We’re joined by Rachel Gilson – author of Parenting Without Panic in an LGBT Affirming World – to answer your questions on parenting younger children. What are some easy ways into conversations about sex, sexuality and what God says? How can parents and youth leaders work together in having these conversations? Should you send your children to Christian schools, and what influence is the internet having on their experience of and learning about sexuality? 

Resources mentioned and related 

• Parenting Without Panic in an LGBT Affirming World Rachel Gilson 
• Born Again This Way Rachel Gilson 
• Kaleidoscope 
• Raising Confident Kids in a Confusing World Ed Drew 
• Start Talking to Your Kids about Sex: A Practical Guide for Catholics Julia Sadusky 
• God's Signpost: How Marriage Points Us to God's Love Sam Allberry (picture book for children) 
• God's Go-Togethers: A Celebration of God's Design for People Sam Allberry (picture book for children) 
• Keswick 2024 seminar – Today’s Parenting Challenges: Sexuality and Gender  
• A Parent’s Guide to Social Media Axis 
• A Parent’s Guide to Smartphones Axis 
• A Parent’s Guide to Influencers Axis 

7-13 July is the week of visibility for non-monogamy, so we’ve got a special episode for you diving into polyamory and consensual non-monogamy. What do these kinds of relationships look like? What are the trends that are leading to them being normalised? Why should we care and how should we respond as Christians?   

We quiz Andrew Bunt, who’s written a booklet on the topic called Three or More, and think this all through together. 

Resources mentioned and related 

• Three or More Andrew Bunt 
• What About Old Testament Polygamy? Andrew Bunt  
• Are You Ready for the Challenge of Polyamory? Andrew Bunt 

How do we as same-sex attracted people navigate close friendships with the same sex? How about opposite-sex friendships? How can you best love a sibling who is in a same-sex relationship? And how do you keep a healthy relationship with those you used to have a sexual relationship with?  

Join Ashleigh, Ed and Dan as they share their experience of doing friendship as same-sex attracted Christians. Thank you for your excellent questions!

Resources mentioned and related

• Spring 1 – 2012 
• Mass in B Minor 
• Don’t Blame Me 
• Friendship and Intimacy (Friendship #3) 
• In Praise of Awkward Conversations Andrew Bunt
• Space at the Table: A Review Ed Shaw 
• Listening Carefully and in Full Andrew Bunt 
• Support to Grieve Anne Witton 

In this episode, we’re answering your questions on church, covering topics such as: unhelpful messages churches transmit and more positive alternatives; welcoming and including people while sticking to a biblical sexual ethic; supporting those who have had a negative experience of conversion therapy; and finding contentment in singleness in your 40s. Below are suggestions of just some of the resources which provide more answers to these questions. 

Resources mentioned and related 

• Don’t Miss the Role Models Andrew Bunt 
• What Do We Celebrate? Anne Witton 
• A Beautiful Mess Ed Shaw 
• What the Church Needs to Get Right Andy Robinson 
• What Does it Mean to be a Truly Inclusive Church? Anne Witton 
• Listening Carefully and in Full Andrew Bunt 
• Does Living Out Support ‘Gay Cure’ or ‘Reparative Therapy’? Ed Shaw 
• Podcast Series: The Plausibility Problem 
• The Intimacy Deficit by Ed Shaw 

In the first of our series answering the questions our listeners have submitted, we’re thinking about experiencing same-sex attraction. How do we handle sexual temptation? How do keep trusting God if we have a deep but unfulfilled desire to be married? What are some of the gifts and blessings of being single and same-sex attracted? And much more! 

Resources mentioned and related 

• What Is It Teaching You? Ashleigh Hull 
• Unwanted by Jay Stringer 
• Overcoming Unwanted Sexual Behavior featuring Jay Stringer  
• Hey Single Christian. Your Celibacy is Uniquely Meaningful Dani Treweek 
• True Freedom Trust  
• Single, Gay, Christian by Greg Coles 
• The Plausibility Problem by Ed Shaw 
• The Intimacy Deficit by Ed Shaw 
• Gay Girl, Good God by Jackie Hill Perry 
• A War of Loves by David Bennett 
• Born Again This Way by Rachel Gilson 
• Living in a Gray World by Preston Sprinkle 

We're back with a new series, and this time we're answering YOUR questions. You submitted so many good questions when we asked for them recently, that they've filled a whole series! We'll be chatting about everything from experiencing same-sex attraction, to evangelism and parenting. We're excited, and hope you are too! 

Welcome to the Living Out Podcast - helping people, churches and society talk about faith and sexuality. Join us to hear about life as a same-sex attracted or gay Christian, and God's good news on sexuality for every single one of us. 

Let’s get practical: what does all this friendship stuff look like in real life? We’ve heard all sorts of wisdom from our guests in this series, on everything from how Jesus models friendship, to the need for vulnerability, and navigating change in friendships. In this final episode, we sit down with a couple more of our friends for a chat about what that’s looked like in our own lives. We pray you find it helpful!

Resources mentioned and related

• The Best of Friends Phil Knox 
• IVP Books – Use code LIVINGOUT20 for 20% off ebooks by Ed Shaw and Andrew Bunt 
• Jubilee+ 

Friendships bring with them all kinds of blessings, but how do we handle the challenges that also come with them? How should we respond to changes in circumstances, for example when friends move away? Being vulnerable is so important for building friendships, but isn’t it risky? And how can we speak and receive hard truths when we do things which hurt each other?  

We’re joined by Kevin Morris, host of the Professional Third Wheel podcast, to talk through some of the challenges of friendship and share our experience of how to navigate them. 

Resources mentioned and related 

• Professional Third Wheel Podcast 
• In Praise of Awkward Conversations Andrew Bunt 
• Why I’m Glad My Friendships Are Being Disrupted Andrew Bunt 
• A Beautiful Mess Ed Shaw 
• Why I Need My Single Friends Alison Bolton 

For our very special 100th podcast episode, we’re joined by John Wyatt – author of Transforming Friendship – to talk about how we can foster healthy intergenerational friendships, what friendship looks like at different stages of life, and how we can go about strengthening existing friendships.  

There’s also the chance to enter our 100th podcast episode giveaway, and if you’re desperate to hear about Thomas the Tank Engine, The Musical, then we bring you good news of great joy: it made it into our first ever podcast episode, when we heard from our very own Andrew Bunt about his story of faith and sexuality. You can find the link for that and lots of other useful resources below. 

Resources mentioned and related 

• Enter our 100th podcast episode giveaway (closes 10th April 2025)  
• Youth Leaders’ Crash Course 
• Misstep 9 - 'Suffering is to be avoided' (The Plausibility Problem #9) 
• Imperfect Reflections Kirsten Birkett 
• Meet the Authors #1 – Andrew Bunt 
• Friendship and Intimacy (Friendship #3)  
• Transforming Friendship John Wyatt 
• Transforming Friendship: A Review Ed Shaw 
• Same-sex attraction and friendship in church, with Ed Shaw