Welcome to the Thereafter, a place where we explore life on the other side of faith change. We’re here to break down the binaries, deconstruct the dualities, and wander through what it looks like to live in the gray. In church, we were told that life afte
Cortland Coffey & Meghan Crozier
The Thereafter podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in deep conversations about important topics. The hosts, Meghan and Cortland, bring together real people who are willing to be authentic and vulnerable in discussing their experiences. This podcast goes beyond deconstructing and explores a wide range of subjects, providing listeners with a diverse range of perspectives. The show is engaging, thought-provoking, and entertaining, making it a favorite among many.
One of the best aspects of The Thereafter podcast is the quality of the conversations. Meghan and Cortland have a knack for asking insightful questions that elicit meaningful responses from their guests. They create a space where guests can share their stories openly and honestly, which often leads to enlightening and impactful discussions. The hosts also choose guests from diverse backgrounds and with varying beliefs, adding depth to the conversations and allowing listeners to gain multiple perspectives.
Another great aspect of this podcast is the sense of community it creates. Listeners feel like they are part of a conversation rather than passive observers. Meghan and Cortland's openness and authenticity invite engagement from their audience, fostering a sense of connection and belonging. Additionally, the inclusion of segments like Twitbits adds an interactive element to the show by addressing current conversations on social media platforms like Twitter.
While The Thereafter podcast has many strengths, one potential downside is that some episodes may not resonate with all listeners. As the show covers a wide range of topics, there may be episodes that explore themes or experiences that some individuals may not connect with personally. However, this diversity in content can also be seen as a positive aspect as it offers something for everyone.
In conclusion, The Thereafter podcast stands out for its ability to tackle important topics through real conversations with real people. Meghan and Cortland's thoughtful questioning allows guests to delve into their stories deeply, creating meaningful discussions that challenge perspectives and promote understanding. With its sense of community and inclusivity, this podcast is a valuable resource for anyone seeking personal growth and exploration.
Today's guest is Melissa Duge Spiers, author of the soon to be released, Holy Disobedience: A Survivor's Journey from the Church that Betrayed Her—a book that does just that.Melissa's story is one of survival, revelation, and ultimately, moving forward into real life. Raised in the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church, an enormous Christian fundamentalist sect that exists under the radar despite a larger worldwide membership (22M+) than the Mormons or Southern Baptists, she was taught to obey without question, live under rigid purity culture, and conform to a system that demanded silence in the face of abuse. Her world shattered when a family member became the center of an abuse scandal—someone enabled and protected by the very church that shaped her childhood.Her memoir is not just about leaving a high-control religious environment; it's about the struggle that comes after—the long, painful process of deconstructing indoctrination, unlearning deeply ingrained beliefs, and reclaiming one's identity. In sharing her journey, Melissa has become an advocate for those who have left the SDA church, many of whom have faced similar abuses. Through her powerful online presence as “The Glory Whole” on TikTok and Instagram, she has built a community of ex-Adventists and religious trauma survivors, giving voice to the often-overlooked stories of those who have suffered in silence.If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour!Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLifeInstagram/Threads: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLifeBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cortland.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/thepursuinglife.bsky.social
Emily Joy Allison is a writer, poet, and yoga teacher. She holds a degree in philosophical theology and apologetics from Moody Bible Institute and a Master of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt Divinity School. In November 2017, as the #MeToo movement was going viral, Emily came forward with her own story of abuse at the hands of her church and launched the #ChurchToo movement overnight. She has been writing and speaking about religious sexualized violence and its theological underpinnings ever since. Emily lives in Nashville, Tennessee.You can find links to all of her socials as well as info about her book at: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/7702/Emily-Joy-AllisonIf you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour!Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLifeInstagram/Threads: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLifeBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cortland.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/thepursuinglife.bsky.social
