Meggan Watterson

We have to prove that we're worthy of it.

And the church positioned itself.

as the gatekeepers to this worth that we have to fight for, prove that we're... And these two figures in history that were erased

systematically, Thekla and Mary Magdalene, they both understood that our worth is inherent.

It's eternal and it's internal.

So when I see the iconography of Mary Magdalene holding the egg and really feel this sense of everything comes from within, it's this reminder that that ultimate source of power, love, exists within us and we've always been innately worthy of it.

If we think we have to earn or prove our worth and it exists outside of us, then we can be controlled and manipulated.

That's right.

If we believe we're not worthy, then we think we have to follow certain rules

And I think what makes an action like Abby's so powerful is it models to us that we don't have to follow any rules given to us by a system, an unjust system of power telling us that we're unworthy of this access to the divine, which actually exists within us.

And so, you know, this to me is a sea change moment.

This has always been true.

But it's like now we can see with intensity and clarity the hypocrisy, the maddening hypocrisy.

I mean, I have always said our ideas of the divine directly affect the status of women and girls the world over.

I've always said that.

And I feel like Chicken Little.

You know, I feel like Cassandra.

I feel like I've been screaming that for like 20 years.

You know, our ideas of the divine affect the status of women and girls the world over.

And now I feel like there are those with the ears to hear it.