Brie continues the inquiry of "Composting Christianity" with author Sophie Strand, exploring how re-rooting and re-wilding the gospel stories into their environment, place and time, can free Jesus' revolutionary movement to be freed from empire...and simply spore into erotic ecological reciprocity in our time now. Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. But it would probably be more authentic to call her a neo-troubadour animist with a propensity to spin yarns that inevitably turn into love stories. Her first book of essays The Flowering Wand: Lunar Kings, Lichenized Lovers, Transpecies Magicians, and Rhizomatic Harpists Heal the Masculine is out November 28 from Inner Traditions. Her eco-feminist historical fiction reimagining of the gospels The Madonna Secret will also be published in 2023. If you're interested in learning more about Brie's online courses or to schedule a 1:1 Insight Session with Brie, click here. Unknowing podcast is only made possible through the direct support of its listeners.  Please consider joining Brie in making Unknowing possible by becoming a patron giving a tax deductible donation in any amount Wanna leave Brie a voice memo that could wind up on the show? Send her a 30 second message on what you're metabolizing with Unknowing Podcast on her  Instagram.