Called to be Bad

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Send us Fan Mail Wondering where the podcast has been? Check out this mini-episode where I catch you all up on life and ALL the exciting episodes and guests to come in Season 3!!! Link to sign up on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calledtobebad/membership (The tiers are Basic Baddie, Boss Baddie, and Boujee Baddie 😂) Email me to inquire about sponsorship: calledtobebad@gmail.com  The kind of tum...

Send us Fan Mail "In 2020, with all the civil unrest, we reached a tipping point of there being more guns than people."  In this episode of Called to be Bad I talk all things guns with  Mennonite pastor, adrenaline junkie, and "aspiring pacifist" Matthew Yoder.  We discuss how the stories we tell ourselves about power, privilege, and politics all affect gun sales. This is a len...

Send us Fan Mail "Part of the gun problem in America--the proliferation of guns--has as much to do with policy making approches by Democratic officials as it does pro-gun Republicans..." In part two of this two-part series on guns, I talk with Matt Yoder further about gun ownership and the spiritual issues behind the gun problem in America. We talk about "protecting" vs. "...

Send us Fan Mail Hey baddies, we are back! After a bit of a break, we are diving in the deep end with an episode on Liberation Theology, Jesus as a protester, Marxism, and more! It was a delight to have Damon Garcia on to talk about his book, "The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus." Enjoy! Resources: Books: Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price A Theology of Liberation  by Gu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Called to be Bad I talk with pastor Melissa Spolar about being part of a "bad church" a.k.a. breaking down what traditional church looks like. Do we need a sermon? Do we need lots of children's programming? Let's re-imagine church together.  Resources:  Books mentioned:  Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity https://w...

Send us Fan Mail "I just found it so fascinating that the campaigns that were put out saying that porn is a public health issue were not public health people...they were put out by religious organizations." In this episode of Called to be Bad I talk with sex educator Erica Smith about the ways religion has influenced the public's opinion on porn. How does purity culture affect the w...

Send us Fan Mail "Like the idea of god, and who, and what, and where, and when god might be is actually plastic, it actually takes different forms." In this episode of the Called to be Bad Podcast I talk with author and radical theologian Maria Francesca French about what it means for your faith if you no longer believe in the "god" of traditional Christianity, yet you can&apos...

Send us Fan Mail "In some ways it is just a reminder that Western Christians don't have a copywrite on Christianity, a copywrite on Jesus, a copywrite on the Bible..." In this episode I talk with theologian, author, professor, and podcaster, Drew G. I. Hart, PhD about the ways white supremacy has shaped, formed, and corrupted Christianity. We touch on the particular ways Anabaptist...

Send us Fan Mail "If I could shift something about the environmental movement, it would be shifting the obsession over recycling toward obsessing over healing our inner child..." In this episode of the Called to be Bad Podcast I talk with pastor and environmentalist Brian Sauder about what it means to be a "bad environmentalist" and BOY did this episode go in a direction I was...

Send us Fan Mail *CW--mentions of violence, SA, and suicidal ideation "God is here to tell me that nobody is beyond redemption, and we are more than the worst thing we have ever done, and we are more than the worst thing that has ever happened to us."  In this episode of the Called to be Bad Podcast I talk with Reverend Hillary Taylor, an ordained United Methodist Minister who works as t...

Send us Fan Mail *CW--SA by a religious leader  I really see Mary Magdalene not as some scandalous little cult--spirituality to get involved with--but as someone who is going to serve a bunch of people..."   In this episode of the Called to be Bad Podcast, Frances Cutshaw shares how the biblical person of Mary Magdalene has served as a spiritual companion and "mirror" to her, especi...

Send us Fan Mail "People sometimes ask, 'If you hate Christianity so much, why do you keep talking about it?'" In this episode of the Called to be Bad Podcast I talk with author and podcaster John Verner about how...you guessed it...Christianity is a cult! We contemplate questions like: Are all cults bad? Can you redeem a cult?? What do we do if we love Christians, love Jesus--...