We are so excited to have Brian G Murphy back on the pod today! Brian has been doing LGBTQ activism and education for over a decade with organizations like Soulforce, GLSEN, and HRC. He received nonviolence training from civil rights leaders including Phil Lawson. He's spoken about sexuality and gender at dozens of colleges and conferences across the country. He's the co-creator of Legalize Trans, an artistic and educational movement to advance gender justice, and the co-founder of Queer Theology, a resource hub and online community for LGBTQ Christians.And don't forget, he's a certified relationship coach who works with folks to open up their relationship and navigate the issues that come with open relationships and polyamory. He has a certification in coaching through WCI which is accredited by the International Coaching Federation.Find out more about Brian and learn where to connect with him around the web through his website https://www.briangerald.com/
We were so excited to have Marla back on the show this week! Marla Taviano (she/her/) is into: books, love, justice, globes, anti-racism, blue, gray, rainbows, poems (and a hundred other things). Reads and writes for a living (and a life). Wears her heart on her t-shirts. On a mission/quest/journey to live wholefarted (not a typo). (Big fan of parentheses—and em dashes.) She is mom to some freaking awesome kids and two cats and lives in South Carolina.Find out about her work and connect with her around the web by visiting her website https://itsmemarla.com/.If you missed her first time on the show you can check out that episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6N26EUUALgtFYjNzYzJoH9?si=LJqSZMF2RQi0iesY3MUGHwIf you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour!Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLifeInstagram/Threads: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLifeBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cortland.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/thepursuinglife.bsky.social
This week on the pod we have return guest Lucas Wilson!! Here to talk about his newly released book "Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy". Lucas was on the pod before (way back on episode 022!) You can take a listen to that episode here if you'd like to hear more of Luke's personal story: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/022-luke-willson-gay-on-campus-at-liberty-university/id1534952602?i=1000527988045 We were so grateful for this opportunity to sit down with Lucas again and hope you'll go grab a copy of his book HERE: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shame-sex-attraction-survivors-stories-of-conversion-therapy-lucas-wilson/21360797 Don't forget to follow him around the web on socials! https://x.com/wilson_fw?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/lukeslamdunkwilson https://bsky.app/profile/lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram/Threads: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cortland.me https://bsky.app/profile/thepursuinglife.bsky.social
No guest on today's episode. Meghan and Cortland spend the time catching up and filling you in about what has been going on in our lives along with some quick updates about canceling Content Warning and what's next for the pod! If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram/Threads: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cortland.me https://bsky.app/profile/thepursuinglife.bsky.social
ok, friends. We've been way behind! The conversation you're hearing on this episode with Nate was actually recorded a few months ago and the intro is even from a few weeks ago. Life has been coming at us fast and we've simply been way behind on all things for the pod. We're so glad to finally be getting this one out and can't wait for you to hear our conversation with Nate Nakao! Nate is a hobbyist, activist, writer, nerd, ice hockey fan and coach, and a PC gaming enthusiast. For his 9-5, he works in media and marketing for the law school at a nationally recognized state university. Nate identifies as a cisgender, heterosexual Asian-American man. https://fullmutuality.com/ and is a co-founder of Dauntless Media (https://dauntless.fm/) which is our podcast network! We're so grateful to know Nate and get to work with him on so many projects. We hope you take the time to check out all his work after listening to today's episode! If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram/Threads: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cortland.me https://bsky.app/profile/thepursuinglife.bsky.social
No guest again this week. And sorry we are yet again releasing a little inconsistently this season. It's another good old yap session with Meghan and Cortland talking about parenting and their experiences with it through deconstruction. As per the ad spot at the beginning of the episode we'd love to have you join us at Content Warning this coming February! You can get all the info and sign up to join us in person in Atlanta or virtually online at https://www.ContentWarningEvent.com/. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram/Threads: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cortland.me https://bsky.app/profile/thepursuinglife.bsky.social
