#35--The Lady Who Said No: Defying Wealth for a Barefoot Life--A look at Clare of Assisi and what she can teach leaders today.

In honor of Women's History Month, Beth mentions several women of the past that have shaped her spiritual formation. They are all reformers, most from Europe, who possessed rich, personal and deeply devoted inner lives with God, which informed their remarkable outer actions. As Emily Reed interviews Beth, she focuses on St. Clare of Assisi, a 13th century woman who walked out of her noble home, cut off her hair, and staged a quiet revolution that the Vatican never saw coming.Clare was told she needed a protector; she chose poverty. She and the women in her order went barefoot and slept on the floor, as a means of solidarity with the poor they served. She was told she needed a man’s rules; she became the first woman in history to write her own. Today, we’re uncovering the radical, barefoot, and utterly unbreakable Clare of Assisi. Let’s dive in.