Ask the Author: Kimberly Beyer-Nelson
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Kimberly Beyer-Nelson
I have a degree in comparative religion and have been teaching the Gospel of Thomas for several years. A workshop about the Gospel with Lynn Bauman finally fired me up to do a comparative/practice based work that would use his metaframe of the spirituality path--the Gospel is about searching, finding, trouble, wonder, reigning and rest--to allow folks to see into this wisdom way of the man we call Jesus. It was an absolutely fascinating journey.
Kimberly Beyer-Nelson
I notice what moves me--emotionally or intellectually. I chew on it, scatter some poetry around and see if anything hatches. :-)
Kimberly Beyer-Nelson
I'm currently completing the edits for Yeshua's Yoga: The Non-Dual Teachings of the Gospel of Thomas. Richard Rohr has written a lovely blurb for the book, and I have three other minister-scholars who have contributed forward material. It's a mix of poetry, exegesis, and comparative religion, firmly grounded in the idea of practice rather than just lofty philosophy. It was an amazing journey to write this book and I consider it my best non-fiction work so far.
Kimberly Beyer-Nelson
Write for and to yourself first. Make it play, make it like nobody will ever read it. Then the voice is yours, the story is yours and no matter how you do financially, it will have been a joy.
Kimberly Beyer-Nelson
Finding out what I really think. :-)
Kimberly Beyer-Nelson
With expectant patience. When writing my newest work, Yeshua's Yoga, I often carried a logion (a saying, in this instance, from the Gospel of Thomas) around for a day or so before I began to write. Writer's block sometimes means fatigue, to much "willfulness" entering into the process, too much excitement or a scattered mind. So coming back to a mindful participation in life almost always leads to the words flowing again.
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