Host Andrew Chirch is an interfaith minister and coach to the Non-Religious, skeptics, and doubters.

The idea for 99 comes from the Islamic teaching that there are 99 names for the divine, and each one has its own meaning.

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In Arabic there is this word, Ya Wadud, which translates as Divine love. To me, this kind of love is the most powerful, least disguised, and even a little scary.

The kind of love this is talking about includes sexual intimacy. (I know, right?!). If you're like me, using the words sex and love and the divine in the same sentence feels a little off limits. I mean, growing up in European-centered culture, the divine is code for "God" and whether I believe this or not, the face of God is culturally programmed to be an old white guy with a beard. Eww!

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