Thanks Be To Pod

In the fifth episode of Thanks Be To Pod, Kevin Garcia —  a public theologian, mystic, and activist —  shares their story and their perspective on Churches that refuse to make their policies on LGBTQ+ inclusion clear.

In the fourth episode of Thanks Be To Pod, Colby heads out on the road, both digitally and literally, to interview three Progressive Christians about their deconstruction experience. What Colby learns is that, although there are a ton of reasons to have beef with the Church, there are just as many reasons to believe that Christian community can be a catalyst for good in our world.

Relevant magazine has been accused of breeding a racially insensitive and toxic culture. In the third episode of Thanks Be To Pod, Rebecca Marie Jo, a former editor at the magazine, shares her thoughts about Relevant and the hopes that she has for the future of Christian community.

Did you take a religion or philosophy class in college? Did it impact the way that you think about God?  If so, you're not alone. In the second episode of Thanks Be To Pod, Nate and Colby think through the ways that the college experience prompts deconstruction. Nate, whose own narrative of deconstruction largely involves the academy, speaks with his college friend Wilson Greene.

On this special release of “Wait, What?!,” Nate and Colby discuss the recent drama surrounding Bethel Church and their partnership with an organization that believes you can, “leave homosexuality behind.” Nate and Colby sit down with Zack Eccleston and ask questions like: what should our response be as progressive Christians? How far do the effects of this message go? And what can we do to support our LGBTQ family in the wake of Bethel’s newly publicized stance.

In the first episode of Thanks Be To Pod, Nate and Colby discuss deconstruction and the impact that it has had on their lives. The big question for them: why do the vast majority of the churches that welcome "deconstructing" Christians appear stuck in a time warp?