Seminary Dropout 76: Lauren Winner, Author of 'Wearing God'

Lauren Winner teaches at Duke Divinity School as an Assistant Professor of Christian Spirituality, and lives in Durham, North Carolina. Lauren is a writer's writer. If you've read any of her previous books: Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, or her memoir Still: Notes on a Mid-faith Crisis, then you know that. She took her effortless tone and intimate style and turned it towards the language of God used in the Bible, and wrote Wearing God:Clothing, Laughter, Fire, and Other Overlooked Ways of Meeting God. affiliate link Some things we discuss in the show... A specific time in Lauren's life when she really had a thirst for the words of the Bible and started to notice the language used for God. Why the way we speak about God matters. The significance of our relationship with God being described as a friendship. The relation between Gender and language for God. The unknowable parts of God and why they are important. Lauren's collection of Christian kitsch. Remember our beloved sponsor for this episode is Deidox Films. If you like the podcast and want to support it then please check out Deidox and tell your pastor, worship leader or whoever organizes your worship gatherings about it. Deidox produces beautiful, high quality, short documentaries about the real lives of Christians. Deidox Films is a 501(c)3 film production and distribution company. They are media missionaries. Their mission is to produce and promote documentary films that help the Church reflect Christ and redeem culture. Their purpose is to partner with Pastors and Church leaders to help make disciples and fulfill the Great Commission. They do this by creating visual models of faith that provide practical examples of modern-day disciples. If you liked this episode then you might also like… Seminary Dropout 70: Donald Miller Seminary Dropout 64: Karen Swallow Prior Subscribe/Rate/Review Seminary Dropout in iTunes