Spencer Owen

Trauma-Informed Church Kid

Religion EN ↓ 56 episodes

This is a space for anyone whose theological perspective feels in crisis. If you grew up as a ”church kid” who only wanted to please God and others, and then got hit with a paradigm-shattering experience... this is for you. If you find yourself questioning where you fit, what you believe, who God is, whom you can trust, how you even begin to find the answers, and why you should even try... this is for you. Especially if you find that through it all and despite all this, there remains a ”still small voice” that keeps gently tugging back to the center. We’re walking through the entire Scriptures...

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Spencer Owen

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Dr. Carmen Imes -- EXPERT-TEAS 25.08.2024 57:09

Today, I sit down for tea with biblical scholar Dr. Carmen Imes to discuss the image of God, male and female, the importance of our bodies and embodiedness to our identity and resurrection, diverse embodiment and disability, the ways in which trauma is felt (and healed) in our bodies, and how to approach the Old Testament in a trauma-informed way. See Dr. Imes' bio HERE See Dr. Imes' author page o...

Male and Female He Created Them -- BONUS 21.08.2024 16:10

How has the Church treated LGBTQ+ folks? What should our responsibilities and duties be to the vulnerable and the hurting? What does it look like to love others, even when we disagree with them? How can we "become the gospel" to a world that sorely needs to hear good news? In this bonus mini-episode, I speak only to my Christian brothers and sisters. I take a look at how "male and female he cre...

The Image of God 18.08.2024 30:25

How should we think about the fact that there are two creation accounts? What does it mean to be the image of God? Are humans to be servants of Adonai, or something else? Are men and women images in the same way? And what do we do with the fact that women are created second, and "from man"? Does the Bible teach that bodies are bad, and naked bodies are particularly bad? In this episode, we take...

The Goodness of Creation 11.08.2024 27:19

What does it mean to say that God created everything? What about all those other creation myths that look a lot like Genesis 1? What do each of the "days" of creation mean? What does it mean to be human, and what does it mean to "rule and subdue" creation? Besides, why does it all matter -- isn't this world just doomed to destruction, and isn't everything about this world "bad"? How in the world c...

LIVE -- Launch Party 03.08.2024 22:26

The very first full episode of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast! This is audio edited from our live launch party on social media. If you like what you hear, please subscribe on your preferred podcast platform and take a brief moment to give a 5-star review. In this episode, I cover why this podcast exists, what spiritual trauma and religious abuse is, and what content I will cover over the c...

Podcast Trailer 31.07.2024 2:03

Come join us on a journey of reconstructing religion for the hurting, with theology that doesn't hurt