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CW: mentions of violence against women, sex trafficking, female genital mutilation 

"I really think it is essential that you start using your voice. Even if you get in trouble, even if you get kicked out of your community. Actually the truest way to follow Jesus is to stand against systems of oppression." 

In this episode of Called to be Bad I talk with author, podcaster, and former missionary, Meghan Tschanz. We talk about Meghan's book, "Women Rising: Learning to Listen, Reclaiming our Voice" which deails her story of participating in a mission trip that changed her perspective on patriarchy--but not in the way you may expect. 

Resources: 

Meghan's book: 
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55575036-women-rising
Thriftbooks: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/women-rising-learning-to-listen-reclaiming-our-voice_meghan-tschanz/27020963/?resultid=f93333fb-741e-4490-ab0f-26acf0cf2caa#edition=57776351&idiq=53873500

Meghan's socials: 
Her website and podcast: https://www.meghantschanz.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meghantschanz/
https://www.instagram.com/faithandfeminism/

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"I think what would be super great is if people asked themselves, 'Where's my poop and pee going? Is it being gainfully employed somewhere...or is it being pushed into the nearest water body?'"

In this episode of Called to be Bad I talk with Sarah Nahar about "defecatory justice".  We discuss that where we shit matters! How we talk about shit matters! Basically, shit matters! And we need to talk about it more, especially if we claim to care about social justice and peace-building work. 

Resources (a.k.a. the "bibliography" that Sarah promised us): 

“Discipleship and Defecatory Justice” March 20, 2022. All Creation Magazine. http://www.allcreation.org/home/dominionism-sarah-nahar

“Do Unto Those Downstream: Talking Ecological Justice and Caring For Our Global Neighbors with Sarah Nahar.” Interview with Every Nation magazine. October 30, 2019. https://nationsmedia.org/do-unto-those-downstream/.

Nahar, S. (2020). Research Note: Are We Flushing Peace Down the Toilet?: Discipleship and Defecatory Justice. The Mennonite quarterly review, 94(1), 103-115. https://www.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/75/2020/03/8NaharFlushing-Peaceformattedproofread12052019.pdf.

Nahar S., Moran S. (2020). Local Communities in Water and Sanitation: Practices and Challenges. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A.M., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., Wall T. (eds) Clean Water and Sanitation. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70061-8_141-1.

“Stir Up Peace: A Nonviolent Direct Action video series”. (2021) Mennonite Mission Network. www.mennonitemission.net/stir

“Charlottesville Renews Call to Resist White Supremacy in Community, Church.” The Mennonite. August 15, 2017. https://themennonite.org/daily-news/charlottesville-events-renew-call-resist-white-supremacy-community-church/.

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"I so desperately wanted to be pretty and no one could help me be pretty."

In this episode of Called to be Bad I talk to pastor Anna Yoder Schlabach about appearance and vanity. Is it "bad" to want to look pretty and care how you look? Does that make you vain? What do we do with the  (impossible) beauty standards thrust upon us?

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Mariah's brand of highlighter :)-- "Mary-Lou Manizer" https://thebalm.com/products/man-681619700583?variant=16601887558¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlemWBhDUARIsAFp1rLWkYMntURVzKslCc5hVLBs-tEIee_s4HgOo013MS4jJGiva9mBOm8MaAqWMEALw_wcB

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Toxic Secrets: Confidentiality and John Howard Yoder—Called to be Bad 

“I think we would do well as Christians to develop other norms and practices around things like confidentiality, privacy, secrecy...”  

*Content Warning: sexual misconduct/abuse/assault by a religious leader/person in power

Disclaimer: The topic of John Howard Yoder’s abuse is complicated. Yoder’s abuse involved power dynamics, institutional coverup, reputations, theology, sexism, interpersonal relationships—and more. Talking about it hurts people. Not talking about it hurts people. 

The goal of sharing this episode is to zero in on the way secrets and confidentiality played a role in perpetuating harm by protecting those in power. It is not to be an exhaustive dissection of the abuse and its aftermath. For more information, see Rachel Waltner Goossen’s essay linked below. 

Resources Mentioned: 

“‘Defanging the Beast’ Mennonite Responses to John Howard Yoder’s Sexual Abuse” by Rachel Waltner Goossen: https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news5/2015_01_Goossen_Defanging_the_Beast.pdf

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Bad Preaching Description: 

“I have been told, because I am short, that I better wear really high heels and great big earrings because that will make me bigger on stage. I don’t need to be bigger on stage. I am who I am.”

In this episode of Called to be Bad I chat with Michele Hershberger, professor of Bible and Religion at Hesston College, about all things sermons/preaching. What makes for good preaching? What is bad preaching?

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Michele’s favorite preaching resources: 

“The Homiletical Plot” (Lowry’s Loop) 

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-homiletical-plot-the-sermon-as-narrative-art-form_eugene-l-lowry/385723/item/994485/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw8amWBhCYARIsADqZJoX1CPmQuiGMiQbYWyr9Oy0j9t5HDhkloTKSmM7kltoemF5b11gJWfAaAky3EALw_wcB#edition=1527357&idiq=6596675

Power in the Pulpit/More Power in the Pulpit 

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/power-in-the-pulpit-how-americas-most-effective-black-preachers-prepare-their-sermons_cleophus-james-larue/699302/?resultid=b5641f3d-c48d-4b45-ae8a-2ec90830efcd#edition=4821365&idiq=539603

Mariah’s favorite preaching resource: 

Working Preacher: https://www.workingpreacher.org/

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“It’s not that they thought these humans were like animals, that that they thought people who looked like me never made it out of the animal kingdom.” 

