what drew me to On Being all those years ago. As things do, it changed over time, and mostly that was ok. But the time came my needs diverged, and On Being no longer fit. I was happy to get the invitation to join this iteration. I missed the beautiful and complex flow of On Being, so here I am, looking forward to again meeting the people I need in my life.
Holy Wisdom
I have been taught that the cave paintings in Lascaux
were depictions of the hunt, portraits
of early man’s survival; animal sacrifices
portrayed as both sustenance and sacrament—
much like the priests of my youth holding
up bread and wine, body and blood,
to show us the source of our salvation.
But many scholars believe it was the women
who did the wall paintings... women who wept
at the foot of the cross, a woman, the only believer,
who went to the tomb at the appointed time,
a woman who picked the fruit necessary to start
a species superior to angels because of sacrifice—
a woman, whose own body and blood, is the portal
through which all must pass to put on the image,
to mimic the likeness, to attempt to embody the wisdom
that was His from the beginning; the mind,
the soul, the vessel, that was his daily delight—
“…a pillar of cloud by day,
and a pillar of fire by night.”
Krista, welcome back. Just this week I googled on being, wondering where you were. So you’re right in sync and in your flow. Looking forward to hearing from you and your team on Substack. I recently started a Substack page and have been diving into the platform with curiosity and fun. Glad to share this space with you🥰 your program and conversations with your guests have carried me through, every time I listen, to a place of joy, love, hope, wisdom, beauty and faith. I’ve been listening for ever and am so grateful for voices like yours.
I have been longing for the return of On Being!! I have missed you so much! I am sure whatever you have been working on, it will feed my soul and nourish my spirit. I am ready, let's go!
I was yearning and here y’all are 🙌🏾