Shift Happens

In our first bonus episode, Joe talks with Florida House Representative Anna Eskamini.

Rep. Eskamani is the representative for District 42, which covers most of Orlando. She is the first Iranian American elected to public office in the state and recently announced her campaign for the Mayorship of Orlando.

Anna is a fierce advocate and that exact kind of person we need fighting for justice in seats of power and all of that comes across in the interview.

To follow, contact or plug in with Rep. Eskamani click the links below.
Anna4FL
Anna4Orlando

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 the author and illustrator of The Book of Belonging, Mariko Clark and Rachel Eleanor.  

Mariko Clark is a Japanese American author, mother, and storyteller on a mission to help kids embrace diversity and wonder. Her time as an editor with National Geographic Learning sharpened her ability to make complex topics accessible and engaging. She equips kids and caregivers with spiritual resources to navigate the messy middle, wrestle with tough questions, and find community in the journey. Mariko lives outside of Indianapolis with her husband and three sweet and spicy kids. 

Rachel Eleanor is an illustrator known for doodles of questing travelers, friendly spirits, and all manner of creatures. She uses drawing as a way to explore the wilderness within and without, focusing on themes of spirituality and mindfulness. Her whimsical characters have inhabited books and stationery, championed brands, and even bedecked beverages. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, son, and tabby cat, where they enjoy taking long walks, picking flowers, and cooking with their friends. 

No doubt you will be encouraged by this conversation. We hope that it does bring a little light and life during a heavy week.  

To connect with Mariko or see her work please click HERE 

To connect with Rachel or see her work please click HERE 

To order The Book of Belonging: https://www.thebookofbelonging.com/ 

Things Mention in this Episode: 

https://www.honestadvent.com/ 

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725878/do-you-still-talk-to-grandma-by-brit-barron/ 

https://www.ellegroverfricks.com/ 

Correction about cult of Pan and castration festivals: As far as BEMA content goes, the Pan Festival at the gates of hell is BEMA ep 119. The church at Sardis is ep 179. 

Loathe am I to gate-keep education, especially when casting a different vision against white nationalist christianity.
The deity that men would castrate themselves in honor of is Agdistis, an evolution of Cybele. You can read more about her 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.

Today Joe talks with Billie Hoard. Billie is a teacher, theologian, YouTube Podcaster, writer and soon to be author.

Billie walks us through a theory she's calling Eucontamination. We won't try to describe it here and let her explain it all. But you will soon see how disgust plays a part in it.

To follow Billie's writing and all the things she's up to, 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.

We kick off season 3 with a BANG! Joining us today are Ashe Van Steenwyk and Kalie May Hargrove from The Center for Prophetic Imagination. Ashe is the Exec. Director for The Center and Kalie is the Digital Outreach Coordinator.

Joe talks with them about how there is an authoritarian bent in American evangelicalism and how we confront that. This conversation is as challenging as it is empowering. You will, no doubt, walk away from this with much to think through.

To visit their website, please click HERE.
To listen to the Kalie's episode on the On God's Campus podcast, 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.

Today our host, Joe Smith, talks about why Shift Happens started, some changes being made to the podcast and why the focus on resistance for the upcoming season.

We are super excited about the upcoming changes and all the amazing guests we have lined up for the new season. Each week you will be empower, encouraged and inspired to resist the onslaught of dehumanization we are experiencing in our culture. 

If you would like to be part of the Shift Virtual Campus, feel free to reach out to Joe on Instagram HERE or email Joe at [email protected].

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 Dana Hicks, author of The Quest for Thin Places: How to Find Spirituality after Deconstruction. This isn't like any book on deconstruction that you've ever read.

Dana does an amazing job walking us through his story and showing how spirituality doesn't have to be the narrow fundamentalism that many of us grew up with. In fact, his book and this interview speaks to the depth and beauty found outside those high control religious spaces.

To find Dana, his books and to connect with him please visit his 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.

Today, Joe talks with Joylyn Weikum. Joylyn is the founder and director of LGBT Christian Resources. An online one stop shop for all things LGBT & Christian.

Joylyn talks about her upbringing in the Seventh Day Adventist church and her journey to an inclusive faith. She founded LGBT Christian Resources as a way to help other people wrestle with their faith and give them a soft landing to do so. Her story is very encouraging and a snapshot of how Love will grow if given even the smallest crack to do so.

To discover more about LGBT Christian Resources, please click HERE.
To follow them on Instagram, 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.

This week, Joe talk to Alyssa Aviles. You might know her better on social media as The Lovely Lyss. Alyssa specializes in website funnels, Canva and marketing some of the more popular brands in the United States. But she is also a deconstructed, exvangelical.

Alyssa talks about her upbringing in the conservative church and how circumstances forced her to confront much of what she believed. Her story is a testament to how the arts and creativity paints a much different picture of the Divine than the one many of us grew up with.

To connect, contact and/or follow Lyss, please click the link 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 Hannah Siegmund, the lead pastor of Different Church.

Hannah talks about her journey growing up in the charismatic church, how she came to embrace affirming theology and the work she is part of here in FL through Different Church.

To connect with Hannah and Different Church, please click the link 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.

Today, Joe speaks with Tik Tok and social media influencer Holly Tidwell (Hope with Holly).

They have a fascinating and incredibly encouraging conversation about her life in the evangelical church, one of her children coming out and the important work that she does now.

If you are not following Holly and would like to, please click HERE. 
Please rate and share this episode as it helps with the platform algorithms. 

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.