Day 2 - One Body, Many Parts
Name Your Gifts by Deborah Jian Lee
“For those of us from marginalized backgrounds & identities, this 4-day devotional offers reflection on what it means to be a suffering part of the Body and how we can work towards healing ourselves and others, to start mending the whole Body of Christ.”
Day 2 - Naming Your Gifts: Read by host, Theresa Ta.
Pass the Salt is a product of Our Bible App, edited and produced by Crystal Cheatham.
Read MoreDay 1 - Receiving Life’s Fullness by Deborah Jian Lee
For those of us from marginalized backgrounds & identities, this 4-day devotional offers reflection on what it means to be a suffering part of the Body and how we can work towards healing ourselves and others, to start mending the whole Body of Christ.
Day 1 - Receiving Life’s Fullness: Written by Deborah Jian Lee and ready by host, Theresa Ta.
Pass the Salt is a product of Our Bible App, edited and produced by Crystal Cheatham.
Read MoreI sit down with Rev. Kaitie Aikin, the pastor of my local UCC. She’s been an incredible spirit guide for me these past few months and I wanted to share her voice and inspirations with the world… that’s you! So I hope you have as much fun tuning into this conversation as I clearly had talking to my favorite pastor. If you’re ever in Philly I hope you’ll visit us at Tabernacle United in West Philly.
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Hope Beyond the Hymen:A Sermon on Luke 20:27–38 by Tuhina Verma Rasche
Read MoreHannah Bonner achieved her masters of divinity from Duke University Divinity School. Dedicated to amplifying the voices of young women, she produced a documentary, “Awaken the Voice,” to ensure that the young women she worked with in pursuing justice for Sandra Bland would be remembered. An avid hiker, Hannah can be found most evenings admiring a saguaro cactus along one of Tucson’s many trails. And now Hannah. Support her work on the border by giving to some of the organizations referenced in this episode: Desert Southwest Conference, Las Americas, and Coalición de Derechos Humanos.
Read MoreSarah Bowen is a member of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary's academic staff, Spiritual Directors International, and several recovery communities. She is the best selling author of the award winning book Void if Detached: Seeking Modern Spirituality through my Father’s Old Sermons and newly released follow up title Spiritual Rebel: A Positively Addictive Guide to Finding Deeper Perspective and Higher Purpose.
Sarah seeks to help others connect with the higher power of their own understanding, in whatever way is meaningful to each. I just find her words to be way less angry and more sensical than mine so I really hope you embrace this discussion and walk away with some lessons as I did.
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Samantha Field grew up in a Christian fundamentalist cult, but escaped as a young adult. Now, she writes about being a bisexual woman and abuse survivor, exploring intersectional feminism and liberation theology. Her devotional “Re-Reading Ruth” has been featured in Our Bible App. This 5-day devotional explores the book of Ruth through several different ways, taking a closer look at what it says about women, story and myth, immigrants and refugees, and systematic oppression.
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Adam Evers on Believr
Q: What do you get when you put two app developers in a podcast together? A: GREAT CONVERSATION! Ya’ll we queer/Christian business owners are taking over the world. It was a pleasure to sit down with Adam Evers. Adam Evers is the co-founder of Believr, an app yet to launch that promises to be the premier dating app for LGBTQ+ Christians. In this interview Adam shares about his personal experience and in the second half of the show we learn more about the inner workings of taking on a project like the love lives of LGBTQ+ Christians.
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In this episode I interview Ben Christian of A Game for Good Christians. Similar to Cards Against Humanity this card game is irreverent and will most likely make you spit out your drink if you’re not careful. The difference is that these cards are all sourced from Biblical material—and let the hilarity ensue! I hope you enjoy the show.
Yaz Nunez
Soulforce
Yaz Nuñez is a friend and former co-worker from Soulforce. Solfource works to sabotage Christian Supremacy and end the political and religious oppression of all marginalized people. With an ethic of relentless, nonviolent resistance, Soulforce sabotages Christian Supremacy through research and informed strategy. Yaz recently became Soulforce’s youngest co-Executive Director. It was recently announced that Yaz and Alba Onofrio (Rev. Sex) will be taking over Haven Herrin’s role together, to ensure the brave and hard work that Soulforce continues to get done. I wanted to sit down with Yaz to talk about that transition.
