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TW: religious abuse, sexual abuse, family cover-up of abuse This is the first of a four episode series called Too Many Cults, where Krispin and Lindsay Strannigan (from The Holy Ghosting Podcast , and DL’s sister) recap the docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets  on Amazon Prime. We're calling the series Too Many Cults, inspired by the video Too Many Cooks , which you should go watch...

DL & Krispin finish the season discussing tracks "What Have We Become?" "Mind's Eye" and bonus track, "Alas My Love." Join our patreon community to support this podcast and listen to our most recent patreon episode about having a relationship with your evangelical parents while going through a major faith shift -- and learn what our next season will cover. You can find us on Twitter and Instag...

TW: suicide, abuse Krispin interviews Dr. Mark G. Karris, therapist and author of The Diabolical Trinity: Healing Religious Trauma from a Wrathful God, Tormenting Hell, and a Sinful Self . They talk about “In the Light” by DC Talk. Mark has written other books, including  Religious Refugees: (De)Constructing Toward Spiritual and Emotional Healing and Divine Echoes: Reconciling Prayer With The Unco...

Krispin and DL talk about "Like It, Love It, Need It," and what it was like growing up being told that Jesus is answer to all your life's problems. We reference When God Talks Back by T.M. Luhrmann We’d love for you to consider joining our patreon community to support this podcast.  You can find us on  Twitter and  Instagram . A transcript for this episode is available at our website .

Krispin and DL interview Grace Baldridge (who performs music under the name Semler ). We talk religious trauma and cringe-worthy middle school stories. We reference the songs Toby Mac and Wanna Grab Coffee? by Semler We talk about the book about martyrs title Jesus Freaks, which DL talked with their sisters about a few episodes back. Make sure to check out Grace's docuseries, State of Grace. Our f...

The movie "Jesus Revolution" has brought the Jesus People Movement on the radar again, and we talk about some of the history, including Lonnie Frisbee, and how Greg Laurie has been re-telling the story of how the Jesus People movement began. Check out the documentary DL suggests about Lonnie Frisbee here . We’d love for you to consider  joining our patreon community to support this podcast.  You c...

Hello all! We are taking a little break this week (an interlude, if you will) - and we wanted to share a clip from our patreon-only episode this week. If you want to hear the entire episode, you can check it out at https://www.patreon.com/propheticimaginationstation

BUT NOT THE MOST SKIPPABLE EPISODE! Krispin & Kevin Nye discuss "Day by Day" from Jesus Freak, and talk about the heavy weight of daily devotions, perfectionism, and more.  Kevin is the author of Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram . Krispin mentions Kevin's twitter thread about Gospel Rescue Missions, and you can read it her...

This episode, DL talks with her two sisters about their memories of Jesus Freak and the culture surrounding it. You can follow Lindsay Strannigan on twitter and instagram - and also check out her podcast, Holy Ghosting . We’d love for you to consider joining our patreon community to support this podcast.  You can find us on Twitter and Instagram .

Krispin talks to Derrick Scott III about "What If I Stumble?" by DC Talk, and discuss "the single greatest cause of atheism in the world today." Derrick Scott III is the creative producer at Studio Wesley . You can follow him on twitter and his work with Studio Wesley on instagram. In the episode, Krispin mentions a Studio Wesley podcast titled, Queer Roots and Black Spirituality . You can find us...

Krispin and DL interview Peter Choi about DC Talk’s song “Colored People.” Peter Choi is the Director of the Center for Faith and Justice (that DL and Krispin are a facilitators for!). Peter's also a historian with a focus on evangelicalism in eighteenth-century North America. During our conversation, Peter recommends Delores Williams , Shoki Coe , James Cone , and Cole Arthur Riley . He also ment...

TW: suicide, sexual abuse Krispin and DL talk about "So Help Me God," developmental psychology and about the organization that partnered to produce the books "Jesus Freaks." Check out the sordid history of Voice of the Martyrs on wikipedia. Also on wikipedia, Erik Erikson's psycho-social stages . We have a  website —check it out for more information. You can also find us on  Twitter and Instagram...

We talked to Jessie McLaughlin about “ So Help Me God .” She shares with us about her experience of growing up Christian, the inner turmoil of taking it very seriously, and how she’s been healing from religious trauma through therapy.  We love Jessie’s twitter feed where she talks about recovering from evangelicalism, hilarious day-to-day things, and you can see her design work on her instagram. S...

