Give Me 1 Reason

Close to death 11 times in his life, a creative DJ/audio master who sees his work as art and seems far older than his 21 years. Jamison has an eclectic friend group with varying degrees of belief and non belief who subscribe to three basic rules in life to maintain their friendship. He talks about why he gets up in the morning and what gives him hope for the future

Spencer talks honestly about post military life and the challenges of being conservative politically as a young adult. He talks about politics, faith and the danger of Red Flag laws. Though he does consider himself a believer, he resonates with Gospel of Thomas and as a universalist believes we all have a spark of the divine.

Meet Ellie, a thoughtful girl who wants to edit movies and is good at looking for that gotcha moment in life and film that makes you think! Her parents met at Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and she came from a devout Christian home. She remembers hearing about the rapture and being scared she wouldn’t go if she didn’t tell everyone she knew about Jesus so they wouldn’t go to hell. As a young girl, her first statement meeting people was ‘Do you know Jesus?’

She believes now she has had a real experience with God although much of her youth she just believed what she was told. She came from the purity culture and tried very hard to resist the ‘worldly urges’ albeit somewhat unsuccessfully as a normal teenage girl, feeling shame about her inability to please a stringent God and her family. Marked by shame, she came to terms with some heavy hitting issues about her faith and her own sexuality.

Join me as I interviewed this amazing human being. Sky currently works on a hemp farm in Vermont, however was a former youth pastor and worship leader. Our discussion was eclectic as he gave an honest critique on Rainbow gatherings and the social conscious movement. Most interesting to me Sky also gave his explanation on why he has kept the most basic and fundamental faith tenets of his youth as well as described unique ways he feels god speaks to him. In the midst of the insanity of the world today, he shares what brings peace to his world and how we should let that peace form our own paradigms. ***Music credit goes to Dacota Muckey

This podcast happened unintentionally. I decided to record the advice my husband was giving me regarding an issue I was having with some Facebook interaction. I have many people of different faiths and no faith on my Facebook page and quite recently there had been some harsh words and criticism of my views regarding faith and spirituality by two pastors in particular, Hundreds of posts and countless emails have now culminated in a rather scathing email warning me of witchcraft and being in danger of hell and misleading others in the same direction. The one letter especially was very harsh and I was wondering how I should respond. My husband says what he feels and this was his response to me...and to them.

This frank and honest conversation with 20 very special and dedicated students was eye opening as they answered the question 'What keeps you awake at night?' The freedom to doubt, to find their own way, the state of our planet and our inability to work together. These kids help me believe the future is full of hope because they will be in charge :) Thoughtful and intelligent, you wont be sorry!

Wow! This guy had me engaged. A 20 year old former student who was raised Jewish and Catholic by a business minded family, Very articulate, we sparred about my liberal leanings politically and he turned the tables on me a few times :) Bobby passionately talked about politics and religion and why they both matter to him. More importantly, how he has NOT given up hope in this scary world and will one day maybe run for office? He caught me red handed a few times and definitely made me think. You will definitely enjoy this one!!

Meghan joins me for an honest conversation about the language we use to express our beliefs and the concerns of how the church represents Christ. She lays our her own unique history of growing up Catholic and then living as a sincere and dedicated atheist before she discovered her faith anew only recently. Meghan identifies as Queer and discusses openly the judgement of the church but the haven she has found in her new Episcopal faith community. Meghan is articulate and refreshingly open as she looks to the future hopeful yet believing we must be free to challenge the status quo of the power structures inherent in the church today

A conversation with a college class discussing the roots of childhood faith, the difficult task of forgiving our selves, the gender of God and can a psychic show you if God is real...

KM is a female wrestler, athlete and EMT Fire Medic. She grew up religious but left her faith behind and ironically discovered it in Africa in the midst of horrible suffering. Brave enough to reinvent herself after a life of some poor choices she is taking her life back and kicking ass and taking names. This girl is a fighter in all the ways that matter.