Erin Green
Brave Commons
Erin Green is an affirming biblical scholar and LGBTQ+ activist. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies from Azusa Pacific University and is a current Mdiv student at San Francisco Theological Seminary. Erin is best known for her work in supporting LGBTQ+ students on conservative, Christian university campuses. She is also the Co-Executive Director of Brave Commons, a Queer Latinx led group seeking to dismantle oppressive systems at Christian Universities and address the denial of basic human rights of LGBTQ+ students. I met Erin online as I do most of my guests, and soon invited her to write for Our Bible App. You can check out her first devotional, “Our feelings are holy,” in the app with more to come. Find out more about her work at Erinrgreen.com.
You may know Isaac Archuleta from a previous episode but I’m bringing him back because we have a surprise to share with you. He is the creator of the I Am Clinic, a place where LGBTQ Christians can receive mental health services that allows them to step into their fuller selves. Find out more about Isaac at iamclinic.org.
George has been in the church his whole life. From growing up in the Coptic Orthodox tradition, to serving in Pastor roles within Evangelical and Mainline Churches. We get the chance to talk about George and his work with Church Clarity. As George puts it, “We shouldn’t know more about our Uber drivers than we do about our pastors.”
Aaron Bailey is an executive pastor at Left Hand Church and the founder of Launch Pad, a church planting organization for open and affirming churches. I met Aaron at a conference where we bonded over our entrepreneurial endeavors in the faith sector. It’s not too often I get to geek about about the intersections of my two passions (faith and startups) so don’t hate me too much after listening to this convo!
Today’s guest is Elizabeth Jeffries, author of the forthcoming book Through the Kaleidoscope: How Exploring Cell Biology Transforms My Relationship With God. Raised in an evangelical fundamentalist non-denominational Christian church our discussion focuses on Elizabeth’s journey and what brought her into this space of openness and acceptance. We get to talking about homeschool, A Wrinkle in Time and of course sex.
Today’s guest is Lenny Duncan, Pastor of Jehu’s Table and author of the upcoming book Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the U.S. Today Lenny is discussing his new devotional in Our Bible App called Recovery & Resurrection: For Those Who Have Known Death Intimately, along with his book and a bit about his complex sexuality. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed talking to this Goliath of Truth Bombs.
Today’s guest is Danny Prada, pastor of the Heartway Church. Danny aids the homeless population, pastors the Heartway church and hosts their weekly podcast. Pastor Danny is also in the process of working towards his doctor of ministry degree at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Bailey Brawner is the Pastor of two congregations in the United Methodist Church in Alaska. She graduated from Boston University School of Theology with an MDiv. and a certificate in Religion and Conflict Transformation. Bailey is focused on creating spiritual spaces for people who've experienced religious trauma. Today she talks about all these things as well as what it's like to be open about her asexuality. Find out more about her at BaileyBrawner.com.
Today for Valentine’s day I wanted to do something special. Valentine’s day can often make you feel that breeze of loneliness. You may feel content in your singleness or your relationship every other day but the moment Valentine’s day comes around that explosion of artificial pink hearts and candy can make you question everything and suddenly you’re super-duper insecure. Well I say knock it off and here’s how. Kevin Garcia is here to help us snap back to reality. Remember. You are enough and here’s how you know. Let’s talk to Kevin. Kevin Garcia is a digital pastor, content creator, and self identifying hot mess. Working at the intersection of queerness, sexuality, Christian faith, gender, and justice, Kevin creates videos blogs and podcasts that reflect the queer Christian experience.
Tuhina Verma Rasche and Jason Chesnut are two Lutheran ministers and the duo behind such liturgical collections as Shut The Hell Up and Fuck This Shit. This year they focused their dynamic power on Epiphany, that strange stretch of time between the new year and Lent. With a do-it-yourself-toolkit now available on the app, they hosted an event right here with me in Philly. We wore crowns, we played games, and we did the best thing of all which was learn more about Jesus through community. I know it sounds really sappy but ya’ll we had fun. Find them both on Twitter @TVRasche and @CrazyPastor (guess which is which).
Carla Sofia, also known as La Mechuda, is a lesbian woman, a Latina and a believer of Jesus now based in Argentina. She wants to open the conversation and show that LGBT + people can live spirituality in a real and true way. She is a pioneer, a mover and a shaker and is creating spaces in which those who want to commune at the intersections of Christianity and LGBT + identity can do so and thrive. Join us in this live conversation at the Queer Christian Fellowship Conference in Chicago.