We took some time to talk about the recent shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Focus on the Family, which is located there. We started this podcast analyzing their kid’s radio show Adventures in Odyssey, and covered a whole series that was specifically anti-LGBTQIA+ back in 2019 - the first episode of our season titled “ Beginning to Untie the Ties That Bind .” We mention Grace Baldridge’s...

Krispin interviews DL about starting out to as a Jesus Freak to wanting to be just like Dorothy Day to wanting to be herself. We talk about the perfectionism of growing up evangelical, and how that pressure can continue, even if you move on from the conservative framework you were raised with. Make sure to check out DL's book Unruly Saint about Dorothy Day and how she started the Catholic Worker....

Season nine of Prophetic Imagination Station is here!! Before listening, go ahead and check out the music video for Jesus Freak. We’re diving into the iconic album Jesus Freak by DC Talk, track by track. In this introductory episode, Krispin and DL talk about the title track, examining the lyrics and context behind the song Jesus Freak.  We have a website —check it out for more information. You ca...

Join us for the final episode of season 8! Krispin and Danielle talk about the classic purity culture read, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, Boy Meets Girl and When God Writes Your Love Story. Krispin mentions Emotionally Focused Therapy—find more about that here . We have a website —check it out for more information. You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram . To support our show (we can’t do this wi...

D.L. has a delightful conversation with Erin Moon about the very first Christian YA series, written by Robin Jones Gunn and published by Focus on the Family—the Christy Miller series. Beyond fun reminiscing and sharing personal experiences, we also uncover the not-so-subtle ulterior motives behind the popular novels (spoiler alert: it’s serving the patriarchy). You can find Erin Moon on the social...

TW: sexual assault, rape, abuse D.L. once again revisits Redeeming Love with Dr. Alexiana Fry. We get more into the weeds of some of the problematic and traumatic elements in the novel itself, as well as Hosea, Judges, and the Bible in general. Trigger warning for violence, rape, and abuse. Dr. Alexiana Fry (find her on Twitter ) is an Old Testament scholar and professor of biblical studies, with...

D.L. chats with Jenna DeWitt about Captivating, the highly-influential prescriptive romance guide for young Christian women in the early 2000s. We tackle the harmful biases around gender roles and romance from an asexual and aromantic perspective. Jenna DeWitt (follow her on Twitter !) is an editor and queer activist, focusing on educating people and providing resources on asexual and aromantic id...

D.L. chats with Devi Abraham about the wildly popular novel (and now movie) Redeeming Love.  We delve into some of the troubling elements of the story, discuss why it holds such an appeal for evangelical women, and touch on some related aspects of purity culture (Devi’s speciality!) as well.  Devi Abraham is a writer and co-host of the podcast Where Do We Go from Here?, tackling sex and purity cul...

D.L. chats with Valerie Weaver-Zercher about all things Amish Christian fiction!  We explore the unique, multi-faceted world of Amish romance, how it ties into the larger evangelical world in general, why it’s so dominated by whiteness, and why it remains such a popular genre among evangelical women today.  Valerie Weaver-Zercher is a writer and editor with Broadleaf Books (where D.L. is also an a...

D.L. interviews Daniel Silliman about the Christian romance novel that started it all—Love Comes Softly.  We talk about Oke’s Canadian background and how that plays into her writing, as well as the impact her books have had on Christian women and the Christian romance genre as a whole. Daniel is a news editor for Christianity Today and author of Reading Evangelicals. You can follow him on Twitter...

Since Krispin's laptop was being repaired all last week, we won't have a new Christian romance episode up until next week - BUT here's a little clip from a recent patroon-only episode. You can become a patreon supporter of the podcast for as little as $1.50 a month. ALSO - this Saturday, May 15th, our patreon community is going to watch The Jesus Music together - and have a group chat along at the...

Danielle interviews Sharifa Stevens about the book of Esther, and the Bible stories that have been romanticized - and shouldn’t have been.  Follow Sharifa on Twitter or Instagram ! Also, subscribe to her substack! Check out her chapter in Vindicating the Vixens Did you grow up reading Christian Romance books? Why not try recapping one (under a minute is great) for us and making it onto the podcast...