{"id":31634,"date":"2025-04-29T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=31634"},"modified":"2025-04-28T20:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:55:01","slug":"kevin-sweeney-mystics-and-the-black-prophetic-tradition","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/kevin-sweeney-mystics-and-the-black-prophetic-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Sweeney: Mystics and the Black Prophetic Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with author and hospice chaplain Kevin Sweeney about his new book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9781964252407\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Cosmic Christ and the Concrete Jesus<\/em><\/a>, where he talks about how Christian mystics and the Black prophetic tradition have helped him find his footing as a Christian.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Sweeney is the author of two other books,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9781957007144\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Making of a Mystic<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9781957007366\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Joy of Letting Go<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\u00a0He is also chaplain for hospice care, and currently lives in Honolulu with his wife, Christine, and their two kids, True and Mikayla.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with Gravity Commons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravityleadership.com\/message\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Leave us a message or ask a question<\/a>\u00a0about this or any other episode and we&#8217;ll answer it on a future episode.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/community\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00danete a la comunidad Gravity<\/a>\u00a0to interact with other listeners, and get our list of curated links each week to all things edifying and interesting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Are you interested in advertising on the Gravity Podcast?<\/strong>\u00a0Contact us at podcast@gravitycommons.com.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with author and hospice chaplain Kevin Sweeney about his new book\u00a0The Cosmic Christ and the Concrete Jesus, where he talks about how Christian mystics and the Black prophetic tradition have helped him find his footing as a Christian. 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