Evangelicalish

By Evangelicalish

Weekly Livestreams on YouTube on Wed nights at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific with hosts Ashley Swearengin and @UnconventionalPastorPaul, Paul Swearengin. She served as mayor of a city, Paul was an evangelic... more

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The podcast currently has 168 episodes available.

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September 01, 2025 My Joy is Your Pain? Navigating Wellbeing in a relationship
Hey beloveds—
This week, everything we’re sharing centers around one raw, holy truth:
Sometimes, on your emotional wellness journey, your joy will look like betrayal to the people closest to you.
Maybe it’s your mother.
Maybe it’s your church.
Maybe it’s a friend who only knew how to love the broken version of you.
But your joy—if it came through grief, healing, and becoming—is not selfish. It’s sacred.
In this episode, Paul and Ashley go deep and raw into the emotional and spiritual tension that arises when your growth, your peace, your joy—hurts someone you love.
We talk about:
What it means when Jesus refused to go to his mother, Mary
The emotional toll of becoming someone your people don’t recognize
Why your sacred yes may sound like a violent no to someone else
⚠️ Content Note:
This episode includes discussion of trauma and suicidal ideation. Please care for your well-being as you listen.
If you're in a vulnerable place, consider pausing, checking in with a friend, therapist, or someone you trust. You’re not alone.
📞 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – Call or text anytime (USA)
📺 Watch the full episode on YouTube:
👉 https://youtu.be/Ozch9uEqtF8
🖊️ Read the related Substack essay:
When Your Joy Is Someone Else’s Tragedy
👉 📺 CBS Affiliate Ch.47 Story. Watch it here
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1h 2min
August 10, 2025 Just Because You Say “No Offense” Doesn’t Mean You’re Not Offensive
Just Because You Say “No Offense” Doesn’t Mean You’re Not Offensive
We’ve all heard it — and maybe even said it: “No offense…” before dropping a comment that’s, well… offensive. In this episode, we unpack why slapping “no offense” in front of a statement doesn’t make it harmless, how it’s often used to dodge accountability, and why words matter more than the disclaimers we attach to them.
From church small talk to political debates, we explore how this phrase shows up, the damage it can do, and how to replace it with honesty, empathy, and actual respect.
🎧 Listen in and let’s talk about better ways to speak the truth without causing unnecessary harm.
#NoOffense #WordsMatter #SacredRebellion #ChristianDeconstruction #LGBTQVoices #SpiritualAbuseRecovery #FaithDeconstruction #BoundariesMatter #PodcastEpisode #TruthInLove 🎧 Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish!
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1h 9min
July 29, 2025Media Ups and Meltdowns: A Week of Reckoning with a Trumpian World
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💬 This Week’s Topics:
Trump’s grip on media slips as he continues to bungle the Epstein issue
Social Media a problem for children
The online incel world is impacting children - something needs to be done.
Why spiritual reconstruction demands media literacy
How faith, justice, and power intersect in the digital age
🔗 Mentioned in this episode:
Pastor Paul’s Substack: [Insert link]
Paul's Latest Blog on the Quollective: It Always Starts With Erasure: History’s Teachings on Queer Demonization (& Queer Survival)
South Park on Trump
Jon Stewart - Go F*Yourself
The Louisville Leopards Percussionists playing Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" *AMAZING*
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Leave a review if this episode challenged or inspired you 🙌
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Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT
Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
...more
1h 2min
July 20, 2025 Why Did We Escape Christian Nationalism?
In this episode of Evangelicalish, we get personal about our own journeys out of Christian Nationalism — and the moments that cracked open our certainty.
We’ll talk about:
⚡ Why some people stay trapped in toxic systems while others break free
⚡ The emotional, spiritual, and political cost of questioning
⚡ How small acts of curiosity can unravel decades of indoctrination
⚡ What it means to walk in Sacred Rebellion after faith deconstruction
We know how disorienting it can be to realize the faith you inherited was more about power than love. We’ve been there. And we’re here to remind you:
You’re not alone. You’re not crazy. And thinking is not a sin.
🎧 Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish!
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Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT
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...more
1h 5min
July 14, 2025 Stealing God's Mahood: Evangelicalish
📝 Updated Podcast Notes (with Links & Resources):Episode Title:
God is Not a Man: Dismantling Patriarchal Theology & Finding Wonder Again
Segment: “A Movie, Book, or Song?”
Paul & Ashley share the media that’s inspiring them toward wonder, hope, and liberation:
🎭 Les Misérables (Stage Musical) — Paul
🎬 The Breakfast Club (“Which character are you?”) — Ashley
📚 Falling Back in Love with Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom — Paul
📚 Richard Rohr’s Latest Book — Ashley
Resources Mentioned:
Falling Back in Love with Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom
Works by Richard Rohr / Center for Action and Contemplation
Paul’s Blog on The Quollective
Paul’s Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong (Available Here)
🎧 Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish!
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Join Pastor Paul's Substack Community: Sacred Rebellion
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Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT
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...more
1h 1min
July 07, 2025 #ImDONE with Original Sin Theology
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3-dr6TwMNbU
Get More info on Evangelicalish and Unconventional Pastor Paul: https://pastorpaul.podia.com/
🎧 Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish!
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Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT
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1h 11min
June 22, 2025 Is Empathy Toxic? Evangelicalish Podcast
You were never too sensitive. You were always too wonderful to be suppressed. Christians have been told to be grateful, to give up understanding and... always be "closing" on converting others. American Christianity has a book making the rounds claiming that empathy is dangerous—a kind of emotional weakness that leads people astray. That it’s “soft on sin.” Join Paul and Ashley Swearengin for the 🎙 Evangelicalish Sunday Livestream and decide if Empathy is toxic — or if this is just toxic theology? #Evangelicalish #ReligiousRightReligiouslyWrong - #ProgressiveChristian #SpiritualDeconstruction #QueerTheology #FaithAfterReligion #HolyRebellion #SacredRebuttals
🎧 Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish!
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Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site

