The Digital Community Podcast

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Jonny is joined by Amanda Waldron to talk about her work as a deconstruction/reconstruction coach. Amanda has years of clinical and practical experience and works with individuals and groups who are working to put together the fragments of their faith after deconstruction.

Dr. Camden Morgante joins Jonny to talk about her work helping people deconstruct the toxic lessons they've learned via purity culture and reconstruct healthy ideas about sex and relationships. Dr. Camden Morgante is a licensed clinical psychologist and former college professor who writes and speaks about Christianity, psychology, and gender equality. Find out more about coaching with Dr. Camden at https://drcamden.com/

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Meghan Tschanz--author of Women Rising and host of the Faith and Feminism Podcast--joins Jonny to talk about ALL THE THINGS including: the Equal Rights Amendment, her personal story, the dangers of Christian patriarchy, her hope for the "people's church", and how she finds rest in the midst of the chaos.

Felica Wu Song (PhD, University of Virginia) joins Jonny to talk about the dangers and the hope of the digital landscape we live in. In a conversation that touches everything from economics to threats to democracy to, somehow, hope for the digital world to be a place of refuge, Jonny and Felicia unpack the ways being aggressively online can both stunt and enhance our spiritual lives. You can find Felicia's book "Restless Devices" here: https://smile.amazon.com/Restless-Devices-Recovering-Personhood-Presence/dp/0830851135/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=restless+devices+felicia+wu+song&qid=1645555071&sprefix=restless+d%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-2

Jonathan Foster joins the podcast to talk about his journey into reading and interpreting the Bible through the framework of non-scapegoating love and inclusion. He also promos his upcoming learning cohort called "Bible Renovate" starting February 21 in the Digital Community.

Brittany Sky McRay joins the podcast to talk about how reparenting and being gentle with ourselves can help us raise kids with a healthy and connected spirituality. Brittany has 15+ years of experience working with kids and families and we are excited to host her 5-week learning cohort in the Digital Community beginning on February 21. You can connect with Brittany on Instagram @brittanyskymcray and @raisingkidsforgood

Jen Kinney (Story Power Podcast) joins the podcast today to talk with Jonny about fundamentalism, deconstruction, what it means to be a student of abolition, and the power of grassroots activism. You can find Jen on Twitter and Instagram @IAmJenKinney and find the Story Power Podcast wherever you're listening to this! Also mentioned in this episode: the Inverse Podcast and Drew Hart, author of Who Will be a Witness

Author and pastor Melissa Florer-Bixler joins Jonny to talk about her book--How To Have An Enemy.

Holly Catterton-Allen--author of Forming Resilient Children--joins Jonny and Kayla to talk about how healthy spirituality fosters resilience in children. Holly gives helpful insight into how parents can navigate their own spirituality--with all it's doubts and questions--as they raise children to have wholistic understandings of themselves, God, and others.

Jonny is joined by author, speaker, and professor Peace Amadi to talk about the psychology of deconstruction, how to spot spiritual bypassing, and the ways that our emotions can be our greatest advocates. Peace offers hope to those who have been hurt by the church and a path forward for people who are looking to understand themselves and their relationship with the Divine in deeper ways. Find Peace on Instagram @ItsPeaceAmade, and her book "Why Do I Feel Like This" on Amazon

Tyler Burns (President: The Witness Black Christian Collective, Co-Host: Pass the Mic) joins the podcast to talk about how leaving our faith communities can leave us with the feeling of being liberated, but also lonely. Jonny and Tyler are also joined by Kayla Craig (Author: To Light Their Way, Co-Host: Upside Down Podcast). Tyler doesn't hold back on the "microwave theology" of majority white churches, the experience of marginalized people in evangelical spaces, and how we can go through our the wilderness that comes after walking away from our faith communities in ways that can be transformative for us.