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Look, here's the thing: maybe Jesus was an alien. Lots of folks say he was God incarnate and the savior of the world. But maybe he was an alien. It's worth a conversation, and if Heathen isn't the place for that conversation, we don't know what is.

Tess Meissner, hypnotherapist and Heathen fan favorite guest from season 2, is back in this long-lost episode recorded in July of 2019, but recently rediscovered buried in a folder under the wrong title. And we're so glad we found it, because it's a hilarious, sincere, beautiful discussion about possibilities. It's hopeful, it's human, and it's our absolute delight to bring Tess back to the Heathen conversation again, because we can't get enough of her.

Speaking of, if you can't get enough of her either, you're in luck, because along with this conversation, we also recorded a fantastic hypnotherapy session where Tess takes us (and you, the listener!) on a past life regression. It's available exclusively to our Patreon supporters, and we'd love to have you as a Heathen helper, keeping this podcast going into 2021. Join us for as little as $3/month and get access to our past life regression and conversation with Tess and more exclusive goodies.

Find Tess Meissner at infinitetruthhealing.com and on Instagram at @infinitetruthhealing. 

Three members of the band The Many—Leslie Michele, Darren Calhoun, and Lenora Rand—are here with a declaration: love is greater than fear. Drawing on indie pop and gospel influences, The Many is a liturgically-grounded new kind of worship band, an intentionally diverse collective making music for people to sing together to bring more hope, love and beauty into the world. The songs and  experiences they create give voice to faith and doubt, laments and longings, inspire resistance to hatred and exclusion, and always remind us "we are on this earth to love.”

themanyarehere.com

For those of us who grew up in some form of purity culture, the landscape of shame and its scars is deeply familiar terrain. Author, Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate, and host of the incomparable Queerology podcast Matthias Roberts’ commitment to the long work of learning to trust our bodies, embrace our sexuality, and live fully into our most passionate possibilities is exactly the sort of prophetic heresy we are ALL about.

https://matthiasroberts.com/

Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms

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Azure Antoinette talks poetry, church, and Motown. We're thrilled to share this conversation about the road to owning your own spirituality.

azureantoinette.com

We welcome your support for Heathen at patreon.com/heathenpodcast. Thank you!

We're quarantined with Colby Martin, AND he has a brand new book out, so—perfect time to record a podcast, right? Be sure to pick up your copy of "The Shift: Surviving and Thriving After Moving from Conservative to Progressive Christianity" today, and watch the incredible livestream book release (which features yours truly) here!

https://www.colbymartinonline.com/

David Wimbish is part of The Collection, a North Carolina band we have fallen in love with. We're betting you will, too. Enjoy this discussion about apostasy, divorce, Sufism, music, and more.

@collectionband

Welcome back, heathens! It’s the start of season 4, it’s Valentine’s Day, and Derek Webb is back to talk love, relationships, breakups, and so much more.

derekwebb.com

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, heathens! We're back with our final episode of 2019 and it's just family: Karyn and Matthew sit down to celebrate 50 episodes of Heathen and talk about why we feel old... and why we feel that's a good thing. Categories are: elderhood and mentoring, the freedom found in failure, and why it's better to experience spirituality than explain it.

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