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Danielle tells Krispin about why Christian romance has flown under the radar - and needs some attention!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! Simply call in to our voicemail line at ‪(612) 656-9562 or record a voice memo and email it to us at propheticimaginationstation@gmail.com. Statistics on Romance Readers found here.  Bell Hooks on romance books for the Washington Post.From Reddit (on a thread about Bell Hooks):“Romance as a genre is a safe haven for so many of us. We come here to know what it is to love deeply and be loved in return. For marginalized people especially having a place to land, this inclusive affirming space is more important than ever. Romance writers have been pushing boundaries for a long time, fighting for a space to tell our stories where women are sexual, Black love is cherished, queerness celebrated, where disabled people are beautiful, and the working class get HEAs [Happily Ever Afters]”Books and authors to be explored later on in this series:Janette OkeFrancine Rivers Christy Miller SeriesBodie TheoneAmish RomanceAnd more!For more information on our podcast, check out our website. You can also find us on Twitter and on Instragram.  To support our show (we can’t do this without you!) join us at Patreon! We do monthly episodes for patrons-only and occasionally do a fun zoom hangout. You can join this community and get access to the backlog of patron-only podcasts for as little as $1.50 a month!Cover Art by Zech Bard

We decided for Krispin's book release day to drop an episode, and we're talking about feelings & faith. We listened to & discussed this episode about feelings, faith, evangelism, Jesus bracelets, worrying about salvation, and marriage. To pair with this episode, we are releasing a patreon-only episode where we talk about the attachment styles of Whit, Connie, Eugene, Tom and others!

Krispin and Danielle compare the film adaptation of Redeeming Love.Trigger warnings: sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence and panic attacks/anxiety attacks.Redeeming Love was a book written by a reformed romance author in 1991, to give a modern-but-not-that-modern retelling of the book of Hosea.-----Send us an email or find us on social media to tell us about what movies you think we should watch!You can support the show by becoming a patreon. You can follow the show on twitter and instagram, and visit our website. You can follow Krispin at twitter and instagram and sign up for a monthly email about attachment, spirituality and evangelicalism here. Pre order Krispin's book here!You can follow DL on twitter and instagram, and buy her books here. 

Trigger warning! Sexual & religious abuse.We think it's worth watching the 2-minute trailer before listening to this episode. We discuss the Netflix doc 'Procession,' about survivors of sexual abuse by clergy. The documentary follows six male survivors as they create short films based on their experience, with a drama therapist. TW: sexual abuse, religious abuse.We mentioned some resources around the topic:Traumatized by Religious Abuse by Connie Baker (and check out our episode where we interview her here).Something's Not Right Here by Wade MullenRedeeming Power: Understanding Authority & Abuse in the Church by Diane Langberg. Send us an email or find us on social media to tell us about what movies you think we should watch!You can support the show by becoming a patreon. You can follow the show on twitter and instagram, and visit our website. You can follow Krispin at twitter and instagram and sign up for a monthly email about attachment, spirituality and evangelicalism here. Pre order Krispin's book here!You can follow DL on twitter and instagram, and buy her books here. 

We talk about the movie American Underdog.Send us an email or find us on social media to tell us about what movies you think we should watch!You can support the show by becoming a patreon. You can follow the show on twitter and instagram, and visit our website. You can follow Krispin at twitter and instagram and sign up for a monthly email about attachment, spirituality and evangelicalism here. Pre order Krispin's book here!You can follow DL on twitter and instagram, and buy her books here. 

This is a replay of an episode from two years ago - we talk about Christmas in evangelicalism, evangelistic musicals and why Krispin thinks Christmas time is a sexy time.

We discuss The Most Reluctant Convert, which featured Nicholas Ralph from All Creatures Great and Small (some of our favorite boringly-calming British TV).Check out our series on The Chronicles of Narnia, in case you missed it - including the episode about our former professor who collected C.S. Lewis artifacts.Send us an email or find us on social media to tell us about what movies you think we should watch!You can support the show by becoming a patreon. You can follow the show on twitter and instagram, and visit our website. You can follow Krispin at twitter and instagram and sign up for a monthly email about attachment, spirituality and evangelicalism here. Pre order Krispin's book here!You can follow DL on twitter and instagram, and buy her books here. 

Krispin tells DL about "The Jesus Music" documentary about CCM.Trigger warning: childhood verbal abuse.This is a documentary about Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Kirk Franklin, Toby Mac -- and a lot of other CCM artists. Krispin went to see it in the theater, and told DL all about it.

DL went to The Eyes of Tammy Faye and we talked about how there are examples of Christians in conservative circles who were standing up for LGBTQ+ people in the church, even decades ago.We also talk about the documentary by the same name which you can stream on https://www.wowpresentsplus.com.---------Send us an email or find us on social media to tell us about what movies you think we should watch!You can support the show by becoming a patreon. You can follow the show on twitter and instagram, and visit our website. You can follow Krispin at twitter and instagram and sign up for a monthly email about attachment, spirituality and evangelicalism here. Pre order Krispin's book here!You can follow DL on twitter and instagram, and buy her books here. 

We're starting our new season where one of us watches a Christian movie and tells the other about it. This episode we discuss a documentary called Show Me the Father and discuss patriarchy, "father wounds," and if men can uniquely mediate between heaven and earth because of their gender (spoiler alert: we don't think so!). Send us an email or find us on social media to tell us about what movies you think we should watch!You can support the show by becoming a patreon. You can follow the show on twitter and instagram, and visit our website. You can follow Krispin at twitter and instagram and sign up for a monthly email about attachment, spirituality and evangelicalism here. You can follow DL on twitter and instagram, and buy her books here.