A weekly podcast exploring stories at the intersection of faith and culture through an inclusive Christian lens.

This week: Mitch and Missy sat down with Melissa Duge Spiers to discuss her newest book, Holy Disobedience, which is set for a major release later this month.

Melissa Doogie Spiers is an award-winning essayist, screenwriter, and advocate for topics of religious abuse and resilience, utilizing her online platforms (TikTok and Instagram, known as “The Glory Whole”) to raise awareness and help others find healing. Her memoir Holy Disobedience won the 2022 Book Pipeline Unpublished Nonfiction Manuscript prize, with excerpts featured in The Huffington Post. Melissa’s writing appears in magazines nationwide, and she’s a contributor to Take the Fruit: An Anthology of Religious Trauma. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Barnard College and is based in California.

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Links: Holy Disobedience: Sex, Sin, and Secrets in the Biggest Church No One Knows - https://www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/holy-disobedience/

Melissa Duge Spiers - https://melissadugespiers.substack.com/about