Episode 118 - Conversation With Marcie Alvis Walker: Everybody Come Alive

I am so excited and honored to have author Marcie Alvis Walker on the Still Becoming Podcast. Marcie is the creator of Black Coffee with White Friends, as well as the newsletter Black Eyed Stories. We discuss her new book Everybody Come Alive: A Memoir in Essays. I have been a fan and an avid reader of Marcie's work for years now, and I always want to know what Marcie thinks or has to write about everything. Her writing is so layered, complex, honest, beautiful, powerful, and it will change you. I know it has changed me. Her book is available to order now, and I can't recommend it enough. In this powerful and beautiful conversation, Marcie tells us more about her incredible book and some of her own stories she writes about in it. We talk more in depth about all the stories that are missing, and that every story is holy. Marcie tells us about getting "all the stories," so that we really know about what it truly sacred, and how we have been taught only certain stories belong - which couldn't be further from the truth. We also talk about Marcie's family, and the power of language. I am still thinking every day about the way Marcie describes the power and the importance of language, and how language disrupts power. I cannot wait for you to hear this conversation with Marcie Alvis Walker. Marcie Alvis Walker is the creator of the popular Instagram feed Black Coffee with White Friends. She is also the creator of Black Eyed Bible Stories. Marcie is passionate about what it means to embrace intersectionality, diversity, and inclusion in our spiritual lives. She lives in Chicago with her husband, her college-aged kid Max, and their dog, Evie. To find Marcie, her work, her new book, and how to follow her - go to her website here: marciealviswalker.com To sign up for Monica's newsletter - go to this link: https://monicadicristina.substack.com For more Still Becoming, follow Monica on Instagram @monicadicristina. Or check out monicadicristina.com for resources, articles, and more.