The Church Needs Therapy

In this conversation we talk about his new book, “Shoutin’ In The Fire,” the movement toward wholeness and freedom, and responding the question of how to be Black, Christian, and American at the same time.

In this conversation we talk about his new book, “Say Yes,” a faith that makes sense for us today, and what it means to be a curator of awesomeness.

Tune in to the first episode of "The Church Needs Therapy" in 2022!

In this episode I respond to some questions about Advent, the Instagram account Preachers N' Sneakers, and what a spirituality of subtraction means.

In this conversation we talk about his new video curriculum, “The Biblical Case for LGBTQ Inclusion,” the authority of the Bible, and his desire to change hearts and minds.

In this conversation we talk about his newest book, “God Speaks Through Wombs,” the heart of the poet today, and why imagination is so vital for the future.

In this episode I talk about how Jesus focuses on joy, why we have a complicated relationship with joy, and the connection between heaviness and holiness.

I talk about what toxic positivity is, what the church’s version of it looks like, and why Christ-shaped hope is so much better than positive thinking.

In this episode I talk about what I don’t believe in the Bible, how doubt deepens our faith, and how your picture of God may change, but the presence of Christ remains.

In this episode I talk about what we need to let go of to be welcoming, why we need to surrender our need to control other people’s process, and why worrying about who is in and who is out is a waste of time.

In this conversation we talk about how centering prayer helped save her, how spiritual depth is usually a form of being undone, and how the future of our faith can become more experiential.

In this conversation we talk about his new book, “The Thing Beneath the Thing,” his journey of being a part of some of the most influential churches in the U.S. and how we can uncover the pain hidden in the depths of our life.

In this conversation we talk about creating a plan for our own flourishing, the real meaning of being born again, and the outcome of creating systems where leaders can’t be fully human.

In this conversation we talk about Sarah’s journey to becoming a progressive pastor in Orange County, the creativity that emerges when you stop fighting the old, and how transformation only happens in real relationships.

In this conversation we talk about his new book, “If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I?” the difference between being a chaplain for the empire and a prophet for the revolution, and how white supremacist authoritarianism take up residency in our minds and bodies.

This episode is about Peak experiences, Christian Conferences, Burning Man, and Why None of Them Matter Without Contemplation.

In this conversation we talk about his new book, “If God is Love, Don’t be a Jerk,” deconstructing on the way to adult spirituality, and fighting for a Christianity that resembles Jesus.

This episode is about why taking risks always requires letting go of control.

In this episode I talk about how the best stories always involve risk, how a decision not to risk is a decision not to love again, and why failure is a friend of freedom.

In this conversation we talk about stepping away from their role in the church and how it has affected their relationship (for the better), their deep belief that life can always become more expansive, and what the past year has reveled about the church.

Phil Wood comes on and interviews me for the 1 year episode--we talk about the best times of the past year with the podcast, my forthcoming book, and why we all need to trust the River.

In this episode, we talk about how Frank helped start the pro-life movement and the religious right and why he came to regret it, how most “family values” are actually a form of misogyny, and how mothering can help save the planet.

How growing requires us to let go of our old forms of security, why changing is so scary, and how the Spirit keeps calling us forward

In this episode, I talk about how growing affects our relationships, how institutional acceptance gets in the way of real change, and how there is something we need to let go of in order to keep moving forward.

We talk about how we have fallen out of relationship with the earth and one another, the sacred essence of all things, and why we need to keep listening to what our soul already knows.