Lacey and Laura end the first season of Moving Mountains with a bang: a book review of Rachel Held Evans' newest book, Inspired! Join us as we discuss the nature of God through origin stories, war stories, and Gospel stories in the Bible, guided by the flowing words of Rachel Held Evans. But first: two queer ladies gushing about Cate Blanchette.

Where To Buy "Inspired"

- Indiebound

- Amazon

- Barnes and Noble

Where to find Rachel Held Evans

- Twitter: @rachelheldevans

- Buy Rachel Held Evans' other books

Join Lacey and Laura as they talk about what it's like to balance mental health as a member of the LGBTQIA community. Topics include battling the stigma of mental illness, what to do when you've realized that you need help, and some coping skills you can use to help keep yourself balanced.

DISCLAIMER: Neither of us are mental health professionals. If you feel you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK. If you are currently experiencing an emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

People and Things We Talk About

GLBT Near Me: www.glbtnearme.org

The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association’s Provider Directory: http://www.glma.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=939&grandparentID=534&parentID=938&nodeID=1

National Alliance on Mental Illness: www.nami.org/find-support/lgbtq

Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth): www.thetrevorproject.org

Bustle Resources for LGBTQ Mental Health Care: www.bustle.com/articles/166608-5-resources-for-lgbtq-friendly-mental-health-care

Pride: LGBT Mental Health Resources: www.pride.com/lgbt/2016/6/13/get-started-guide-lgbt-mental-health-resources

Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/talk-to-someone-now

Crisis Text Line: https://www.crisistextline.org

*Extreme Olivia Newton John voice* Let's get casual, casual, I want to get casuaaaaaaal! Join Lacey and Laura as they host a casual Q&A featuring questions about life, technology, literature, family of choice and of origin, and our favorite Biblical heroines, and flirting techniques while gleaning sheaves of wheat.

People and Things We Talk About

- Veggie Tales: The Cheeseburger Song, The Bunny Song, The Hairbrush Song

- Marco Polo App

- Taskade App

- I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays by Sloane Crosley

- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling

- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

- American Gods by Neil Gaiman

- Jesus Savior, Pilot Me (Cover by Bifrost Arts)

- Psalm 46 (Shane and Shane)

- The Terror by Dan Simmons

- Unexplained Podcast (@unexplainedpod)

This week, we go over the alphabet soup that is the LGBTQIA acronym for any listening allies out there. What do all those letters mean and how do we ask questions when we truly don't know where to start? Topics also include use of the word Queer, how to be a great ally, and how to not be awkward about asking for someone's pronouns. 

 

People and Stuff We Talk About

Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians by Austen Hartke

Austen's YouTube channel

Intersex Society of North America

Article:  Is The Word "Queer" Offensive?

Article:  Tracing the history of the word ‘queer’

Article: Understanding Non-Binary People: How to Be Respectful and Supportive

This episode was recorded and produced by Lacey and Laura. Music is "Inspiring and Upbeat" by Scott Holmes, and all his tunes can be found on the Free Music Archive.

We are beyond excited to share this interview with Rachel Pierce, a small Youtuber and accidental Angeleno. Rachel opens up about her faith background, living in the tension of non-affirming church communities, demisexuality, and how the graph that represents gender, romantic orientation and sexual orientation needs at least three axies to really encompass everything.

Where Can I Find Rachel?

- Twitter (@thejuniebird)

- Instagram (@thejuniebird)

- YouTube Channel

This episode was recorded and produced by Lacey and Laura. Music is "Inspiring and Upbeat" by Scott Holmes, and all his tunes can be found on the Free Music Archive.

Join us as we review the amazingly researched, well loved (especially by us) book, God and the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines. We discuss the difference between high view and low view of scripture, cultural and historial context, spiritual gifts, and why Galileo got the short end of the stick.

Transcript Available Here

People and Stuff We Talk About

- God and the Gay Christian

- Matthew Vines (@vinesmatthew)

This episode was recorded and produced by Lacey and Laura. Music is "Inspiring and Upbeat" by Scott Holmes, and all his tunes can be found on the Free Music Archive.

In this episode, Lacey and Laura talk about the process of leaving a non-affirming church. They discuss gracious reasons to use when leaving a church, the steps that you might need to take, dealing with complicated emotions that might arise, and what it looks like to "date casually" when looking for a new church to attend. 

Transcript Available here.

People and Stuff We Mention:

Laura Jean Truman (Twitter)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Great British Bake Off

Project Runway

Master Chef Junior

Sixteen Candles

This episode was recorded and produced by Lacey and Laura. Music is "Inspiring and Upbeat" by Scott Holmes, and all his tunes can be found on the Free Music Archive.

This week Lacey and Laura discuss ways to harness the power of the internet to find an affirming church. Talking points include Church Clarity, the difference between an affirming church and a church that says "all are welcome" (and how to tell if there's an asterisk after the "welcome"), and how to find an LGBTQIA community if you can't attend an affiriming church.

Transcript Available here.

Shout Outs:

- ChurchClarity.org

- Queer Theology YouTube Channel

- Transgender and Christian YouTube Channel

- @FaithfullyLGBT

This episode was recorded and produced by Lacey and Laura. Music is "Inspiring and Upbeat" by Scott Holmes, and all his tunes can be found on the Free Music Archive.

This week, we continue our brief pause to allow you guys to get to know us a little better. Lacey tells her story, because we think telling stories is important. Highlights include her experience with purity culture, how it went when she came out to her parents, and more thoughts about what needs to change to keep Millenials from leaving the Church. 

Other topics: Lord of the Rings. Is Arwen or Eowyn prettier? Lacey and Laura nearly come to blows. 

The transcript for this episode is available here! 

This episode was recorded and produced by Lacey and Laura. Music is "Inspiring and Upbeat" by Scott Holmes, and all his tunes can be found on the Free Music Archive.

This week, because we think sharing stories is important, we pause to allow you guys to get to know us a little better. Laura talks about her life up until now - including her early years of growing up, what it was like when she realized she wasn't straight, and her experience in coming out to her church. We also touch lightly on the dangers of parking on sidewalks, pet peeves, and the smear campaign surrounding Laura's trip to the zoo. 

Other topics: Church Clarity, a crowd-sourced database to find out if that church around the corner is affirming.  

The transcript for this episode is available here! 

This episode was recorded and produced by Lacey and Laura. Music is "Inspiring and Upbeat" by Scott Holmes, and all his tunes can be found on the Free Music Archive.