Life on Side B

Sporadically throughout the season we will be talking with Side B Christians around the globe outside North America looking at what it looks like to live out Side B in their context. This is the second part of a two part conversation where Henry and Grant are talking with Mwendia Steve who lives in Kenya. This is a powerful conversation especially highlighting what it looks like to have so much jo...

This is the first of a few episodes we are going to do sporadically throughout the season focusing on what it is like to hold to a Side B Christian view around the globe outside North America. This week we have a two part conversation where Henry and Grant are talking with Mwendia Steve who lives in Kenya. This is a powerful conversation especially highlighting what it looks like to have so much j...

In this episode, Johanna Finegan is back and talking with Ashley and Sarah about female inclusion in Side B spaces. They discuss history of female inclusion in Side B spaces over the years, the difficulties and the things that make them hopeful for the future. This is only our second episode with all female voices with our first being S2E4, and that is a reality which needs to become more common i...

The Life on Side B cohost family is back together this week (minus Henry) and Sarah is back for the first time in a bit. In honor of Pride month, we are discussing what each of our relationships with the broader LGBTQ community looks like and what chosen family means to us. Each cohost has a different experience and perspective which lends to a great conversation about the diversity of Side B Chri...

This week we are sharing the recording from our live episode event that we did on May 20th. Bekah, Grant, Josh, and Ashley (plus an unexpected appearance from Henry) all came together to talk about the question - Is the Sides terminology (Side A/Side B) the best way to frame this conversation? If not, then what is? Thank you to everyone who joined us for our live episode it was such a fun time.

In this week's episode, we are covering a topic chosen by our Brilliant Bee Patrons: sexual abuse and harassment. Bekah and Josh are joined by Christian Johnston, who is sharing his own experience of sexual abuse, as well as Branden Polk once again. Josh also shares his experience of sexual abuse. The four of them discuss the reality of sexual violation and harassment in the queer community and mo...

We are continuing the review of the top ten most listened to episodes of the podcast so far. With the live episode postponed and the podcast's two year birthday having just happened, we decided to go through the top ten most listened to episodes so far. Last week, we listened to and reviewed clips from #10 through #6. This week we are going over the top 5. Here is a guide to hear the clips #5 star...

Our live episode today (4/22/2021) has been postponed due to a family emergency that Josh had. Thank you to everyone who sent messages and has been praying. With the live episode postponed and the podcast's two year birthday around the corner, we decided to go through the top ten most listened to episodes so far. In this episode we will listen to clips from #10 through #6. Come back next week for...

This week, Josh is talking with three guests: Branden Polk, Johanna Goth Finegan, and Gregg Webb, all who come from different traditions in Christianity. The group talks about how Side B Christians can support each other in an ecumenical way as well as how we live out Side B within our own faith traditions. Register for our April 22nd live episode at https://forms.gle/5Kr7D8hERfUQWrqU8

It is on year since we released our episode S2E7 | Side B on Life During Corona. You can listen to that previous episode at https://lifeonsideb.com/podcast/s2e7-side-b-on-life-during-corona/   For today's episode, Josh, Ashley, and Bekah are joined again by Melinda Melone and David Gill who were in that episode last season. We are looking back over the year. What has our life been like through the...

For our first patreon chosen episode topic, our Brilliant Bee Patrons chose "the Potential Power and Harm of Our Stories". To make this episode even more special, Ashley is back after a short break. Her and Josh discuss the culture of testimonies in church and the ways stories can be weaponized against LGBT+ people as well as the ways they can be a blessing. Here is a link to Semlar's song "Youth...

Sarah and Grant are sitting down with Matthew Ventura, author of the Singled Out blog, to discuss an article on his blog on LGBT+ labels and terminology. The article gives such a great perspective that the team felt it needed to be discussed. Here is a link to the article: https://singledout.blog/2020/03/29/gay-versus-same-sex-attracted/

In this episode, Bekah and Josh are talking with Bill Henson, founder and creator of Posture Shift and author of Guiding Families of LGBT+ Loved Ones. Along the lines of this season's theme, the three of them talk about the importance of having a missiological perspective in ministry and how this affects the way we approach church inclusion. The episode touches on language, historic trauma, and ch...

