Dr. Leah Gunning Francis talks to us about her book "Faith and Ferguson" and how the protests after Michael Brown's murder led to the #BLM summer of 2020-- and what we can all do to promote racial equity where we are.

Faith and Feminism

Episode 169: How Ferguson Led Us Here

Dr. Holly Oxhandler talks to us about how our faith spaces can be both a place of trauma and healing, how our faith evolves over time, and how we can incorporate mental health practices into our daily life.

Episode 168: Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health

Karie Charlton talks to us about how she got dubbed the "Period Pastor" and helps us look at the Bible through a new lens.

Episode 167: The Period Pastor

Jennifer Taylor Wagner went through significant weight loss, and at the end of it still struggled to accept her body. It led her to reevaluate her relationship with her body, what culture tells us-- and ultimately to remember that her body is good, at every stage.

Episode 166: Your Good Body

Melody Winderweedle thought she had seen the end of patriarchy at a Church where women's leadership was allowed, she was wrong. Today on the podcast we talk about how benevolent patriarchy is still patriarchy.

Episode 165: Benevolent Patriarchy

 Kaitlyn Schiess, the author of The Liturgy of Politics, shows us how getting political is an important aspect of faith for many Christians --just not in the way we were likely taught.  

Episode 164: The Liturgy of Politics- Part 2

Kaitlyn Schiess, the author of The Liturgy of Politics, shows us how getting political is an important aspect of faith for many Christians --just not in the way we were likely taught.

Episode 163: The Liturgy of Politics- Part 1

Dr. Laura Anderson recently completed her PhD in Mind-Body Medicine with her research focusing on the experience of living in a healing body after sexualized violence and trauma, today on the podcast she talks to us about how to heal.

Episode 162: Healing From Sexual Trauma

Dr. Nicole Bedera talks about her research on college campuses and shows how many perpetrators of sexual violence face little to no consequences for their actions-- and some of them even use allegations to their benefit.

Episode 161: Her Research Shows that Some Men Use Sexual Assault Allegations to Their Benefit

Amber Cantorna, the daughter of a focus on the family executive, came out to her family it cost her nearly everything. Since then she's been on a mission to create a coming-out guide for LGBTQIA people of faith.

160: She's the Gay Daughter of a Focus on the Family Executive

Kyndall Rae Rothaus, talks to us about her new book "Thy Queendom Come" and how the kingdoms we see in the Old Testament continually fail women-- and how Christ shows us a better way.

Episode 159: Thy Queendom Come

Debi Hake, a marriage and family therapist, talks to us about the process of deconstruction and how it could affect familial and spousal relationships.

Episode 158: Deconstruction Therapy

Kevin Nye, who works in homeless services and advocacy in Los Angeles and is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary, reframes the way we think about homelessness and how to fix it.

Episode 157: How do we fix homelessness?

Rob Dixon talks to us about his new book "Together in Ministry: Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships" and outlines why he finds it so important as a man to fight for the flourishing of women in ministry leadership.

Episode 156: Women and Men Leading Together

When a child came to Maureen Garcia and told her she was being sexually abused by her husband, her world was destroyed. Now she educates others on how to look out for abusive grooming.