Episode 225: Navigating the Fallow Years | A Conversation with Kajsa Berlin-Kaufusi
“I have always felt the gentle nature of Jesus being one of the most resonating parts of what I saw and knew as the gospel, and I always imagined Jesus speaking to me, saying, ‘Consider the lilies, how they grow, and they don't toil.’ And my whole life ... I have been a toiler,” explains Kajsa Berlin-Kaufusi. “What if I wasn’t a planter at this time, and what if I was the field?” In Episode 225, Kajsa joins Susan and Cynthia for a conversation about being still. What kind of rejuvenative possibilities might exist when, for whatever reason, we find ourselves in what feels like a fallow stretch of life?
Notes & Quotes:
ALSSI Ep. 36, Reclaiming Women in the Scriptures
ALSSI Ep. 54, Being Like Mother Eve
ALSSI Ep. 84, Do I Literally Have to Believe That?
ALSSI Ep. 89, A Little More About Metaphor … and Stuff
ALSSI Ep. 125, Women Reading Scripture: A Reflection on Voices Rising
ALSSI Ep. 162, Stepping Out of the Box with Jesus: Claiming Space in the Gospel Narrative
On topic, but off… Fallow fields can also help with pest control. They can help disrupt cycles that cause problems.
Fallow fields and fallow times have multiple benefits.