{"id":31810,"date":"2025-06-03T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=31810"},"modified":"2025-06-02T20:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T00:36:04","slug":"mariko-clark-helping-kids-experience-contemplation-and-wonder-in-scripture","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/mariko-clark-helping-kids-experience-contemplation-and-wonder-in-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariko Clark: Helping Kids Experience Contemplation and Wonder in Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with Mariko Clark\u00a0about conceiving, writing, and publishing a new children&#8217;s Bible story book:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9780593580318\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Book of Belonging: Bible Stories for Kind and Contemplative Kids<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mariko Clark is a Japanese American author, mother, and storyteller on a mission to help kids embrace diversity and wonder. Her time as an editor at National Geographic Learning sharpened her ability to make complex topics accessible and engaging. She equips kids and caregivers with spiritual resources to navigate the messy middle, wrestle with tough questions, and find community in the journey. Mariko lives outside of Indianapolis with her husband and three sweet and spicy kids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mariko mentioned the concept of &#8220;windows, mirrors, and sliding-glass doors\u201d&#8217; in children\u2019s literature, originated by Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_AAu58SNSyc\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here\u2019s a short clip<\/a>\u00a0of Dr. Bishop explaining the importance of diversity in literature for all children, regardless of race.<\/li>\n<li>Michelle Eastman (@disabilitytheology) was the resident Disability theologian for\u00a0<em>The Book of Belonging<\/em>. To learn more, Michelle recommends\u00a0<em>A Healing Homiletic<\/em>\u00a0by Kathy Black,\u00a0<em>The Disabled God<\/em>\u00a0by Nancy L. Eiesland and\u00a0<em>The Bible and Disability<\/em>, ed. Melcher, Parsons, &amp; Yong.\u00a0<em>My Body is Not a Prayer Request<\/em>\u00a0by Dr. Amy Kenny is a more accessible resource that touches on a lot of the same information.<\/li>\n<li>Mariko and\u00a0<em>The Book of Belonging<\/em>&#8216;s illustrator, Rachel Eleanor, also offer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thebookofbelonging.substack.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Belonging Workshop<\/a>\u00a0on Substack. The Belonging Workshop is a weekly Sabbath resource that provides sacred rhythms for folks in liminal faith spaces, with offerings that are a mix of explicitly religious practices as well as mindful and somatic practices, visual resources, and a kind and curious community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 Mariko Clark\u00a0about conceiving, writing, and publishing a new children&#8217;s Bible story book:\u00a0The Book of Belonging: Bible Stories for Kind and Contemplative Kids. 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