No guest this week. Instead it's just a good old yap session with Meghan and Cortland talking about relationships and the conversations we've been having about them lately. As per the ad spot at the beginning of the episode we'd love to have you join us at Content Warning this coming February! You can get all the info and sign up to join us in person in Atlanta or virtually online at https://www.ContentWarningEvent.com/. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Today's guest Blake Chastain is the host of the podcast Exvangelical, writer of the newsletter The Post-Evangelical Post, and cofounder of Irreverent Media Group, a podcast collective and content network that highlights diverse voices doing work for post/ex-evangelical audiences. In 2016, he started the hashtag #exvangelical, coining what would become a common term for a person who has left evangelical Christianity. Chastain's work and advocacy have been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Newsweek, VICE, and The New Republic. He lives in Illinois with his wife and daughter. Get all the info about Blake and find where to follow him around the web at BlakeChastain.com And find all the places to order his book HERE Exvangelical and Beyond by Blake Chastain: 9780593717073 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to Apple podcasts (or wherever you subscribe) to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod ! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Today's guest on the pod is Tia Levings, a writer, creator, guest expert, and content specialist. She shines light on the abuses of Christian fundamentalism and offers contextual insight into the true horrors of religious trauma. Her memoir, A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy, releases with St. Martin's Press on August 6th, 2024. Her videos on social media have millions of views. Through the lens of her personal experience, she connects entertainment, news headlines, and current events to fundamentalist influences and strategy. She write about religious trauma and Christian fundamentalism to educate, validate, and empower those who feel smashed by the patriarchy. To create something beautiful from pain. And, because when she went through the hell of church-sanctioned violence, she felt alone and she wasn't. There are thousands of others out there. Please make sure to visit her website to find out where to follow her around the web at https://tialevings.com/ And don't forget to pre-order your copy of the book wherever you get your books! You can find all the links for that here: https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/well-trained-wife-9781250288288/ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to Apple podcasts (or wherever you subscribe) to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
We are so stoked to have Benji back on the pod! And even better yet this week joins us for our intro (Twitbits and the Gram Slam) for a bit of discourse before the main interview! If you haven't already, make sure you follow Benji in all the places! On Twitter https://x.com/_heytherebenji and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/heytherebenji. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to Apple podcasts (or wherever you subscribe) to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
We are so excited to be sharing this interview with Jordan Morris today! We ramble about some current events in the intro segment but if you're wanting to jump right to the conversation you can skip to 21:33. Jordan is a comedy writer with experience working in TV, features, comics, podcasts, digital comedy and video games! For television he's written for shows on HBO Max, Disney Plus, Comedy Central, Cartoon Network and YouTube Originals. For comics he created and co-wrote the 2x Eisner nominated graphic novel Bubble, based on the hit Maximum Fun podcast of the same name (also created by him!). They are currently developing a feature film based on Bubble for Sony Animation and Point Grey Productions. His second graphic novel, Youth Group, is a YA horror-comedy out 7/16/24 from First Second Books! Available for pre-order NOW! This is the book we're primarily talking about in today's episode! He's also written stories for Archie Comics for their Chilling Adventures line. Jordan is a co-host of Jordan, Jesse, Go!, a totally nonsensical chat podcast with Jesse Thorn (NPR) and Free With Ads, a movie recap show with comedian Emily Fleming. You can also see him pop up semi-regularly on the hit YouTube show Good Mythical Morning as a variety of unpleasant characters. If you enjoy this episode please go pre-order the book here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250789235/youth-group You can find everything else you might want to know about Jordan and all his work over at https://www.jordanmorris.net. If you are looking for the Reel from The New Evangelicals and Erica Smith Sex Ed that we talk about in the intro of the episode, it can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8pPdhtuHZN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== And if you're looking to find out more about Erica Smith's work you can find that over at PurityCultureDropout.com. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Quick TW/CW about the begging of the episode. We talk a bit about the child sex abuses by Robert Morris and the response of Gateway Church. This topic may not be for everyone so feel free to skip over it to timestamp 17:00 to jump right to the main conversation of the episode. This story was originally published here: https://x.com/wartwatch/status/1801608034348613685 No guest this week. Instead it's just a good old yap session with Meghan and Cortland talking about the latest happenings and their thoughts on the newest Ashley Madison Docuseries from Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/81602884) If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
We know we've been so behind!! We promise we have more amazing episodes on the way with some incredible guests. Today we bring you a conversation we recorded a while back with our dear friend Celeste Irwin. It was such an amazing convo and we're so glad we're finally getting to share it! Celeste Irwin (she/her) is a transgender, lesbian woman. She is a writer and advocate for transgender rights and inclusion in Christian spaces. Having survived an abusive church, she also writes about spiritual abuse. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
