Profane Faith

This week I get to have a fascinating conversation with a scientist who has made some amazing claims regarding evolution. Yeah, this is good. Check it out. I'm always on the look out for better understandings of creation narratives and just how life started. I'm also excited because this conversation gets into both theology and science!

Grown folk faith is what I'm after. Not that faith that has folks still stuck in grade school. This week I talk with a woman who has that grown folk faith and shares her journey.

Natasha Akery is a high school teacher, wife, and mother of two fierce little ladies. She is a co-host for Teach, Learn, Repeat, an upcoming podcast from Teacher2Teacher that will focus on equity in public schools in Season 1.

Grown folk faith is what I'm after. Not that faith that has folks still stuck in grade school. This week I talk with a woman who has that grown folk faith and shares her journey. Natasha Akery is a high school teacher, wife, and mother of two fierce little ladies. She is a co-host for Teach, Learn, Repeat, an upcoming podcast from Teacher2Teacher that will focus on equity in public schools in Season 1.

Jussie, Jussie, Jussie. Whew. What a mess! I had to break this down and its connections back to faith, race, theology, and the Black community. I brought on two sharp minds that go in and bring some great analysis to this madness. Check it out, we do break some things down.

Jussie, Jussie, Jussie. Whew. What a mess! I had to break this down and its connections back to faith, race, theology, and the Black community. I brought on two sharp minds that go in and bring some great analysis to this madness. Check it out, we do break some things down.

Mental health is a true stigma, especially within many X-tian spaces and churches. This has to end! So, this week, in keeping with season 3's theme, I talk with Jill Riley who breaks down the stigma, shares some deep parts of her story, and the power of therapy and family.

Jill Riley, an adopted Korean American, was raised in North Idaho during the height of the white supremacy movement of the 1980’s. She met her husband, a Montana native, while in college in Seattle, WA. After completing her education she and her husband moved to Billings, Montana to raise their family.

Her love of telling stories, blended with humor and passion for people allows us unique insight into the life of a survivor of abuse, serial abandonment and neglect. Jill’s faith has overcome an authoritative, over religious home to become strong and resilient and more grace filled than she ever could have imagined.

Mental health is a true stigma, especially within many X-tian spaces and churches. This has to end! So, this week, in keeping with season 3's theme, I talk with Jill Riley who breaks down the stigma, shares some deep parts of her story, and the power of therapy and family. Jill Riley, an adopted Korean American, was raised in North Idaho during the height of the white supremacy movement of the 1980’s. She met her husband, a Montana native, while in college in Seattle, WA. After completing her education she and her husband moved to Billings, Montana to raise their family. Her love of telling stories, blended with humor and passion for people allows us unique insight into the life of a survivor of abuse, serial abandonment and neglect. Jill’s faith has overcome an authoritative, over religious home to become strong and resilient and more grace filled than she ever could have imagined.

Woo-wee, colonialism is a hell-uv-a-drug. This week I sit down with a new friend, Obed Manwatkar. He breaks down his story of growing up in India, Ghandi, race, and of course, faith. As always, it gets deep. Check it out!

Woo-wee, colonialism is a hell-uv-a-drug. This week I sit down with a new friend, Obed Manwatkar. He breaks down his story of growing up in India, Ghandi, race, and of course, faith. As always, it gets deep. Check it out!

!!!EXPLICIT!!! Part 3 of the Surviving R Kelly series looks at the effects of sexual violence and we explore what that means for women. This week I talk with a dear friend, Sabina Charfauros. I've known this woman for a long time and this convo went deep. Check it.