Faith in Motion, the Podcast

For Black History Month, we are going back through the archives and listening to the voices of some of the incredible Black Women who have been on the show. Prolific author and speaker, Lisa Sharon Harper, joins us this week, speaking about how we are all made in God’s image and called good, and how often we forget that - about ourselves and about each other. She shares her journey of discovering...

Today Pastor Kelsey turns 33, and to celebrate, she's reflecting on seven things that are saving her faith and her life.  Community & letting people in Writing in my prayer journal again One small thing for myself (special shout out to Kendra Adachi aka The Lazy Genius and her book The Lazy Genius Way ) Rachel Held Evans’ book Wholehearted Faith Gratitude “The most helpful thing you can d...

For Black History Month, we are going back through the archives and listening to the voices of some of the incredible Black Women who have been on the show. Essence Ellis: Reproductive Justice in the Wake of Overturning Roe v Wade  NOTE: This episode was recorded and published BEFORE the final Supreme Court decision was released, effectively overturning Roe v. Wade and stripping folks with a uteru...

For Black History Month, we are going back through the archives and listening to the voices of some of the incredible Black Women who have been on the show. Rev. Mahogany Thomas: A New Love Ethic “To know God in this moment is to be grounded in a love that surpasses us and that truly shifts how we interact with the world, and that then brings us hope and healing.” Transforming what she calls the “...

For Black History Month, we are going back through the archives and listening to the voices of some of the incredible Black Women who have been on the show. -- The Year of Dismantling: Eliminating Systems that Marginalize & Oppress with Deidra Riggs first aired in January 2021. In December 2020, Deidra Riggs posted a video on her instagram saying we are going to start 2021 strong: "This i...

Join Kelsey for an update on where we've been AND where we're planning to go! We've been hosting the Lady Preacher Podcast for 4.5 years now, and we are excited to be moving into the 2.0 version! Listen for more info! Connect with us! Donate today and support our work! Sign up to receive a little Gospel in your inbox every Monday Morning with our weekly devotional. Join our FREE boo...

This week we are re-releasing an old favorite: this beautiful conversation with Rev. Jes Kast - a powerhouse preacher, teacher, and leader. She talks about what it's like to get a taste of heaven here on earth while we are in service of and in worship with others: once you get a taste - just like getting a taste of mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving - a taste just isn't enough and you end u...

Rev. Miriam Diephouse-McMillan (she/her) is a board certified chaplain serving in a psychiatric hospital where she sees first-hand the ways that mental health and spiritual care collide. In this powerful episode, Miriam shares stories about the ways caring for people’s spiritual wellbeing can come alongside the medical care folks receive, and can transform lives, offering space for healing and hop...

This week I sat down with my dear friend, Val Hystek, to talk about a tender, beautiful topic: grief . Val has experienced her fair share of grief, but it took her a long time to be willing to wrestle with it. In an Instagram post she wrote, “Grief forced my faith to shift. Eventually. When I finally believed I have what it takes to sit with grief and survive.”  Val came to believe in a God who lo...

A quick prayer to center your spirit as we begin election day in the United States. 

Learn more about who God made you to be, and who God is calling you to become! This week we’re sharing part two of our two-part Enneagram Series. Be sure to listen to the first episode where we offer an introduction to the Enneagram and dive into types 1-4. This week we learn about types 5-9! Today’s experts include: Kevin Beebe , who helps us explore Enneagram Fives. Kevin is a pastor in the ELCA...

Learn more about who God made you to be, and who God is calling you to become! This week we’re kicking off a two-part series on the Enneagram, which is a personality typing system with roots growing back into antiquity. The two episodes are pieced together with clips from a 10-episode series we did in Fall 2022, with Enneagram experts who dove deep into each of the nine personality types found wit...

Join Pastor Kelsey and her bestie, Britney, for a raw and real conversation about the realities of practicing faith in the throes of motherhood. We all live busy lives, so whether you are a parent or not, you'll hear reflections of your own journey - where it can feel like there's no time or space to write in a prayer journal every night for 20 minutes or wake up 30 minutes earlier to re...

Join Pastor Kelsey and Rev. Angela Tyler-Williams for a timely and important conversation about how our faith can guide our vote, particularly when it comes to values around Reproductive Justice. About SACReD: SACReD (SACReD Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity) is a national alliance of multiracial, multifaith, multiethnic, mixed gender and sexual identity religious leaders, congregat...

Recently, Kelsey had the opportunity to preach at First Congregational Church of Bellingham and when the Pastor told her what the scripture would be, she almost backed out. It was the story of Passover (Exodus 12 and 13), when Moses leads his people out of slavery into freedom. It's a powerful, poignant story, but it also includes the gruesome and troubling 10th plague to hit Egypt: the killi...

“Humanity was made through the outpouring of love within God. One doesn’t create out of the outpouring of love something bad or unbeautiful.” - Bridget Black If human beings are made in the image of God, then how can we understand humans as instrinsically bad? Instead, from the beginning, God creates and calls humanity good . In this transformative conversation, spiritual director and theologian B...

Close out your September and move into October with this blessing.

“All of us are God’s images on earth - we are to be God’s representatives of power.” It’s not a bold statement to say that people in power often abuse it. We see corruption of power in leadership in all facets of society: politics, school administrations, businesses both large and small, churches, and even inside homes. But what if we approached leadership in a way that is more aligned with the Go...

As requested, we are offering a series of short sermons that will be posted once a month. They're less sermon and more pastor Kelsey reflecting on scripture alongside to, inviting us all to explore God's word together. Today we're getting curious about Matthew 14:22-33, when Jesus walks on water and invites Peter to do the same. What could the invitation to all of us be a we hear th...

After hearing from several parents a request for podcast recommendations for progressive faith related podcasts, Rev. Lydia Posselt (she/her) decided to take matters into her own hands. Having found very little out there that fit the need, Lydia started Faith, Hope, & LOL: A Parenting and Faith Podcast. In today's episode, she talks with Kelsey about why this need is so important to fill,...

Driven by a desire to create space for people to be empowered to have agency over their spiritual lives, Rabbi Brian created Religion Outside the Box - a community of people of all walks of life. He encourages a different way of thinking about religion, where there are "few answers" and "many questions."  In today's conversation, we talk about his newest work, the book, &q...

A blessing as we dive into September.

"I hope my words invite children to find thesmevles in those [Bible] stories and to wonder about our great God and their whole part in this world. My whole job as a writer is to invite children into that arena of wonder." - Glenys Nellist Throughout our faith’s history, our scriptures have been passed down through oral storytelling. The Bible is made up of stories handed down generation...

“How do we help children gain their sense of autonomy as early as they start talking… so they will carry that into their older childhood and even into adulthood. Understanding agency and autonomy over our body and voice I think is one of the most critical things we have as human beings because that’s our dignity.” Nikole Lim is the founder of Freely in Hope , an organization focused on equipping s...

“What helps us heal is figuring out how to help other people. We’ve been through this crap, so how do we turn what’s happened to us and use it as energy and fuel to help others.” Dr. Kit Evans-Ford (she/her) has experienced her fair share of trauma and hardship in her life, but through God’s grace, has found ways to turn her pain into purpose. She believes that while no one is exempt from the suff...