The Flourishing Body

How to Flourish in the Public Square as Fascism Flourishes

We cannot flourish in the public square if we yield to fascism. To yield is to live in fear, to accept violence and domination as the new normal—or…

Jul 1, 2025 • Beverly Dale

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May 2025

RELIGION, SEX, & Conservative Fear

What is underneath the sexual moral panic?

May 12, 2025 • Beverly Dale

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April 2025

What’s that Blowin’ in the Wind?

'cause a change is gonna come, yes it will

Apr 14, 2025 • Beverly Dale

Flourishing in Our Faith: One Bible Verse at a Time-PLEASURE, PORN & VIRGINITY #14

Listen now | Pornography use is messy for people of faith. What about self-pleasure? And who has control over our sexual bodies?

Apr 7, 2025 • Beverly Dale

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March 2025

The Flourishing Body: In Times of Betrayal

My thoughts on how to flourish in a time of social upheaval and the ethics of confrontation.

Mar 30, 2025 • Beverly Dale

Flourishing in Our Faith: One Bible Verse at a Time-NUDITY, PORN & STRESS #13

Watch now | In a time of high stress and tension, what about porn?

Mar 25, 2025 • Beverly Dale

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A Dream Worth Pondering in the Public Square

“How shall we live ethically in an increasingly small planet with fewer resources and increasing disparities?” and “Just what does it mean to be human?”

Mar 11, 2025 • Beverly Dale

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Flourishing in the Public Square: Grief and Resistance in Troubled Times

Grief is sinking into the pain as the feelings of loss and sadness take over.

Mar 3, 2025 • Beverly Dale

February 2025

Flourishing in Our Faith: One Bible Verse at a Time PLEASURE (or HEDONISM?) #12

Listen now | Where does Pleasure fit into the spiritual life?

Feb 23, 2025

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Flourishing in the Public Square: A Pleasure-Centered Life

Building our community as a source of pleasure...& resistance

Feb 14, 2025 • Beverly Dale

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Flourishing in Our Faith: One Bible Verse at a Time GOD & SEX #11

Listen now | Dethroning Power

Feb 9, 2025 • Beverly Dale

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January 2025

Flourishing in Our Faith: One Bible Verse at a Time-Perverts! (like Jesus) #10

Watch now | The idea of Jesus’ work as perversion is only found in Luke 23:2,14.

Jan 26, 2025 • Beverly Dale

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