Josh and Henry are having a late morning discussion with Wesley Hill, Eve Tushnet, and David Bennett, three prominent authors on sexuality and faith from a "Side B" perspective. We are talking about everything from how and why they wrote their books, how the landscape has shifted, and what they seen coming next for themselves and the movement.   Here is the link to Eve's article on the Pope that w...

In this week's episode, we are sharing the recording of our live episode from back in January at the QCF Conference. Grant and Josh are joined by Darren Calhoun, board member of QCF and previously on S2E16&17 | LIVE Panel on Race and Queerness, to discuss queer Christian solidarity. What does it look like for Side A and Side B Christians to support each other across the belief spectrum?

We're back for Season 3! Bekah, Grant, Henry, Josh, and Sarah introduce the season theme of Identity & Inclusion, sharing what these two terms mean to them, why they are important topics to discuss, and what episodes each is looking forward to record. The cohosts also spend some time at the beginning of the episode sharing how each is doing in the initial weeks of 2021.    Here is the photo of Jos...

We have a few announcements to share but the most exciting is our new cohost: Sarah Abbey! Sarah is an amazing person and we cannot wait for you to get to know her more over this coming season.    Plus we give a sneak peak of our latest patreon episode "A Gay Christmas with Bekah, Henry, and Josh." Check it out at patreon.com/lifeonsideb   Important links in the episode: Season 2 Feedback Form: ht...

We are wrapping up Season 2 on Thriving instead of Surviving though we still have our Spanish episode to come. At the first ever B Chats event two weeks ago on November 14th, the cohost team recorded our Season 2 review and had a blast looking over the past year, discussing what we learned on thriving, as well as sharing exciting news about things to come in Season 3.    Theme Song: Driven to Succ...

Today we are talking with Anthony Esser and Greg Coles about prayer. Where does prayer fit into thriving?    Donate to Henry's medical bills here .   Sites Mentioned: https://www.anthonyesser.com/ https://www.gregorycoles.com/   Pre-order Greg Cole's upcoming book,  No Longer Strangers , at https://www.ivpress.com/no-longer-strangers     Theme Song: Driven to Success by Scott Holmes

Today, Bekah and I are talking with Branden Polk, board member of Revoice and director of Arrowhead Consulting, about social media and how to navigate it.   Music: Theme: Driven to Success by Scott Holmes Interlude: Wonderous Love by Murphy, D.X.

It has been a bit since we released an episode and that is because Josh has been on a road trip and behind on the podcast. We are back today with a new episode though! Mary and Josh are talking with Kat LaPrairie about abiding in Christ and what that looks like for us as LGBT+ Christians.  At the end of the episode, Mary mentions an episode of Theology in the Raw which Kat did with Preston Sprinkl...

This is an exciting one for me (Josh) because we are having a fellow Side B podcaster here on with us today...Laurie Krieg. Grant and I are talking with Laurie about doubt and how to deal with it. Is there anything good God can do through our doubt? We also talk to Laurie about her new book coming out in October 2020 called Impossible Marriage and the experience of doubt she explains about in the...

Today, Grant and Josh are talking with Pieter Valk from EQUIP about his talk at Revoice20 this year on theology during the Pastors and Leaders Seminar of the conference. We talk about different feedback he has gotten from his talk and how we can approach theology on sexuality that helps LGBT+ Christians to thrive in our churches. If you haven't listened to Pieter's talk at Revoice and you are list...

On August 6th, we held the first LIVE episode of the podcast over zoom with some old friends and new ones. We were joined by Meredith and Bridget as well as Darren Calhoun and Sarah Abbey, who are on the podcast for their first time. They came on to answer questions from a live audience and it was a very rich discussion. It was so good that we had to separate the conversation into two episodes.   ...

On August 6th, we held the first LIVE episode of the podcast over zoom with some old friends and new ones. We were joined by Meredith and Bridget as well as Darren Calhoun and Sarah Abbey, who are on the podcast for their first time. They came on to answer questions from a live audience and it was a very rich discussion. It was so good that we had to separate the conversation into two episodes.   ...