Exvangelical

This is a wide-spanning conversation. An integral part of Dan's story is his experience within church, evangelicalism, and purity culture (I know those are all overlapping things) as a gay man and how damaging it was to his development. That summary doesn't do it justice, which is why we are all lucky that Dan can say all this in his own words--which he does very well. Profanity warning up top: this show has a bit of it, so, don't play it around kiddos. Follow Dan on Twitter @sweaterzzz. Follow me on Twitter @brchastain, and the show across sosh meads @exvangelicalpod (twitter, IG, fb). Support the show via Patreon at patreon.com/exvangelicalpod. All interludes by Arcade Fire. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

I try to talk about healthcare as best I can. I get a bit weepy at the end. Share your healthcare stories--good and bad--with hashtag #IWasSick. Special kudos to @laureneoneal, @dianabutlerbass, and @rmasvg for the Twitter inspiration. And special kudos to JC for taking no guff by siding with the suffering. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

This week's guest is Jason Stellman, author of the new book Misfit Faith: Confessions of a Drunk Ex-Pastor, and co-host of the Drunk Ex-Pastors podcast. In this conversation, Jason and I talk about his transition from being a Presbyterian pastor in the PCA denomination to converting to Catholicism. We also talk about his book as well as his podcast, how loving people is better than fighting over theological points, and why Catholic, Episcopal, and Orthodox faith expressions are so appealing to exvangelicals. Buy Jason's book! Link here: http://amzn.to/2oYoxta Support Exv: patreon.com/exvangelicalpod Follow the show across the web (FB, Twitter, IG, Anchor) @exvangelicalpod Follow me on Twitter @brchastain Intro: "Night Owl" by Broke for Free Interludes: "Old Time Religion" by Loretta Lynn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

Kyle Parton, Director of Epiphany Publishing, talks with me about teenage adventures in Wal-Mart evangelism, key markers of evangelicalism, war, other faith traditions, and alternate models of salvation (aka, "Finding a Substitute for Penal Substitution"). (This conversation was initially released as episode 8 of Exv.) Check out Epiphany Publishing: epiphanypublishing.us Follow Kyle on Twitter: twitter.com/kylecparton Follow Exvangelical on Twitter/Like Us on Facebook: @exvangelicalpod facebook.com/exvangelicalpod Follow Blake on Twitter: @brchastain Intro Music: "Corpus Christi Carol" by Jeff Buckley itunes.apple.com/us/album/corpus-…0474?i=385560483 Outro Music: "Eternal Life" by Jeff Buckley itunes.apple.com/us/album/eternal…0474?i=385560485 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

This episode features a conversation with Rev. Kevin Wright from the Riverside Church in NYC. We talk about his journey, LGBTQ affirmation, and more. Follow Blake on Twitter @brchastain. Follow the show on Twitter @exvangelicalpod Like the show on Facebook at facebook.com/exvangelicalpod Follow Rev. Kevin Wright on Twitter @kevinkwright. Read Kevin's blog at kevinkwright.com Read Kevin's posts on the Huffington Post at www.huffingtonpost.com/author/kwright-488 Show Notes: Harry Emerson Fosdick: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry\_Emerson\_Fosdick Martin Luther King, Jr. Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation: amzn.to/2buQsu4 Reinhold Niebuhr en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold\_Niebuhr Moral Man & Immoral Society: amzn.to/2bZN6hO Dietrich Bonhoeffer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich\_Bonhoeffer The Cost of Discipleship: amzn.to/2bu3g6P Karl Barth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl\_Barth The Epistle to the Romans: amzn.to/2bubsnm Saint Augustine of Hippo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine\_of\_Hippo The Confessions: amzn.to/2bubmfJ Thomas Merton en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas\_Merton Seven Storey Mountain: amzn.to/2bxG1mG Dorothy Day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy\_Day Selected Writing: amzn.to/2bLEkoZ Richard Hays en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard\_B.\_Hays The Moral Vision of the New Testament: amzn.to/2bxJ7qq Allen Verhey Remembering Jesus: Christian Community, Scripture, and the Moral Life amzn.to/2bM085t Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler: amzn.to/2bxHyJs Love Wins by Rob Bell: amzn.to/2bucGPl God and the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines: amzn.to/2bxI4qE Interlude Music: Troparion of Kassiani: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCRGQwf5XmY "They Will Know We Are Christians by Our Love" by Peter Scholtes available at folkmass.us. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