This week on the pod we bring you a conversation with Phil Drysdale. For over a decade Phil has been sitting with people as they navigate the difficult process of deconstructing their faith. As well as doing research on the phenomenon. Check out all his work at https://www.phildrysdale.com/ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Today we are releasing a more impromptu conversation that we got to have with our dear friend @Transvangelical about the ways we react when prominent straight white men in evangelicalism decide to become affirming of the LGBTQ+. Fort those who may have missed our previous conversation with Transvangelical on the pod make sure to scroll back and check out her episode. And don't forget to give her a follow over on Twitter https://twitter.com/transvangelical If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
This week we're so grateful to be sitting down with Sarah McCammon. Sarah is the author of the newly released book The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church. She is a National Political Correspondent for NPR and cohost of The NPR Politics Podcast. Her work focuses on political, social and cultural divides in America, including the intersections of politics and religion, reproductive rights, and the conservative movement. She is also a frequent guest host for NPR news magazines and has appeared on the BBC, CNN, PBS, and MSNBC. During the 2016 election cycle, Sarah was NPR's lead political reporter assigned to the Donald Trump campaign and previously reported for NPR Member stations in Georgia, Iowa, and Nebraska. She lives in Norfolk, Virginia with her husband and two children. Subscribe to her substack at: https://substack.com/@sarahmccammon or follow her on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/sarahmccammon If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
On today's episode we sit down with our guest Alycea, better known around the web as @Transvangelical. Alycea is a trans theologian, linguist, Bible translator, and sex worker. Much of her work focuses on reclaiming sexuality as an integral part of who we are. Make sure to go give her a follow in all the places! You can find links to all her things at https://www.transvangelical.com/ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
On this weeks episode of the pod we sit down with Brandon Flanery! We are so excited to share this episode with you. Brandon's new book is out now and available everywhere! You can find links to follow Brandon everywhere and get a copy of his book at his website: https://brandonflanery.com/ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
This week we don't have a guest. It's just Meghan and Cortland sitting down to chat about the Content Warning Event which happened over President's Day weekend in Portland, OR. If you missed attending virtually, a replay copy of the recorded sessions will be available soon via ContentWarningEvent.com. Also, be on the lookout for details about next years Content Warning Event which we announced will be President's Day Weekend 2025 in Atlanta, GA. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
This week on the pod we have Carly Butler on to talk about her soon to be released book Apocalypse Child. We're so grateful to have this chance to chat with her and are so excited to be sharing it with you! You can find all the links to pre-order the book and follow her on all the socials at: https://linktr.ee/carlymbutton Remember, that there's still time to register for the #ContentWarningEvent (both Virtually and In Person). You can register to attend at https://www.contentwarningevent.com/ We'd love to hear from you too, so if you are wanting to drop us a text note or voice memo we'd love to hear from you! You can email those to us at Hosts@ThereafterPod.com. Please let us know in the email if you would be ok with the message or voice note being featured on an episode. If you're interested in attending the event we talk about in the beginning of the episode go to https://www.contentwarningevent.com/ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Matt @TheSnarkyGent returns to the pod (again!) to talk about the Evangelical Training Program Industrial complex. This is part 2 of our conversation! Remember, that there's still time to register for the #ContentWarningEvent (both Virtually and In Person). You can register to attend at https://www.contentwarningevent.com/ We'd love to hear from you too, so if you are wanting to drop us a text note or voice memo we'd love to hear from you! You can email those to us at Hosts@ThereafterPod.com. Please let us know in the email if you would be ok with the message or voice note being featured on an episode. If you're interested in attending the event we talk about in the beginning of the episode go to https://www.contentwarningevent.com/ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Matt @TheSnarkyGent returns to the pod to talk about the Evangelical Training Program Industrial complex. This is part 1 of our conversation! We had so much to talk about we had to break it up. Look out for part 2 next week! We'd love to hear from you too, so if you are wanting to drop us a text note or voice memo we'd love to hear from you! You can email those to us at Hosts@ThereafterPod.com. Please let us know in the email if you would be ok with the message or voice note being featured on an episode. If you're interested in attending the event we talk about in the beginning of the episode go to https://www.contentwarningevent.com/ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
