This is the All at Once podcast for women and those who love them. We are God’s image bearers exploring ways religion has been distorted to silence the marginalized and justify abuse. We are Christians, seeking to comfort, heal, and free people from the pain caused by our own religion. We carry much, like all of humanity, All at Once. To God be the glory.
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Listeners of All at Once that love the show mention: kelly,“I learned to make decisions for the little girl version of myself. I have to speak up for her.” -Arnaecia Alridge I, Kelly, am immensely grateful and overwhelmed that people even listen to All at Once, let alone show up, or fly across the country to engage in this work. Every time I get a … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Thank you, sponsors!! Home Bank, Inked Designs, and Funky Monkey On the All At Once Podcast this week we welcome Rickey! What will you get from this wonderful episode? Well, let me tell you. We go over: How progressive we are, but how it is not necessarily progressive enough … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Thank you, sponsors!! Home Bank, Inked Designs, and Funky Monkey On the All At Once Podcast this week we welcome Donnell to the ever-changing discussion! What will you get from this wonderful episode? Well, let me tell you. We go over: The Christian church and how it can have … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Thank you, sponsors!! Home Bank, Inked Designs, and Funky Monkey This week we welcome Rev and his powerful story to the All At Once Podcast! What will you get from this wonderful episode? Well let me tell you. We go over: How Rev has learned to turn his worst … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Thank you, sponsors!! Home Bank, Inked Designs, and Funky Monkey Welcoming in our new season with our new Co-Host, Dara George! What will you get from this wonderful episode? Well let me tell you. We go over: Toxic Positivity and how it can turn into gaslighting. Challenges with the … Read More
Become a monthly supporter– LINK TO PATREON Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Toward the end of last season, I, Kelly Browning, realized that this beautiful podcast that my friends and I have created lacked the very representation for which we advocate. We had no voices of color represented as guests or as … Read More
Holy week is coming. I highly recommend you go ahead and order Jason Porterfield‘s book, Fight Like Jesus, to read during Lent. We interviewed Jason last fall, but his book launched TODAY! You can now get your own copy by clicking here. While you wait for your book to arrive, check out our exclusive interview … Read More
Become a monthly supporter– LINK TO PATREON Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Janis Street joins us for the last episode to help wrap up season two and to introduce our topic for season three. When marginalized people thrive, everyone thrives. Janis explains that racism and sexism can be experienced as overt aggression … Read More
Become a monthly supporter– LINK TO PATREON Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Pastor David Bridges grew up in the Quaker tradition where women have always been elevated to positions of leadership within the church. Quakers made the theological decision that women are equal to men long ago, and David says it always … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her, educates us about culturally constructed gender differences and shares how extreme conformity to these binary ideals is harmful to society. We talk about how gender expectations play out in society, negatively impacting men and women. When a woman or girl … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Meghan Tschanz, producer of Faith and Feminism and author of Women Rising, shares her story of growing up in the conservative evangelical church and her journey into advocacy for women's rights as a Christian feminist. Meghan tells us about the purity culture teaching she received as a … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Victims and survivors of abuse can find validation, healing, and hope in stories told by others. Kelsey Golz joins us to share her story of abuse. She has written and published her complete survivor story in her book Refuse to be Silenced. Which of us will break free? … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties It is time to end patriarchy and free women. Dr. Beth Allison Barr, associate professor of history, associate dean of the Graduate School at Baylor University, and author of The Making of Biblical Womanhood joins us in this episode to talk about biblical womanhood and patriarchy. Beth … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Lifted out of context, this story is often told with implications about the woman's sin and shame due to her presumed life choices. It is commonly used to demonstrate how Jesus will forgive anyone, even those with messy lives and deeply sinful pasts. Wendy draws our attention … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Mary Demuth, author of We Too joins us to continue this conversation. Together, we explore how to create safer environments for the prevention of abuse. Mary talks about policies and procedures we can put in place in our churches to promote safety and accountability. She also explains … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Mary Demuth, a survivor of sexual abuse and author of We Too, joins us to talk about what it is like to build a healthy family as a person who has experienced abuse and trauma. We also talk about our struggle with the voices who have tried … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Jason Porterfield joins us to kick off season two! Jason's first book, Fight Like Jesus, is available for preorder on his website, jasonporterfield.com. In his book, he talks about the injustice in our world and biblical peacemaking in the midst of it. In this first episode of … Read More
Presenting Sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield, Stanfield Properties Support us monthly or give a one-time gift! Buy our merch! “For me, this is everything hard I've ever experienced in my life… all the trauma and conflict I've faced, materializing before my eyes and being put on display for all to see… and that's hard for … Read More
Do you get tired of the same messages about motherhood and womanhood? Join Kelly Browning and Laura Porterfield as they discuss a fresh perspective of Mother's Day and Biblical womanhood in a live recording of their co-sermon they delivered on Mother's Day. This is Kelly's first time teaching in a church that has males and … Read More
When we silence a part of the Church, then the Church and the world will fail to see the fullness of who God is. Laura Porterfield joins us today to discuss Proverbs 31 and how it has often been used to prescribe a gender role for women to faithfully morph themselves into. This kind of … Read More
Laura Seifert joins us today! Christian culture has created a rigid way of thinking forcing us to choose one ideology and reject the other: Complementarianism or Egalitarianism. This is simply not true. It is okay to exist outside of either of the two camps, to take what we see as good and beneficial from each, … Read More
Cindy Dawson chats about her journey to preaching, trusting yourself, and racism. Presenting sponsor: Alan and Beth Stanfield of Stanfield Properties Follow us on Instagram! @allatonce.podcast Please consider giving monthly through Patreon to support our work. This episode is a continuation of our conversation with Cindy Dawson, instructor and PhD student in Religion with an … Read More
Cindy Dawson, an instructor and PhD student in Religion with an emphasis in Judaism and a certification in the studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University, talks about how it is important to acknowledge the difference between one's interpretation of the Bible, and the Bible itself. Follow us on Instagram! @allatonce.podcast Please consider … Read More
Submission is a loaded word; it carries a lot of weight. When we teach gender roles and marital hierarchy without clearly and directly addressing power abuse, emotional abuse, and manipulation, it is very dangerous. The rigid thinking we often see in Christian culture around the theology of submission creates a breeding ground for power abuse … Read More
John 8 tells the story of the adulterous woman who Jesus defended. She stood shamed and condemned by her community. In this episode, we discuss how Jesus always moves toward the outcast to offer hope. He consistently moves away from those in power to be with the disempowered. This episode explores the impact of puritan … Read More
In this episode, Kelly shares her personal story as a survivor of childhood sexual assault. We hear about the messages she internalized as a girl growing up in the church and how they significantly impacted how she processed what happened to her. We hear the story of her experience reporting that assault as an adult, … Read More