Elizabeth Jeffries My guest this week is Elizabeth Jeffries, a writer and biologist (biologist and writer?). Elizabeth writes over at elizabethjeffrieswrites.com. Read her stuff, it's great. Also follow her on Twitter @EPJeff. Intro: "Night Owl" by Broke for Free Interlude 1: "The Courtroom" by Carman. (Yes, that Carman.) Interlude 2: "Here Comes Science" by They Might Be Giants Interlude 3: "Bad Believer" by St. Vincent Interlude 4: "Creed" by Rich Mullins Interlude 5: "Cells" by They Might Be Giants Outro: "Heaven Go Easy On Me" by The Head & The Heart Follow Blake on Twitter @brchastain. Follow the show across the web (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Anchor) @exvangelicalpod. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

This week's episode is a re-release of a conversation with Emily Joy & Hannah Paasch from The Flawless Project (from episode 10). They discuss the impact their experiences with purity culture and sexism has had on their lives. The Flawless Project: theflawlessproject.org Emily Joy Poetry: emilyjoypoetry.com Ida Grey: idagrey.weebly.com Follow Emily Joy on Twitter @emilyjoypoetry Follow Hannah Paash on Twitter @hannahpaasch Follow The Flawless Project on Twitter @flawlessproj Intro: "Night Owl" by Broke for Free Outro: "Flawless" by Beyonce (duh): itunes.apple.com/us/album/\*\*\*flaw…0041?i=780330402 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

My guest this week is Peterson Toscano. He is a Bible scholar, actor, storyteller, and activist exploring the intersection of gay rights, human rights, and climate change. Check out all of Peterson's projects: petersontoscano.com Peterson's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/p2son Climate Stew: https://climatestew.com/ Peterson's work on gender & the Bible: https://petersontoscano.com/portfolio/transfigurations/ Citizen's Climate Radio, start from the beginning: http://citizensclimatelobby.org/citizens-climate-radio-episode-one-beginnings-and-transformations/ - Follow @exvangelicalpod on @Anchor! https://anchor.fm/s/99d1bc Follow Exvangelical everywhere else @exvangelicalpod. Support Exv on Patreon: patreon.com/exvangelicalpod. Follow Blake on Twitter: @brchastain. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

This week's guest is Crystal Cheatham, co-host of the podcast Lord Have Mercy, and producer of the upcoming Our Bible App, an inclusive Bible app for the rest of us. We talk about a number of Crystal's experiences and projects, as well as why the Our Bible App is necessary in today's world. Sign up to be notified when the Our Bible App launches at http://ourbibleapp.com! Learn more about Crystal and all her projects on her website, crystalcheatham.com Follow Crystal on Twitter: twitter.com/crystalcheatham Follow the show across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram [@]exvangelicalpod. Follow Blake on Twitter [@]brchastain. Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/exvangelicalpod. Intro, interlude, and outro by Broke for Free. Links below: Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke\_For\_Free/FrostClick\_FrostWire\_Creative\_Commons\_Mixtape\_Vol\_5\_/04\_Broke\_For\_Free\_Playground\_Pigeon\_XXVII\_FROSTCLICK\_FROSTWIRE\_CREATIVE\_COMMONS\_MIXTAPE\_VOL\_5 Interlude/Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke\_For\_Free/Directionless\_EP/Broke\_For\_Free\_-\_Directionless\_EP\_-\_01\_Night\_Owl --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

My guest this week is Verdell Wright. In this conversation Verdell and I talk about growing up in the 7th Day Adventist tradition, asking big questions at an early age, the difficulties of attending church when you're seminary educated, depression, sexuality, Christian atheism, and religious humanism. It's a wide ranging conversation, but I hope you listen through to the very end. In the final section, Verdell talks about his work in highlighting Black queer voices, and what we can all do to highlight and support them as well, including financially, emotionally, and by including them in events and elsewhere. Be sure to follow the Dell & Jess Show on Twitter: twitter.com/dellandjess, and follow Verdell there, too: twitter.com/mr\_wrightaway. You can follow me on Twitter [at] brchastain. You can also follow the show on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram [at]exvangelicalpod. I just started using Instagram Stories to post some stuff, so check it out there. You can also support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/exvangelicalpod. For $1/month you can join the Excommunity, our private Facebook group. Intro/Outro: "Night Owl" by Broke for Free, available on Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke\_Fo…-\_01\_Night\_Owl Interlude 1: "Just a Minute" by Pocketmaster, available on Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pocketmaster/010010/06\_-\_Just\_A\_Minute Interlude 2: "Godspeed" by Frank Ocean: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/godspeed/id1146195596?i=1146195727&mt=1&app=music Interlude 3: "Captain Cool" by Bosssfight: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/captain-cool/id419108047?i=419108053&mt=1&app=music&at=1001lba7 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about