This week we sit down with Trey Ferguson (known to many of us as PastorTrey05)! We're so excited to share this conversation with you and hope you take a moment to visit https://www.pastortrey05.com/book and pre-order a copy of his soon to be released book! And don't forget to follow @PastorTrey05 across all the socials! We'd love to hear from you too, so if you are wanting to drop us a text note or voice memo we'd love to hear from you! You can email those to us at Hosts@ThereafterPod.com. Please let us know in the email if you would be ok with the message or voice note being featured on an episode. If you're interested in attending the event we talk about in the beginning of the episode go to https://www.contentwarningevent.com/ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
No guest this week! Instead, Meghan and Cortland catch up about the conversation that seems to be constantly coming back up from evangelicals on the internet, which is, WHY WE'RE ALL DECONSTRUCTING. We'd love to hear from you too, so if you are wanting to drop us a text note or voice memo we'd love to hear from you! You can email those to us at Hosts@ThereafterPod.com. Please let us know in the email if you would be ok with the message or voice note being featured on an episode. If you're interested in attending the event we talk about in the beginning of the episode go to https://www.contentwarningevent.com/ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
We are so sorry this is out late! But we are so very excited to be releasing this episode with Flamy Grant! In an effort to get it out ASAP I'm going to make the show notes here short so we can get get this published and have you enjoying it right away! You can check out Flamy's Kickstarter at: https://KickFlamy.com or visit her website https://www.flamygrant.com/ for links to all the things! If you're interested in attending the event we talk about in the beginning of the episode go to https://www.contentwarningevent.com/ If you are wanting to drop us a text note or voice memo we'd love to hear from you! You can email those to us at Hosts@ThereafterPod.com. Please let us know in the email if you would be ok with the message or voice note being featured on an episode. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
This week we have a return guest!! Will from episode 013 returns to the show for an amazing conversation! Don't forget to give Will a follow over on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/heretical_theology/ and leave them a comment telling them you found them through the pod! Also, for those interested in the event we mention at several points in the episode, you can check out all the info we've released so far along with registering for your spot to join us at ContentWarningEvent.com. We can't wait to hang out with so many of you in person and online at the event this coming February! If you are wanting to drop us a text note or voice memo we'd love to hear from you! You can email those to us at Hosts@ThereafterPod.com. Please let us know in the email if you would be ok with the message or voice note being featured on an episode. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
This week on the pod we are so grateful for the opportunity to sit down for a chat with Brittany Bruton! Brittany has been a dear friend of ours since before we were podcasting and we've wanted to have her on the pod for so long now! Make sure you give her a follow over on IG at: https://www.instagram.com/brittnbloom/ Also, if you're looking for a link to the podcast about IHOPKC that Cortland mentioned in the intro, it can be found HERE: https://frequencypodcastnetwork.com/podcasts/heaven-bent/ If you are wanting to drop us a text note or voice memo we'd love to hear from you! You can email those to us at Hosts@ThereafterPod.com. Please let us know in the email if you would be ok with the message or voice note being featured on an episode. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
No guest this week. Cortland and Meghan sit down to chat in a shorter episode than usual. We cover all kinds of topics coming off a weekend of getting to hang out IRL. Get into it! If you are wanting to drop us a text note or voice memo we'd love to hear from you! You can email those to us at Hosts@ThereafterPod.com. Please let us know in the email if you would be ok with the message or voice note being featured on an episode. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
What an honor to have the one and only Almighty God on the pod! They, of course, need no introduction so let's all just jump in to the interview! Don't forget to follow God around the socials: on Twitter: https://twitter.com/almightygod on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@real_almightygod on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/almightygod.bsky.social If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
