And Also With You Who was St. Brigid?
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Mar 16, 2026 Reverend Angela Tyler Williams, a Presbyterian minister known for LGBTQ equality, reproductive justice, and Celtic spirituality, explores Saint Brigid’s mythic and liminal life. Short, lively takes cover Brigid’s Druidic roots, role as abbess and liturgist, her patronages from cows to computers, feast-day customs, perpetual fire, and stories linking her to reproductive care and soulmate bonds.
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Saints Hold Subversive Stories Of Resistance
- Saints preserve subaltern stories that resist imperial or patriarchal control.
- Lizzie argues saints like Brigid carry counter-narratives of women-led, grassroots faith across generations despite dominant powers.
Pilgrimage To Iona Sparked Brigid Interest
- Angela recounts pilgrimage to Iona with John Philip Newell that reframed Celtic spirituality for her.
- She describes learning about Brigid there and how Newell centers the sacred feminine and earth-based practices.
Brigid As The Liminal Threshold Figure
- Brigid embodies liminality as a spiritual and cultural threshold figure.
- Angela explains Brigid's birth at sunrise on a threshold and links that to her role as a 'binary buster' between pagan and Christian worlds.
