Episode 20: Liberation, Trouble-Making and Joy with Sex-Positive Minister Rev. Dale Benson
“ I think that the rage and the joy that we possess within ourselves has to meet each other at some point for us, for it, to be sustainable.”
-Rev. Dale Benson, The Everything Belongs Podcast
Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Rev. Dale (M.Div., Th.M.). Rev. Dale is a black sex-positive preacher from North Carolina. His work is centered in re-imagining the inner workings of black masculinity (queering) and practicing an embodied liberation. He is a preacher, facilitator, Spiritual Life Coach, writer, avid reader and father. He intentionally embraces his calling to be a trouble-maker and holder of space for individual and collective healing. In this episode, Madison and Rev. Dale dive into topics around Liberation Theology, including untangling our wounds from our theology, embracing joy, rage and sex + body positivity in daily life and being a Black man navigating his own socialization and wounds. Listen in here...
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In this episode we have a conversation about:
What is Liberation Theology and how Rev. Dale is navigates this with the church
Developing healthy practices around wounds, eroticism, sex-positivity and body-love in daily life
Taking off the masks of who others want us to be and unraveling the narratives & socialization around being a man and being Black
How being raised by a community of women and his Grandfather has affected Rev. Dale's life, purpose and how he relates to the world
What we can learn from our children about joy and grace
Joy as a form of activism and allowing room for rage
