The Love of Thousands Dance Collection is Released!

The Love of Thousands: Dancing with Angels, Saints & Ancestors is a collection of 20 prayer dances plus teaching videos created by Betsey Beckman to accompany The Love of Thousands CD and prayer cycle.These resources companion Christine Valters Paintner’s book The Love of Thousands: How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness. Dances in this collection celebrate Angelic Guides, Mystics and Saints, (including Julian of Norwich, Clare of Assisi, Teresa of Avila, Mechtild of Magdeburg, and Angela of Foligno,) Ancestral Wisdom and Blessings, Grieving the Passage of our Loved Ones, Pilgrimage, Ancestral Earth, and Spiritual Healing. Dances were filmed at sacred spaces in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, California, France, Spain, Bali, and Uganda.

The collection features guest artists Soyinka Rahim gsp, Leah Mann, Karin Stevens, Vania Bynum, Agnotti Cowie, Corey Action, and the Friends of Hope Cultural Center in Uganda.

The Love of Thousands Prayer Cycle Video Podcasts

I am pleased to announce the release of the video podcasts for The Love of Thousands Prayer Cycle at Abbey of the Arts! Featuring seven days of morning and evening prayer, this collection accompanies Christine Valters Paintner’s book The Love of Thousands: How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness. Each day offers prayers, readings, movement videos, time for silence, and closing blessings. The prayer cycle is available as text, audio and video podcasts. Many of the songs can found on our album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors.

SpiritPlay Class in Seattle!

SpiritPlay has become a staple of Seattle’s InterPlay offerings! Now in our 24th year, we have developed a wonderful community of faith and foolishness. This monthly LIVE series is for those grounded in Christianity who so long for the spontaneity of InterPlay to help us navigate the wild and whacky, sometimes rocky, humble and holy journey of our lives. We’ll be diving into the lectionary, exploring sacred stories, dancing through the cycle of seasons, singing our souls and improvising in prayer.  Calling all angels – let’s dance, play and pray!

8 sessions meeting the second Tuesday of each month at St. Joseph Parish Center

9:45am – 12:00pm

Next Session begins October 2025!

Testimonials

  • I just love Betsey’s music and dance. It’s a way of freeing the body with music and movement and getting closer to God. Thank you Betsey and colleagues — the videography was very well done.

    Marie Gibson

  • “During the workshop, Betsey told the story of the Creation using her whole body. When she got to the part about God blowing the breath of life into humanity, she used her whole body to blow the ‘breath of life’ into us. A radically new awareness broke through for me in that moment: I began …

    Sharie Bowman