Nekeisha Alayna Alexis is an educator and independent scholar. She does intercultural competency/undoing racism work, and she considers herself a liberationist. In this episode of Called to be Bad we talk about the places where animal justice work meets antiracism, feminism, and other streams of justice. We also explore what Biblical “dominion” means. 

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Disturbing Animals in a Christian Perspective: Re/Considering Sacrifice, Incarnation and Divine Animality by Nekeisha Alayna Alexis
https://ro.uow.edu.au/asj/vol8/iss2/11/?fbclid=IwAR2W2hdUi1b75DB2DR0io4uFvM_rX8y72hpDRlF2NbSPBtkOruFcghB13PI

Dangerous Crossings: Race, Species, and Nature in a Multicultural Age by Claire Jean Kim
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23465134-dangerous-crossings?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=bhTXt7i73r&rank=4

The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery by Marjorie Spiegel
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1046666.The_Dreaded_Comparison?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rYGA02icDf&rank=1

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Debbie B Celebrating Queerness 

“God created us all and declared that we were good and that includes all of who you are, your gender identity, your sexuality, all of that. No one can take away God’s love for you, no matter how they try.”

In this episode of Called to be Bad, I talk with Debbie B about what it would look like to move from tolerance/acceptance/inclusion to celebration. Debbie B is a seminary student working on her Master of Divinity. She is called to be a pastor and desires to serve marginalized people. After seminary she hopes to be a pastor in a church that cares for the marginalized in radical ways and celebrates the gifts that queer people bring to the church. 

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Supportive Communities Network: https://www.bmclgbt.org/scn

Gaychurch.com: https://www.gaychurch.org/

ChurchClarity.com: https://www.churchclarity.org/

The Brethren Mennonite Council for LGBT interests: https://www.bmclgbt.org/

Queer Theology: https://www.queertheology.com/

Austen Hartke (trans Christian author) Trans Faith Resource List: http://austenhartke.com/trans-faith-resources

Transmission Ministry Collective: https://www.transmissionministry.com/

More Light Presbyterians: https://mlp.org/

American Psychological Association-- Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity: https://www.apa.org/about/division/div44

Enfleshed.com: https://enfleshed.com/
 
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"God didn't destroy Sodom and Gomorrah becasue they had gay people, God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because they were a$$holes." 

CW: biblical stories that mention sexual violence/rape, slurs against Queer folx, racism/homophobia/transphobia, suicidal ideation, self-harm

 In this episode of Called to be Bad I talk with Leo Wolter Tejera about the passages in the Bible often used to condemn queer folks (also known as the clobber passages). We also talk about Leo's expereince being queer and Christian. Can you be both queer and Christian? 

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1946 Documentary link: https://www.1946themovie.com/

Leo’s socials: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conversations_official/

Their apparrel shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hereticapparelshop

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/69vLpubxZYOWLeesvelOyu?si=5MI8yOeZTHaKO8dQil5etQ&nd=1

Conversationofficial.com

The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Book: "Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" by Bruce Bagemihl 
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/211246.Biological_Exuberance

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CW: sexual assault by a church leader, mental health (depression), suicide, suicidal ideation

“I tried to be pretty, I tried to do it right, I learned all the girl things, and I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t relate. It never felt right.” 

In part 2 of “Bad at Binary: Growing up Non-binary in the Church” we get to hear more of Cedar’s story and their relationship with sexuality, gender-identity, and their relationship with the church. Finally Cedar shares their vision for how the church can be fully inclusive and celebratory of trans nonbinary folx. 

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https://give.thetrevorproject.org/give/407873/?c_src=UCGOF220620250&c_src2=dt-202206-c-Pride-NoMatch-Google-SEM&gclid=CjwKCAjwnZaVBhA6EiwAVVyv9GNYx2hUiT-xSUI5p6MiqbZCH9Z1czXcHbRsaYsawA64QpP8LIS2VxoCvoQQAvD_BwE#!/donation/checkout

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*CW: gender rejection, gender dysphoria, suicidal ideation, sexual abuse/asault by a church leader

"I don't identify with either sex. I don't feel like a man or a woman...I want to be as in-between as possible." 

In part one of a two part episode of Called to be Bad, Cedar and I explore what it is like being trans nonbinary, especially if you have grown up in a family/Christian church that denies your gender identity. We talk in depth about definitions, the difference between gender and sex, and how being non-binary fits within the gender spectrum. Cedar shares with sparkling, touching vulnerability. Happy Pride everyone 🌈

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Austen Hartke's book, "Transforming: the Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians" 
https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Bible-Lives-Transgender-Christians/dp/0664263100/ref=asc_df_0664263100/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312149984830&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18095097246526788762&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016241&hvtargid=pla-493908244775&psc=1


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