We are so excited to be sharing our conversation with Matthias Roberts on the pod today! Matthias (he/him) is a psychotherapist specializing in religious and spiritual trauma and the author of Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms. He hosts Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being and holds two master's degrees from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, one in theology and culture, and one in counseling psychology. His work has been featured by O: The Oprah Magazine, Bustle, Woman's Day, Sojourners, The Seattle Times, and many others. He lives in Seattle. His new book "Holy Runaways" was just released on October 3rd and is now available wherever books are sold! You can find links to follow Matthias around the web through his website https://matthiasroberts.com If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Meghan and Cortland chat about what we've been up to and what we have planned for season 4. We're so excited for the conversations we're going to be having and sharing with all of you this season! If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Welcome to our summer mini-sodes! We have decided to be done with Season 3 but don't want to go all summer without hanging out and connecting with all of you, so we've decided to do mini-sodes that will pretty much just be our Twit-Bits segment of the show each week (or as close to weekly as we can manage during the busy summer! We hope this way we can stay connected with listeners even while on our break between seasons! We'll be back with full episodes including guest interview when we launch Season 4 or the pod this fall! Until then, enjoy this summer series of mini-sodes! As you heard in the ad at the beginning of the episode our podcast network Dauntless Media has a Discord server that we'd love for you to join! You can join the Dauntless server through this link: https://discord.gg/C3DUZdF3HJ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLifeInstagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Welcome to our summer mini-sodes! We have decided to be done with Season 3 but don't want to go all summer without hanging out and connecting with all of you, so we've decided to do mini-sodes that will pretty much just be our Twit-Bits segment of the show each week (or as close to weekly as we can manage during the busy summer! We hope this way we can stay connected with listeners even while on our break between seasons! We'll be back with full episodes including guest interview when we launch Season 4 or the pod this fall! Until then, enjoy this summer series of mini-sodes! As you heard in the ad at the beginning of the episode our podcast network Dauntless Media has a Discord server that we'd love for you to join! You can join the Dauntless server through this link: https://discord.gg/C3DUZdF3HJ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLifeInstagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Welcome to our summer mini-sodes! We have decided to be done with Season 3 but don't want to go all summer without hanging out and connecting with all of you, so we've decided to do mini-sodes that will pretty much just be our Twit-Bits segment of the show each week (or as close to weekly as we can manage during the busy summer! We hope this way we can stay connected with listeners even while on our break between seasons! We'll be back with full episodes including guest interview when we launch Season 4 or the pod this fall! Until then, enjoy this summer series of mini-sodes! If you're looking for the podcast interview with Meghan she mentioned in the episode you can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ZH3PS1FT6Bk3TVt4zozj6?si=pyhHyDWAQdOMwLmUqO7oqA As you heard in the ad at the beginning of the episode our podcast network Dauntless Media has a Discord server that we'd love for you to join! You can join the Dauntless server through this link: https://discord.gg/C3DUZdF3HJ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLifeInstagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Welcome to our summer mini-sodes! We have decided to be done with Season 3 but don't want to go all summer without hanging out and connecting with all of you, so we've decided to do mini-sodes that will pretty much just be our Twit-Bits segment of the show each week (or as close to weekly as we can manage during the busy summer! We hope this way we can stay connected with listeners even while on our break between seasons! We'll be back with full episodes including guest interview when we launch Season 4 or the pod this fall! Until then, enjoy this summer series of mini-sodes! As you heard in the ad at the beginning of the episode our podcast network Dauntless Media has a Discord server that we'd love for you to join! You can join the Dauntless server through this link: https://discord.gg/C3DUZdF3HJ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLifeInstagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
This week on the pod we sit down for a conversation with Erica Smith! Erica, is an award winning sexuality educator and consultant with over 20 years of experience. Throughout her career, she has provided comprehensive sex education and advocacy to young women and LGBTQ+ youth in Philadelphia's juvenile justice system, worked in abortion care, and supported HIV+ and transgender adolescents and their families. In 2019, she developed the Purity Culture Dropout™️ Program to help people learn all of the sex education that they missed growing up in purity culture- sex ed that is accurate, queer inclusive, trauma informed, compassionate, and comprehensive. She has since worked with hundreds of people to help them learn about healthy sexuality after high control religion. Erica lives in Philadelphia with her partner and house full of rescue animals. You can connect with Erica over on her website https://PurityCultureDropout.com And don't forget to give her a follow over on IG and Twitter. https://www.instagram.com/ericasmith.sex.ed/ https://twitter.com/ericasmithsexed As always, if you want to skip over the #TwitBits portion of our intro and jump straight into the interview you can skip to 16:10. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
