With a 40 year career in teaching history and religion, Daniel Henderson has the grounding of being a life-long mid-westerner, and having traveled extensively. Dan has a passion for history and historic sites. He has published a personal story of his own faith journey called, "Confessions of a Recovering Evangelical."

On this episode Dale talks to Dan about his leaving evangelical Christianity and the Christian Nationalism behind it's impending implosion.

⁠https://www.danhendersonauthor.com/

Kim Belew is a multifaceted artist and spiritual leader whose powerful message of healing and empowerment resonates deeply with audiences nationwide. A musician, speaker, and survivor, Kim's journey is a testament to the transformative power of self- discovery.

After a profound awakening inspired by The Four Agreements, Kim channeled her healing into creating music and inspirational talks.

Her courageous work includes a TEDx talk detailing her experience as a child sex trafficking survivor, a testament to her commitment to breaking the silence around this issue.

As the Spiritual Leader of New Thought Unity of Cincinnati, Kim provides spiritual guidance and also consults with various communities, including law enforcement and medical professionals, using music and connection to raise awareness and promote love. Kim 's innovative workshops offer authentic and open conversations for growth and transformation.

Her original music has garnered numerous awards and nominations, with her recent achievement as a finalist in the 2025 Empower Music and Arts contest further solidifying her position as a leading voice in the field.

⁠https://www.kimbelew.com/#/

Kim's TEDx talk

With an immense focus on empowering and uplifting marginalized communities; photographer, digital artist, educator, public speaker, and author of The Queer Allies Bible, NV Gay of Mx. Gay’s Creative Direction draws inspiration through their life experiences as a transgender individual. Their work explores topics of the human condition bolstered by the words and lived experiences of NV’s subjects. With intent on treasuring individualistic self-expression, NV exposes the raw wounds of prejudice and abuse, while advocating for the inherent beauty in being human.

Pronouns (They/She)

Based in Columbus, Ohio

www.mxgay.org

With a 40 year career in teaching history and religion, Daniel Henderson has the grounding of being a life-long mid-westerner, and having traveled extensively. Dan has a passion for history and historic sites. He has published a personal story of his own faith journey called, "Confessions of a Recovering Evangelical."

On this episode Dale talks to Dan about his book "The Spiritual Journey to Anti-Racism: A Travel Guide for White People." Dan discusses the white supremist script that is handed down and runs in the background of our society.

https://www.danhendersonauthor.com/

David Hayward and his wife Lisa live near Saint John, NB, Canada, and they have three grown children. He has a B.A. in Bible and Theology, a Masters in Theological Studies in New Testament, and a Diploma of Ministry. He was ordained to the ministry and served local churches… teaching and providing pastoral care for about 30 years.

• He left the ministry in 2010. People suggest he's now an “online pastor”… a pastor to the pastor-less. He does love helping people find their own way on their own spiritual growth journeys. This means he is an LGBTQ ally, a feminist, and super progressive in his theology.

• He's been the NakedPastor since 2005, and like any graffiti artist, he uses his images and words to challenge the status quo of religion and to offer hope for those who struggle and suffer under it.

• He believes in spiritual independence and helps people empower themselves to achieve it. The healthiest people are independent, autonomous, self-ruling, and independent people form healthy interdependent relationships rather than codependent ones. Community is important to him, but it requires healthy individuals to form. His online community The Lasting Supper is one. You’re invited!

• He makes my art and words available all over the Internet. His cartoons, Sophia drawings, images of Christ, books, The Lasting Supper, and speaking are all a part of his toolkit for helping others.

nakedpastor.com

Ron Clemens is retired after a 42 year career in Social Work and Education. He filled a variety of positions from direct service to Administrative and Executive. He also taught at the University of Cincinnati for 27 years. He navigated all of those spaces as an out Black, Gay man at a time when the world was even less friendly to us as currently.

While he has retired professionally, he continues to be active in the Queer Community. His current involvements include Board membership with the Buckeye Flame, Caracole’s Program Committee and Program Chair with Cincinnati Black Pride. He also does freelance writing with The Buckeye Flame. He continues to do volunteer and fundraising work through Tri-State Leather, a social/educational organization for those who wish to explore the kink and fetish lifestyles. He’s a new Associate Member of ONYX Great Lakes, a leather/ kink education/support organization for BIPOC Queers.

His constant companion in his years with the community has been his camera. In his senior years, he plans to continue his activism through his lenses, writing and continuing to live an open life. He firmly believes the most powerful form of activism is authenticity and listening to your spirit.

He runs his own Photography business, RacXposure.

Thomas Jay Oord, Ph.D., is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. Oord directs the Center for Open and Relational Theology and doctoral students at Northwind Theological Seminary.

He is an award-winning author and has written or edited more than thirty books. A gifted speaker, Oord lectures at universities, conferences, churches, and institutions.

He is known for his contributions to research on love, science and religion, open and relational theology, the problem of suffering, and advocacy for the full inclusion of queer people.

Website: thomasjayoord.com

Nico Lang (they/them) is a nonbinary award-winning journalist with over a decade of experience covering the transgender community’s fight for equality. Their work has appeared in major publications, including Rolling Stone, Esquire, The New York Times, Vox, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, Harper’s Bazaar, Time, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Lang is the creator of Queer News Daily and previously served as the deputy editor for Out magazine, the news editor for Them, the LGBTQ+ correspondent for VICE, and the editor and cofounder of the literary journal In Our Words.

Their industry-leading contributions to queer media have resulted in a GLAAD Media Award, 10 awards from the National Association of LGBTQ Journalists (NLGJA), and three awards from the Los Angeles Press Club, including the 2023 Online Journalist of the Year.

Lang is also the first-ever recipient of the Visibility Award from the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), an honor created to recognize their impactful contributions to reporting on the lives of LGBTQ+ people.

Derek Webb takes listeners on a journey through his thought-provoking musings about the nature of faith, doubt, and the significance of Jesus in our lives.

“My general creative ethic tends to be, ‘what I need and cannot find, I make.’

“I’ve always liked to say, the word “Christian," when applied to anything other than a human being, is a marketing term."

After 10 years in the Christian folk rock band Caedmon’s Call, 20 more years of solo albums (the majority of which were heavily preoccupied with God & Jesus, heaven & the Bible), it’s only now, as he no longer identifies as “certain of anything”, that he finds himself finally and ironically embracing the very thing he bristled at in those early years: ministry.

“While I used to write mainly for myself, using words & melodies to work my way out of complex emotional or theological situations,” says Webb, “now I think just as much or more about, well, you.”

Visit Derek's website here: https://www.derekwebb.com/

Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff from the landmark US Supreme Court marriage equality case Obergefell v. Hodges, is a speaker on LGBTQ+ equality and civil rights represented by Keppler Speakers. 

He co-founded Equality Vines, the first cause-based wine label, to support equality organizations with premium wines. Jim is also a Producer on the JustMarried Project, consisting of an eight-episode documentary series, podcast series, and coffee table book.

Jim is a board member of Family Equality and Equality Sandusky, and he sits on advisory boards for the GLBT Historical Society and Mattachine Society of Washington, DC. He is a past SAGE board member and former Family Equality staff member. 

Jim co-authored the book Love Wins, published by William Morrow, and he has written essays, Op-Eds, and book forewords, chapters, and afterwords. Jim enjoys choral singing, reading, travel, painting, and photography.