Fade To Gray

Ya know that feeling when an old friend comes over to visit? That's how the guys felt during our episode with Eric Riddle. He's an OG to the FTG family, and we are excited to introduce him to our listeners.

Eric's story of overcoming serious alcohol addiction is an inspiration, and we hope, an light for those who are on their recovery journeys too.

If you need help walking through your own recovery from addiction, please go to Alcoholics Anonymous to find a support group near you.

If Eric's story gave you hope, and you want to thank him, find him on Facebook, and follow his journey on Instagram.

Wow! Rick has to be on of our best guest. Very insightful, with tons of experience, and a heart to see people free from destructive cults. He has an impressive resume of helping over 500 people leave cults through deprogramming. His book "Cults Inside Out" has also help people leave cults or helped with deprograming their loved ones through the book.

Rick joins us to deep dive into the NXIVM cult, as well as Heaven's Gate, and Chris, and Omar get carried away by Ricks stories.

If you have your own story about how you were effected by living in a cult, we would like to help you tell it in a "surviving cult life" series.

Please email us at [email protected] and put "surviving cult life" in the title.

For more information on Rick Alan Ross, or to buy his book please go to www.culteducation.com

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The crew welcomes back Toby, M*F*in' Morrell to catch up with his band, Emery, and find out how the True Man events have changed in light of the pandemic. We had fun on this one.

Find more info about Emery on their website: EmeryLand

And to schedule a chat with Toby and find out more about True Man: Go Here

Elizabeth, Omar, and Seth have a refreshing conversation with Rocku's newest T.V. Show host, and podcaster Nicole Foster. She uses her background in historical and theological studies to bring a unique and enlightened perspective of scripture, helping this generation understand the nuances of the ancient text.

Find Nicole on Facebook at The Hippie Theologian

Her website The Hippie Theologian

And don't miss her show on Roku - The Hippie Theologian

Linda is Elizabeth's boss and friend at Porch Music Store.`We had a great time chatting about her life and spiritual walk. Check out Linda's book Find Your Spirit on Amazon. Follow Porch Music Store on Facebook. And if you are interested in music lessons, the staff offer online lessons by going to their website.

Besides running "Messy Spirituality Podcast", being a columnist writer for Patheos, being a husband, and a father Jason has lived a pretty full life.

From professional wrestling, to bible college, or even his first marriage we learn that Jason has a high threshold for pain, as well as an "all-in" commitment mentality.

Chris, and Omar were in rare form, but Jason took it in stride and delivered a tremendous episode!

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In this episode we get to know Julie. We learn about how growing up in christianity experiencing "fiercely charismatic" churches while having a critical mind impacted her during her youth, and later how teaching her children about "hell" all lead to the deconstruction process of faith and how those experiences and others lead to the writings that later became books.

Julie truly is a fascinating person as well as an entertaining story teller. She has been able to allow the experiences she's gone though in life to make her wiser, and able to relate to people and God on a more personal or organic level.

I have a feeling you will have as much fun as we all did getting to know Julie McVay, and rush out and buy her books on amazon or wherever books are sold.

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Aaron Weiss is the front man of the band mewithoutYou. This episode was recorded live for Fade To Gray's Big Tent Revival back in May of 2020. Aaron joined us to discuss everything from music to theology and somehow we got a lot of hate from mewithoutYou fan's for not kissing Aaron's ass. Either way he was a great guest and was extremely generous with his time. Enjoy!

PK Langley is back and she has a brand new podcast that is sure to interest you. On this episode, PK does an incredible spiritual reading for the majority of Fade to Gray. One of the hosts is scared out of his mind to get a public spiritual reading. The usual skeptic, Chris, is shocked at some of the details that PK picks up on. We've never been more quiet as we couldn't find the words to speak. 

Check out PK Langley's podcast here and visit her website here.

To hear more of PK's story, check her out on her first appearance on Fade to Gray here. 

The Fade to Gray Team was honored to sit down with Brandan Robertson a second time. We first met with Brandan to discuss his life and journey but this time around, we focus in on his sexual orientation change efforts and it’s impact. 

To review, Brandan Robertson is a noted author, activist, and theologian. He works at the intersections of spirituality and social renewal. He writes regularly for Patheos, and has bylines in TIME Magazine, San Diego Union Tribune, The Huffington Post, NBC, and The Washington Post. He has been an honored speaker at renowned institutions like The White House, Oxford University, and The Parliament of the World’s Religions. Brandan was named by the Human Rights Campaign as one of the top faith-leaders leading the fight for human rights. He has worked with political and social leaders around the world to end conversion therapy and promote LGBT+ rights. Brandan currently serves as a fellow with the Salzburg Global LGBT+ Forum, was the founder of San Diego Pride’s DevOUT Interfaith Coalition, and served as the national spokesperson of Evangelicals for Marriage Equality. Most recently, Robertson served as the Lead Pastor of Mission Gathering Christian Church in San Diego, CA from 2017-2021.

To learn more about Brandan, check out his website at: http://www.brandanrobertson.com/aboutbrandan.