Summer Replay: “Everybody Come Alive” with Marcie Alvis Walker
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This month, we’re bringing back three of our most popular conversations from last year, featuring some incredible guests. Whether you’ve heard them before or not, we invite you to listen, reflect, and perhaps share them with a friend.
This episode in our summer replay series is a conversation with the amazing Marcie Alvis Walker. You may know Marcie’s work from her popular Instagram feed, Black Coffee with White Friends, or her Black-Eyed Stories on Substack. Co-hosted by Rachael Clinton Chen and Linda Royster, this conversation focuses on Marcie’s memoir, “Everybody Come Alive,” where she reflects on the imprint of God, race, and gender growing up in the 70s and 80s.
Listener Resources:
- Pick up your copy of Everybody Come Alive: A Memoir in Essays by Marcie Alvis Walker here.
- Listen to more episodes on the topic of spiritual abuse and healing on this curated Spotify playlist: Podcasts on Racial Trauma & Healing.
- Read the full transcript of this episode as it originally aired in July 2023.
About Our Guest:
Marcie Alvis Walker is the creator of the popular Instagram feed Black Coffee with White Friends. She is also the creator of Black Eyed Stories. Marcie is passionate about what it means to embrace intersectionality, diversity, and inclusion in our spiritual lives. She lives in Chicago with her husband, her college-aged kid Max, and their dog, Evie. Her new book, EVERYBODY COME ALIVE: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS, is available wherever books are sold.