In this episode, Leigh sits down with her mom to talk about faith, parenting, and deconstruction. In this intimate and vulnerable conversation, Leigh and her mom get real about the difficulties of parenting in the evangelical world.
In this episode, Jeff and Leigh celebrate one year of doing the podcast. They reflect back on the past year and look to the future.
In this episode, Jeff and Leigh talk about "Core Beliefs" they picked up as evangelicals and how those beliefs have continued to impact them after they've deconstructed their faith.
In this episode, Jeff interviews his close friend Becky about what her life was like before, durning, and after deconstruction.
In this episode, Leigh goes deep in her thoughts about Lent. She thinks about ways she's celebrated it and what it is to her now.
In this episode, Jeff sits down with his best friend Cory Barnett to walk down memory road and process what happened when they left the institutional church and ventured out into teh spiritual wild.
In this episode, Jeff reads an essay from his book about how his understanding of loving others has evolved over time.
In this episode, Jeff and Leigh breakdown the classic book, Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. They talk about apologetics, how we connect with people we disagree with, and what it means to jump back into thinking that you may not agree with anymore.
In this episode, Jeff and Leigh talk about the things they are doing, enjoying, and consuming that are bringing joy and grounding to their lives. It's a joyful episode of laughs and honesty.
In this episode, Leigh is joined by her husband Sam. Together, they get vulnerable about what it was like to move out of evangelicalism as a couple. They talk about what their marriage was, what the change felt like, how they maintained a healthy partnership as they changed, and where they are now. It's a powerful, honest, and authentic episode about marriage during faith changes.
In this episode, Jeff and Leigh talk about their family traditions, their struggles and successes over the holidays, and how they are both moving into 2024.
In this episode, Jeff talks with the wonderful Kevin Garcia. Kevin is the host of the podcast A Tiny Revolution, a spiritual coach, and the author of the upcoming book "What Makes You Bloom?"
Get your copy of the book here: https://www.thekevingarcia.com/bloom
Find more of Kevin's work or sign up for his coaching here: https://www.thekevingarcia.com/
In this episode, Leigh and Jeff talk with Dr. Matthew Taylor from the Institute of Islamic Christian Jewish Studies. They discuss the division in Christianity, the value of learning from others, the violence of Christian nationalism, the dream of a true multi-ethnic democracy, and how we can respond to violence with nonviolent dialogue.
In this episode, Jeff and Leigh dive into their childhoods and talk about Psalty the Singing Songbook. They talk about how Psalty came to be, the themes Psalty covered, and how Psalty impacted their childhoods.
In this episode, Leigh reflects on Christmas. She talks about the foundness she still holds for it, how it has changed for her, and in finding her priorities for the season.
In this episode, Jeff is joined by his wife Wendy. They reflect on the holiday and talk about how they were able to have an amazing time in the face of hard things happening in life.
In this episode, Leigh and Jeff sit down with Rob Bell.
That's right.
THE Rob Bell.
In addition to talking about the evolution of spirituality and the Rob's history with the American Church, they go deep into the themes of Rob's first fictional novel, Where'd You Park Your Spaceship?
They talk about how the themes are present in Rob's life and in the world, what it's like to move from nonfiction to fiction, and they get a small glimpse of what Rob has prepared for the future.
In this episode, Leigh and Jeff look at the areas of deconstruction they routinely get asked questions about: parenting, LGBTQ allyship, and approaching the Bible post deconstruction. For each category of questions, they talk through books they recommend that help them think through these issues.
Books they cover:
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In this episode, Jeff and Leigh talk about the classic Christian devotional, My Utmost for His Highest. They look at the life of Oswald Chambers (who never wrote a book), and then dive into the life of Biddy (BD) Chambers.
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Jeff uses Chat GPT to build some games for Leigh to play. Leigh tries to determine which of Jeff's example was written by a famous pastor and which was written by Chat GPT.
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