All Things Made New

This week, I have the pleasure of talking to Diana Butler Bass.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dianabutlerbass

This week, I got to talk to the fabulous Abby Norman.

Abby Norman is a pastor, teacher, mother, and wife who lives and loves in the city of Atlanta. She has two kids, a naughty dog, and a husband she married before her brain was fully developed. She is very glad that worked out as well as it has. Abby pastors a small church on the outskirts of the Atlanta suburbs and still has enough words to continue blogging and showing up regularly on all social media outlets as @abbynormansays. Abby has a book coming out in May of 2021 from Broadleaf press: You CAN talk to God like that: The surprising power of lament to save your faith.

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In this episode, I talk to my long time twitter friend Doug Bursch.

Douglas S. Bursch co-pastors Evergreen Foursquare Church in Auburn, Washington and is the host of The Fairly Spiritual Show podcast. He is married to his lifelong sweetheart, Jennifer. They enjoy raising their four children together and ministering as a team. Doug received his Doctor of Ministry at Portland Seminary of George Fox University. Doug produced and hosted over 1,200 Christian radio broadcasts. His first book is The Community of God: A Theology of the Church From a Reluctant Pastor. His latest book will be released in April 2020. It is titled Posting Peace: Why Social Media Divides Us and What We Can Do About It. For more information go to http://Fairlyspiritual.org.

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This week, we get to hear from Jenna DeWitt.

Jenna DeWitt is an aromantic asexual Methodist. She spent a decade writing and editing in Christian media, and now edits a wide variety of publications from websites to books to articles to curriculum. She holds a bachelor of arts in journalism from Baylor University. She's originally from the border of Eastern New Mexico and the West Texas Panhandle, but now she lives in sunny Southern California. You can read her blog, Invisible Cake Society, and find her on Twitter at @Jenna_DeWitt for more on queer advocacy within the church, singleness, mental health, and pop culture.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jenna_DeWitt

This week, I have a very vulnerable conversation with James Prescott.

Social Media:

Twitter: @JamesPrescott77

This week, I have a fantastic conversation with Robbie Hurlocker.

Robbie Hurlocker comes to us from Oklahoma City where he sits on the Board of Elders for Simplicity Christian Church, an open and affirming Disciples of Christ congregation. He's passionate about liberation theology and civic movements for social justice. His free time is mostly spent as a jungle-gym for his 6-year-old girl, but he's also prone to pouring himself into various creative outlets from poetry-writing to reading to Dungeons and Dragons. You can find Robbie online at @alphaknight on Twitter, where he spends most of his time engaging with ex-evangelical discussions about theology.

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Note: there was some chaos at the end of this episode brought to you by my youngest son.

This week, I got to know Chelsea Anderson.

Chelsea is a writer, speaker and advocate. She is especially passionate about mental health awareness and suicide prevention, especially in the LGBTQ and veteran/service member communities. She’s a Christian who also happens to be bisexual.Chelsea feels like she’s constantly deconstructing, questioning and discovering what it REALLY means to follow Jesus. Chelsea hopes to let others who’ve struggled to embrace their full identity know they’re not alone. Her story of overcoming mental health struggles, losing shame from perceived “failures” and embracing her full identity gives hope to those on similar journeys.

Chelsea is in the midst of launching a spiritual coaching business. If any part of her story sounds familiar and you’d like help on your own journey, please do reach out.

Chelsea can be found at www.chelseananderson.com.

Social Media:

Twitter: @justbchelsea

Instagram: @justbchelsea

Note: fixed the sudio on this one so it should be more balanced. If anything sound weird, I'm sorry.

This week, I interviewed Nate Crawford.

Nate is currently a campus minister at Ancilla College in Donaldson, IN. He lives in Plymouth, IN with his wife of 17 years, his 3 sons, and his dog.

Nate has a PhD in Constructive Theology from Loyola University Chicago. He started attending church in the evangelical tradition, but through his studies he moved away from that form of faith. Currently, he is finishing a degree in mental health counseling with the goal of becoming a licensed mental health counselor.

Nate also lives with mental illness. He has bipolar 2 disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. He has been a mental health advocate for the last 6 years or so. He founded an organization called Here/Hear that advocated for people with mental health issues. Nate is also qualified to do QPR Suicide Prevention trainings.

In his spare time, Nate enjoys watching the Cubs, playing music, painting, camping, and other activities with his family.

Social Media:

Twitter: @nmcrawford

Instagram: @nmcrawford

Note: There were some technical difficulties and glitches in this episode. Please bear with us and listen through the entire episode. The conversation is worth it.

Christelle is a single mom of 3 boys, though two are men and 1 is 14!

Her favorite past time is to gather around the table with friends. With family. To share stories. To listen. And in moments, of listening, we realize, we are all more alike than different.

She loves to talk about Love. Hope. Grace. And the hard things like death, heartbreak. The topics some try to avoid, yet they loom in the silence until someone shines the light there. She longs to bring light to the shadows and secrets to the surface. But mostly, she loves to sit with friends and chat. Coffee in hand. It is in moments, around the table, that she's found Divinity. Love. Hope. Grace. Laughter. Tears. Healing.

You can find a bit more about me here:

https://christellelerryn.com/about/

Social Media info:

Twitter: @sdchristelle

Instagram: @sd.christelle

LIVES with cohost Tim Lewis: Facebook.com/ohnonotanotherliveshow

LIVES: Facebook.com/ChristelleLerryn

Website: ChristelleLerryn.com

Note: Audio background noise and brief moments of chaos provided by my family.

This week, I interviewed Bekah Rhea.