Fat & Faithful

Amanda talks with Celeste Smith about therapy, eating disorders, the myth of food addiction, and the need for Christians to be mindful of how we talk about food and bodies.

Resources: Celeste Smith Therapy Celeste Smith Therapy on Facebook Marci Evans

Communities: All Bodies Are Good Bodies Facebook Group Fat Faith Facebook Group Books: (these are affiliate links that support our podcast) Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch Health At Every Size by Dr. Linda Bacon Body Kindness

Podcasts: Food Psych Food Peace

In part 1 of episode 2 of season 2, Nicole and Amanda talk about what gluttony actually is from a scriptural perspective.

Part 2 deals with an article that appeared in Kentucky Today about a pastor who lost a lot of weight, and they go nearly line-by-line to discuss the problems with the assumptions therein.

The poem we talk about: The Fat Joke by Rachel Wiley

The article on the Baptist pastor who lost weight: http://kentuckytoday.com/stories/half-the-man-he-used-to-be-kentucky-pastor-drops-240-pounds,12835

In part 1 of episode 2 of season 2, Nicole and Amanda talk about what gluttony actually is from a scriptural perspective.

Part 2 deals with an article that appeared in Kentucky Today about a pastor who lost a lot of weight, and they go nearly line-by-line to discuss the problems with the assumptions therein.

The poem we talk about: The Fat Joke by Rachel Wiley

The article on the Baptist pastor who lost weight: http://kentuckytoday.com/stories/half-the-man-he-used-to-be-kentucky-pastor-drops-240-pounds,12835

Nicole and Amanda talk travel as fat women as well as address the intersectionality of traveling while Middle Eastern and disabled.

There is room in the Gospel story for the care of bodies.

Spoken word by J. Nicole Morgan

Music by Zachary Beck

Amanda and Nicole share experiences they've had with doctors and specific ways they have learned to advocate for themselves.

In the episode, we mention Ragen Chastain's resources for doctor visits. You can find them here: https://danceswithfat.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/what-to-say-at-the-doctors-office/.

Advent is a time in the weeks before Christmas to prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus and the reality of the Incarnation--God taking on a body forever. If you need some help wrapping your heart and mind around the goodness of bodies, maybe this will help.

Prayer by Amanda Martinez Beck "O Come, O Come, Immanuel" arranged and performed by Zachary Beck

Nicole and Amanda talk feasting in fat bodies this holiday season.

Nicole and Amanda discuss the ramifications--political and personal--of fat shaming in our culture.

Amanda interviews author, baker, and scholar Kendall Vanderslice on the intersection of food, faith, and culture.

Follow Kendall on Twitter and Instagram (@kvslice for both) and be sure to buy her book when it comes out in Winter 2018/19! (You can read more about it here.)