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ISH/Pastor-Paul Website
Buy Paul’s Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable

🌐 More from Paul & Ashley:
ISH/Pastor-Paul Website
Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT
Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
...more
1h 5min
June 03, 2025 Elon is Not Alone Stealing Your Data; Tara Jean Stevens Evangelicalish
Are Evangelical Prophets following the lead of Elon Musk and mining data for profiting from propheting? Tara Jean Stevens of the Heaven Bent Podcast dives into the story that "prophets" are getting their information about conference goers from Social Media, not from heaven. Some of these prophets are people Paul and Ashley knew pretty well in their evangelical days. Don't miss this fascinating conversation.
🎧 Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish!
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Join Pastor Paul's Substack Community: Sacred Rebellion
Check out Paul’s international blog with the anti-empire group The Quollective

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Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site

🎧 Subscribe & Review:
Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen.

💛 Support our work:
ISH/Pastor-Paul Website
Buy Paul’s Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable

🌐 More from Paul & Ashley:
ISH/Pastor-Paul Website
Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT
Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
...more
1h 9min
May 20, 2025 Being "Trans" Is All Up In the Bible: Inconventional Conversation
Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mazGhrkDbb8?si=w_NIBzgKKtc7-4GU
Evangelicalish website: Evangelicalish.com

🎧 Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish!
Connect with Us:
Join Pastor Paul's Substack Community: Sacred Rebellion
Check out Paul’s international blog with the anti-empire group The Quollective

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Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site

🎧 Subscribe & Review:
Help us reach others by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review wherever you listen.

💛 Support our work:
ISH/Pastor-Paul Website
Buy Paul’s Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable

🌐 More from Paul & Ashley:
ISH/Pastor-Paul Website
Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT
Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and hopeful community.
...more
19min
May 11, 2025 Ethics: The story of Jonah, Religious Nationalism, Deportations and MAGA Christians
@UnconventionalPastorPaul talks of how ethical decisions must be made ahead of difficult situations that require a higher level of morality. The lack of such ethical foundations, Pastor Paul argues, are why the Republican Christian view of Immigrants, today, parallels the view of Jonah and people not of his race and religion; and why the god of Jonah's story asked him "How's that feeling of disdain for others working out for ya?" 🎧 Thank you for listening to Evangelicalish!
Connect with Us:
Join Pastor Paul's Substack Community: Sacred Rebellion
Check out Paul’s international blog with the anti-empire group The
Quollective

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Paul's Blog on The Quollective Blog Site

🎧 Subscribe & Review:
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💛 Support our work:
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Buy Paul’s Book: Religious Right Religiously Wrong: A Modern Day Parable

🌐 More from Paul & Ashley:
ISH/Pastor-Paul Website
Evangelicalish Livestream Sundays at 9am PT
Thank you for being part of this growing, healing, irreverent, and
hopeful community.
...more
1h 14min

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How many episodes does Evangelicalish have?

The podcast currently has 168 episodes available.

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