It is on year since we released our episode S2E7 | Side B on Life During Corona. You can listen to that previous episode at https://lifeonsideb.com/podcast/s2e7-side-b-on-life-during-corona/

For today's episode, Josh, Ashley, and Bekah are joined again by Melinda Melone and David Gill who were in that episode last season. We are looking back over the year. What has our life been like through the pandemic since that episode and where do we go from here?

Register for the LIVE episode on April 22nd at 8pm EDT at https://forms.gle/5Kr7D8hERfUQWrqU8

For our first patreon chosen episode topic, our Brilliant Bee Patrons chose "the Potential Power and Harm of Our Stories". To make this episode even more special, Ashley is back after a short break. Her and Josh discuss the culture of testimonies in church and the ways stories can be weaponized against LGBT+ people as well as the ways they can be a blessing.

Here is a link to Semlar's song "Youth Group" which Josh read the lyrics to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9U_OEvORgY

Sarah and Grant are sitting down with Matthew Ventura, author of the Singled Out blog, to discuss an article on his blog on LGBT+ labels and terminology. The article gives such a great perspective that the team felt it needed to be discussed.

Here is a link to the article: https://singledout.blog/2020/03/29/gay-versus-same-sex-attracted/

In this episode, Bekah and Josh are talking with Bill Henson, founder and creator of Posture Shift and author of Guiding Families of LGBT+ Loved Ones. Along the lines of this season's theme, the three of them talk about the importance of having a missiological perspective in ministry and how this affects the way we approach church inclusion. The episode touches on language, historic trauma, and church policy. If you are a pastor or church leader, you will definitely want to listen to this. Learn more about Posture Shift at postureshift.com and Guiding Families at guidingfamilies.com

Josh and Henry are having a late morning discussion with Wesley Hill, Eve Tushnet, and David Bennett, three prominent authors on sexuality and faith from a "Side B" perspective. We are talking about everything from how and why they wrote their books, how the landscape has shifted, and what they seen coming next for themselves and the movement.

Here is the link to Eve's article on the Pope that was mentioned: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/24/what-does-pope-francis-believe-about-same-sex-love/

Here is the article by Steve Holmes that Wes mentioned: https://shoredfragments.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/queer-hippo-musings-on-human-sexuality/ 

In this week's episode, we are sharing the recording of our live episode from back in January at the QCF Conference. Grant and Josh are joined by Darren Calhoun, board member of QCF and previously on S2E16&17 | LIVE Panel on Race and Queerness, to discuss queer Christian solidarity. What does it look like for Side A and Side B Christians to support each other across the belief spectrum?

We're back for Season 3! Bekah, Grant, Henry, Josh, and Sarah introduce the season theme of Identity & Inclusion, sharing what these two terms mean to them, why they are important topics to discuss, and what episodes each is looking forward to record. The cohosts also spend some time at the beginning of the episode sharing how each is doing in the initial weeks of 2021.   

Here is the photo of Josh's family which was mentioned:

Theme Song: Driven to Success by Scott Holmes

We have a few announcements to share but the most exciting is our new cohost: Sarah Abbey! Sarah is an amazing person and we cannot wait for you to get to know her more over this coming season. 

Plus we give a sneak peak of our latest patreon episode "A Gay Christmas with Bekah, Henry, and Josh." Check it out at patreon.com/lifeonsideb

Important links in the episode:

Season 2 Feedback Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffknOwSvctm_7wkqoO0uTWoeexqrCLd-wnSxArNTiAaXr8nw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Q Conf 2021: Use the code SIDEB2021 when registering for conference at qcfconf.org/ will get $10 off the Virtual All Access Pass (Student Pass Excluded).

We are wrapping up Season 2 on Thriving instead of Surviving though we still have our Spanish episode to come. At the first ever B Chats event two weeks ago on November 14th, the cohost team recorded our Season 2 review and had a blast looking over the past year, discussing what we learned on thriving, as well as sharing exciting news about things to come in Season 3. 

Theme Song: Driven to Success by Scott Holmes

Josh mentions a photo of a bunkbed product Grant saw that looks like the podcast logo. The photo of the bunkbed is pictured here:

Today we are talking with Anthony Esser and Greg Coles about prayer. Where does prayer fit into thriving? 

Donate to Henry's medical bills here.

Sites Mentioned:

https://www.anthonyesser.com/

https://www.gregorycoles.com/ 

Pre-order Greg Cole's upcoming book, No Longer Strangers, at https://www.ivpress.com/no-longer-strangers 

Theme Song: Driven to Success by Scott Holmes