Send us Fan Mail "I was raised to be a decent human being...like a non-a$$hole..." Settle down with some tea and join pastor, writer, and podcaster Aurelia Dávila Pratt and I as we discuss her book, A Brown Girl's Epiphany: Reclaim Your Intuition & Step Into Your Power. More particularly, we contemplate the intersections between race and "good" manners. When is being p...

Send us Fan Mail "If this isn't your jam, that's fine...that being said, the number of times I have seen someone sit down at a table because they want to pretend to be an elf and murder some goblins or whatever and then come away having some kind of learning about who they are or what is important to them, is striking."  In Part Two of D and D and...God? Davi and I dig into the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a fantastical part one of a two-part episode on live action role playing games (LARPing) as spiritul direction. In this episode, our guest Davi leads me through a spiritual direction session where I got to choose my own character and her skills. In part two we discuss what the process was like, and how LARPing can open up new possibilites in spiritual direction. Keep yo...

Send us Fan Mail "I have heard some people ask, 'Are you worshipping trees...?'" After taking a break to build a new podcasting computer, we are BAD and BACK baby! In this episode of Called to be Bad, I talk with pastor and organizer of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery , Katerina Gea, about what it is like to pastor and participate in a "wild church&quo...

Send us Fan Mail “This is the thing I used to say to my wife, ‘Just because I love you, everyone else didn’t suddenly become ugly.’”  In Part Two of “Ethical Non-Monogamy” Ogun and I explore jealousy, Ogun’s view of God in relation to relationships, and more.  Resources:  Books:  Love’s Not Colorblind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities by Kevin A. Patterson h...

Send us Fan Mail “I like to joke that in a lot of Christian circles marriage is this consecration between a man, a  woman, and God which is technically a threesome so….” In this episode of Called to be Bad Podcast I talk with ordained minister, author, and podcaster, Ogun Holder about ethical non-monogamy. We start with definitions: what is ethical non-monogamy/polyamory? then Ogun tells us how he...

Send us Fan Mail "Too many of us--have been told, 'There's one way to understand Jesus' death, there is one way to interpret the Bible, there is one way to be a good Christian,' but the reality is that Christianity has always been more expansive and diverse than that." In this episode of Called to be Bad, I talk with "professional nerd" Naiomi Gonzales about...

Send us Fan Mail *CW—mentions of eating disorders, food specifics, restriction, diet culture, etc.  “And having to unlink the word ‘fat’ from ‘not being beautiful.’ Because if I say, ‘I’m fat,’ and my friend says, ‘No you’re beautiful’….I didn’t say I wasn’t beautiful, girl, I said I was fat!”  In this episode of Called to be Bad I talk disordered eating with guest Bri Ragan. Bri shares from her e...

Send us Fan Mail "And this is where it is really interesting to pay attention to where and when the language of monsters appear in the biblical traditions..."  In "Monster Theory" Part Two, Safwat expands on the first episode through examples of biblical monsters. We talk about how Job is compared to a monster (who knew?), Egypt as monster, and even get into zombies!  Resources...

Send us Fan Mail "Sometimes what is scary about the monster is not it's difference and it's otherness, but the fact that it's actually similar. So sometimes what is terrifying about others is not their otherness, but their sameness."  In this "monstrous" episode of Called to be Bad I explore "monster theory" with associate professor of Old Testament at...

Send us Fan Mail CW: In this episode Adi shares her story of childhood trauma, involving SA by a person of trust, as well as the death of an infant family member. We also discuss how purity culture can make trauma worse. Adi Tilford, author, speaker, fellow podcaster, and longtime educator (specializing in trauma informed practices) walks us through her story of how early childhood trauma impacted...

Send us Fan Mail "It's anything that makes me feel emotionally manipulated..." In this episode of Called to be Bad I chat with pastor Audrey Hindes about all of the elements of Christianity that make us cringe. Our Christian "icks"-- if you will. Turns out what makes us cringe about Christianity may teach us something about ourselves... Support the show Follow us for more...