Description
60-minute webinar with Q&A
May 21, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. EST
On-demand replay will be available
Play is more than childish fun—it’s a powerful, embodied path toward healing, connection, and transformation. Join Dr. Lakisha R. Lockhart-Rusch for an interactive webinar that invites you to move, reflect, and reimagine what it means to play with intention.
Rooted in her groundbreaking book, Doing Theological Double Dutch: A Womanist Pedagogy of Play, Lockhart-Rusch guides participants through a journey of purposeful play that touches the theological, spiritual, and neurological dimensions of this often-overlooked practice.
What to expect:
- Centering through play: We will begin with a communal play or grounding activity to awaken your body and spirit.
- Theology meets joy: Explore how play connects us to the divine, drawing from womanist theology and Lockhart-Rusch’s own definition of embodied play.
- The science of play: Discover the neurological dimensions and benefits of play.
- Play as liberation: Learn how play has served as a hidden space of resistance and healing for Black women — and how it can do the same for you.
- Practice what you learn: Engage in a guided virtual play practice designed to reconnect you with your body, your community, and your sacred imagination.
Who should attend:
- Educators, facilitators, and clergy seeking new tools for liberatory teaching
- Those exploring embodied spiritual practices
- Anyone longing to reclaim joy, creativity, and purpose in their daily life
What do I get when I order?
When you order today, you will receive an email confirming your order. Beginning May 8, the Outlook will send out Zoom invitations in batches. Attendees must register ahead of time via the invitations in order to receive their unique link.
What is the price?
Given the need for this conversation in the church, the Presbyterian Outlook is offering this webinar in the “pay what you can” format. We don’t want financial constraints to stand in the way of accessing valuable information and resources. All are welcome.
If you are able, we ask you to consider donating. As the only independent publication reporting on the PC(USA), we depend on webinar income, subscriptions and donations to fund our work of providing resources, curating conversations, and reporting on the Presbyterian church. All donations, no matter the amount, play a significant role in funding the Outlook’s mission.
How do I check out?
Enter the amount you wish to donate in the “name your price” box when you check out. If you cannot afford to donate, simply put $0. Then, click “add to cart” and proceed to check out. This last step is important for us to collect your information and email you the webinar details. Thank you!
Meet the facilitator
Dr. Lakisha R. Lockhart-Rusch is a womanist play facilitator and innovative educator who teaches at Union Presbyterian Seminary in the area of Christian education. This mother, spouse, sister, daughter, friend, and best auntie, has teaching and research interests in religious education, practical, liberation, and womanist theologies, ethics and society, multiple intelligences, embodied faith, theological aesthetics, theopoetics, creativity, imagination and play.
This webinar is one way that Presbyterian Outlook funds our ministry of being a prophetic, pastoral and independent publication focused on creating trustworthy resources and spaces for conversation. Thank you for your support.
