Shift Happens

Today we talk to Zack Hunt about his book Unraptured and how the rapture is a driving force behind much of white, Christian nationalism.

To follow Zack, his writing and his work, please click HERE.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Bible for Normal People, Pablo Richard, The Rapture Exposed, A Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse, Dan McClellan, Bart Ehrman

To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE.

Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket.

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Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.

If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.

For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate.

Today Joe talks with The Naked Pastor, David Hayward.

We're sure that you're all familiar with David and if not, then you are in for a real treat. Joe talks to David about how he became "The Naked Pastor", how he traded his pulpit for an art studio and how he sees his art as a way of resisting the cruelty of White, Christian Nationalism.

To follow David or to explore more of his work, please click HERE. 

To listen to David's first episode on Shift Happens, click HERE.

To find Valrie Kaur and her work, click HERE. 

To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE.

Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket.

See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.
See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE.

Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.

If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.

For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate.

For today's bonus episode, we talk to Molly Downs-Stoller. 

Molly is a licensed marriage and family therapist that specializes with the LGBTQ+ community. Molly is a regular guest on the podcast and you can listen to her deconstruction story HERE. 

Molly walks us through how our nervous systems protect us (even when we don't want them to sometimes). She also talks to us about how the answer is almost always to "feel our feelings". 

To learn more about Molly and her work, please click HERE. 

To follow her on social media, please click HERE. 

To find out more about Dr. Laura Anderson and her book: When Religion Hurts You, click HERE. 

To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE.

Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket.

See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.
See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE.

Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.

If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.

For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate.

This week, we talk to the Lead Pastor of Restore Austin, Zack Lambert. 

We talk to Zack about what radicalized him early on, how those experiences shaped his view of God/the Church and how he approaches the sacred responsibility of the "pulpit". 

To order Zack's new book, "Better Ways to Read the Bible", click HERE.

To listen to Zack's first episode, click HERE.

To find out more about Restore Austin, click HERE.

To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE.

Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket.

See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.
See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE.

Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.

If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.

For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate.

In this episode, Joe talks with Dr. Amber Jones. Dr Jones is a pastor, podcast host, speaker, author, spiritual director and mother. 

Dr. Jones shares with us her experiences as a female pastor in a world which has been historically dominated by men. She talks about how God expresses Godself as feminine many times in scripture and that this view of God has been held by even the earliest church leaders. 

To follow Dr. Jones, read her work, listen to her podcast, and/or to hire her for spiritual direction please click HERE. 

Mentioned in the episode: 

The Odes of Solomon

Origen of Alexandria

To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE.

Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket.

See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.
See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE.

Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.

If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.

For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate.

This week, Joe talks to the executive director of Florida's largest LGBTQ human rights organization; Nadine Smith. Nadine comes from a long line of people fighting for human rights and she takes the legacy seriously. 

Nadine is an award winning journalist, named to Time's 100 most influential people in the world and sat with President Bill Clinton in the first meeting between a sitting president and national LGBTQIA leaders. 

This conversation is so important, as she reminds us that history already holds the answers to our resistance. Like she said, "There is power in looking back at what we've overcome."

To find out more about Nadine and her work, please click HERE. 

Mentioned in the episode:

Wide Awake American Podcast

NY Times Article

Pride at the Capital and Lobby Days

To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE.

Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket.

See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.
See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE.

Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.

If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.

For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate.

Joe talks to one of our favorite podcasters for another special Sunday bonus episode: Esther Joy Goetz. You probably know her best as one of the Deconstructing Mamas or The Dolly Mama. 

Joe and Esther talk about Carl Jung, Richard Rohr, Celtic theology, the shadow self and how non-dual thinking is a key to moving beyond the cruelty of our age. 

If you're not already following Esther and would like to, or connect with her work as a spiritual director, or to order her eBook, visit her website HERE. 

To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE.

Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket.

See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.
See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE.

Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.

If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.

For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate.

This week, Joe talks with Rev. Dr. Angela Parker. Dr. Parker is an associate professor of New Testament and Greek at Mercer University School of Theology. Among her published works is the excellent book "If God Still Breathes, Why Can't I". 

Joe and Dr. Parker talk about how our view of God and how we are taught to interpret the Bible either brings freedom and liberation or how it stifles and supports the white, Christian nationalism we see taking over the country right now. 

To follow Dr. Parker please click the links below:

Instagram

Tik tok

If God Still Breathes, Why Can't I

To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE.

Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket.

See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.
See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE.

Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.

If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.

For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate.

In this episode, Joe talks with New York Times best selling author Jemar Tisby. Jemar is also a theologian, speaker, teacher and leader. 

Joe and Jemar talk about his newest book "The Spirit of Justice" and how the stories can provide a blueprint for our current season of resistance. They talk about the state of the church in the United States and how it has added and abetted white Christian nationalism. 

To learn more about Jemar's work, to order his books or to contact him, please visit his website HERE. 

To read more about Robert Smalls, please click HERE. 

To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE.

Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket.

See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.
See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE.

Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.

If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.

For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate.

In today's episode, Joe talks with New York Times Best Selling author Matthew Paul Turner. Whether you know Matthew from his books or his social media, you know that he is full of light and love.

Matthew talks about why he got into writing and specifically writing children's books. He and Joe talk about the power of story and why it's important that we keep telling our stories. The world needs our stories now, maybe more than ever.

To follow Matthew's upcoming books or contact or to follow him on social media, please click HERE.

To follow or find out more about Jeffrey Marsh, please click HERE. 

To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE.

Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket.

See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.
See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE.

Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.

If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.

For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate.