Outing Religion

Author D.L. Day presents a revealing and inciteful presentation on the potential for finding any sense of spirituality in an AI world. Is there a possibility to create an AI model with a sensitivity and spiritual awareness, or are the systems brilliant enough to be unraveling a source of spirituality in the universe? Day unveils recent research and developments to pose lots of fascinating question...

This is  Part Two  of an interview with Boston Minister Abigail Henrich. She is pastor of two churches, a social activist, and a passionate messenger for change in the Christian church. In this program, we discuss the toxicity of exclusive theology and the value of embracing a Christian message of love and affirmation for all.

This is Part One of an interview with Boston Minister Abigail Henrich who discusses with the host the experiences of a woman pastoring two churches in a world of dramatic paradigm shifting and spiritual, social, and political challenges. It is a moving snapshot of the spiritual experience of leading a congregation in a challenging time.

Part Two of our interview with Rev. Dr. Jon Paul Sydnor, a theologian and scholar of the study of religion. We talk about the church and the LGBTQ community as well as modern challenges facing Christian churches. Rev. Dr. Sydnor is Professor of World Religions at Emmanuel College in Boston. Dr. Sydnor is the author of The Great Open Dance: A Progressive Christian Theology . He is theologian in res...

Rev. Dr. Jon Paul Sydnor is a theologian and scholar of the study of religion. We interview him about the church and the LGBTQ community as well as modern challenges facing Christianity. He is Professor of World Religions at Emmanuel College in Boston. Dr. Sydnor is the author of The Great Open Dance: A Progressive Christian Theology . He is theologian in residence at Grace Community Church in Bos...

This episode is a lecture author D.L. Day gave with the idea that for decades LGBTQ people have been responding to the wrong question from religious zealots. With a clear and Bible based explanation of the use of scapegoating in fundamentalist religion, Day unwinds the carefully crafted scheme to paint LGBTQ people as guilty based on biased interpretation. Time 23:25

In this episode, author D.L. Day uses the story of Joseph (of “coat of many colors” fame) as an example to talk about the power of change. Day cites dramatic changes in liberation and equality that are taking place, despite a wave of political and religious extremists' efforts against them. How paradigms shift is how dreams come true and this message insists that dreams are coming true. Time 2...

The Late Rev Elder Freda Smith (1935- 2019) was a pioneer minister of Metropolitan Community Church fellowship (MCC). She was a staunch crusader for women's rights and a powerful influence in preaching the gospel inclusive of women and LGBTQ people that was the cornerstone of MCC's emergence. Rev. Smith traveled the US and the world declaring a message of love, inclusion and an assertive c...

This is a lecture by D.L. Day lamenting the devaluation of sacrifice in our society and the shortsighted cut in contributions to a civilized society. The lecture took place at St Andrews Church in 2025. The talk references a story from Day's Book The Littlest Envoy: What a Small Schnauzer Taught Me About Humanity. (available on Amazon )

This episode features a lecture by D.L. Day, given at the University of Texas in the mid 80s. Day was heavily involved in ministry to persons with AIDS and the nurses were at a teaching hospital working with AIDS patients. The comments offer some rare and powerful insight into the struggles and discoveries of dealing with AIDS during the height of the plague in the U.S. To date, some 42-million pe...

This is the second episode of an interview with Reverend Scottie Shelton who ministers at an LGBTQ affirming church. The discussion takes a look at generational differences in challenges posed by a new wave of official oppressive policy in the United States. Runtime: 14:00

This Episode of the podcast features an interview with Reverend Scottie Shelton . She is minister at a church in a small town in the Southwestern United States. Her church is LGBTQ affirming and Rev. Shelton was first licensed to Christian LGBTQ affirming ministry in the 80’s. This program covers the struggles that occurred to win the liberties, respect and recognition that LGBTQ people have today...

The host of the podcast "A People's Theology," Mason Mennenga continues our conversation about the use and misuse of theology. We discuss the opportunities for finding a path of reconstruction of wounded faith and the promise of renewal for those who leave an abusive religious past. Please comment and follow!

Our guest Mason Mennenga is a popular internet presence and podcaster. He is host of the podcast "A People's Theology." We might call Mason a survivor of "Purity Culture," and he describes for us his journey of deconstruction and reconstruction of his faith.

This episode features a continuation of an interview with Reverend Babs Miller who tells the story of being an out Lesbian who pursued her calling to ministry despite the attempts to block diversity and inclusion in the ministerial ranks. In this Episode, Reverend Miller talks about gender and the church and the bias against women ministers that persists in the leadership of many denominations. Re...

This episode features an interview with an LGBTQ minister who worked for over two decades to overcome prejudice and become ordained in the Presbyterian Church. Reverend Babs Miller tells the story of being an out Lesbian who pursued her calling to ministry despite the attempts to block diversity and inclusion in the ministerial ranks. Rev. Miller is Minister at Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church in...

In this episode author D.L. Day discusses a section from his book How the Clergy Lied: A Journalist's Academic Report on LGBTQ and Christianity. The section under discussion deals with the fact that there is a massive section of the earth where the people are not exposed to the Christian message and have not been for centuries. Under fundamentalists doctrine, it can probably be assumed trillio...

Guest, Dr Toby Johnson, PhD is a psychologist and a former monk. He has an enormous amount of history in LGBTQ psychological and spiritual experience. This program explores whether there is a Gay Spirituality. We also look at the impacts on the longstanding traditional LGBTQ of a sweeping gender paradigm shift and the fact that even some older LGBTQ people may be gobsmacked by its implications. (O...

Dr. Toby Johnson PhD is a former Catholic monk and a psychotherapist. He has written extensively on the subject of LGBTQ persons and spirituality. As a follower and friend of Joseph Cambell who wrote extensively on the power of myth, Johnson offers inspiring insight on the world's religions as well as our individual spiritual experience as we live our own heroic myth in the world. With this he...

This episode honors Catholic Sister Jeannine Gramick who has for over 50 years been engaged in ministry to LGBTQ+ Catholics. As a cofounder of the organization New Ways Ministry, Sister Gramick stood strong on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community during the AIDS epidemic, and since has persisted in her work. We dip into the archives to feature a 1985 interview with Sister Gramick that gives insight into...

This is a fascinating discussion on the rapid and disruptive changes in understanding of gender and sexuality in our society. Guest Dr. Daniel Helminiak has taught graduate courses in Human Sexuality, Statistics for the Social Sciences, Foundations of Neuroscience, and Animal Mind. He has written numerous papers and books on the subjects we discuss on this program. Transgender and LGBTQ+ topics ar...

This episode explores the nature of spirituality, the human mind and the modern exit of many from the church. Does the church own spirituality? Guest Dr. Daniel A. Helminiak is a specialist in theology, psychology and author of scores of papers on the subjects of spirituality, psychology, sexuality and gender. While a Catholic Priest, he was author of the best selling book What the Bible Really Sa...