We are so excited to share our interview with Benjamin Perry on today's episode! Benjamin Perry is a minister at Middle Church and an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in outlets like The Washington Post, Slate, Sojourners, and Bustle. With a degree in psychology from SUNY Geneseo and an MDiv from Union Theological Seminary, Perry has worked as an organizer with the New York chapter of the Poor People's Campaign and as an editor at Time, Inc. Perry has appeared on MSNBC, Al Jazeera, and NY1, and is the editor of the Queer Faith photojournalism series. He and his spouse, Erin Mayer, live with his best friend and brother in Maine, nurturing a small apple orchard. You can order directly from the publisher HERE: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506485119/Cry-Baby And don't forget to follow Ben over on the socials at: https://twitter.com/FaithfullyBP https://instagram.com/FaithfullyBP If you want to skip over the #TwitBits portion of our intro and jump straight into the interview you can skip to 21:00. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
No guest interview on today's episode! Cortland and Meghan talk about harm reduction, shared ethics beyond deconstruction, and the contrast with some of the large conservative platforms that exist in harmful and toxic ways. A content warning on this episode as we discuss Steven Crowder and a recent abusive video that surfaced and other aspects of domestic abuse. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
We are so excited to share this episode with you! This week Cortland and Meghan sit down with Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers and Chloë Abigail. Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers is a best-selling author, speaker, and researcher on sexual shame and healing religious sexual trauma. She is professor emerita of sexuality, and Marriage & Family Therapy, and the Founder of the Northwest Institute on Intimacy and Inanna Rising. She is the author of: Sex, God, and the Conservative Church – Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy and Shameless Parenting – Everything You Need to Raise Shame-free, Confident Kids and Heal Your Shame Too! With a degree in the sociology of gender, Chloe Abigail is an accomplished and highly sought after editor at the intersection of sexuality, spirituality, and human thriving. She is also Dr. Tina's daughter. Their favorite past-time is sitting in the hot-tub and discussing all things sexuality, patriarchy, and life in the 21st century. We know our listeners will love this episode and the insights that come from this dynamic mother/daughter duo. If you want to skip #twitbits and head straight to the interview, jump to 27:20. If you enjoyed this episode, check out Dr. Tina's website, https://www.tinaschermersellers.com/, which includes links to her books and social media. You can find and follow Chloë Abigail at @TheGrammarGrimoire on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thegrammargrimoire/. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Hosts Cortland and Meghan spend today's episode hanging out with folx from the Thereafter community. This was a spur of the moment episode celebrating what we love most about making this podcast - the people we get to interact with. The episode is a bit chaotic, but we hope you'll have as much fun listening as we did making it. We also hope to do this again in the future! Special thanks to the guests that jumped in to say hello. Please check them out and follow them on social media! Here is their info: Piper - https://twitter.com/mothsbane https://twitter.com/refuge_faith Peggy - https://twitter.com/Peggatha Matt - https://twitter.com/thesnarkygent Jenny - https://twitter.com/SwearingsCaring Micah - https://twitter.com/ThisMicahCarve r If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
We are so excited to have Jenna DeWitt as our guest today on the pod! Jenna DeWitt (she/her) is a writer, editor, and resource curator. She uses her powers as a sapphic aromantic asexual to advocate for queer belonging in the church and greater awareness of aromanticism and asexuality within affirming theology. Her website, InvisibleCakeSociety.com, provides resources, essays, poetry, and podcast interviews exploring the many facets of queerness, faith evolution, mental health, and more ways people can feel unseen. She lives in sunny Southern California and on Twitter at @Jenna_DeWitt (https://twitter.com/jenna_dewitt). TW/CW: We do talk a bit about the Nashville shooting, gun violence, and transphobia in our #TwitBits segment at the beginning of the episode. If you are wanting to skip straight to the interview you can jump to 32:00 to get straight into the interview. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! At the end, we mention a science fiction rotation into the deconstruction book club referencing this tweet from a previous guest https://twitter.com/thesnarkygent so please follow Matt to stay up to date with all things book club! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
On today's episode, Cortland and Meghan talk with Justin Gentry, former pastor and also co-host of two fabulous podcasts: REVcovery and Go Home Bible, You're Drunk. Justin joins us for #twitbits and a larger conversation about ministry, forced tithing, and the exploitation of church staff and volunteers. Check out Justin's podcasts here: REVcovery: https://www.irreverent.fm/show/revcovery/ Go Home Bible: https://www.irreverent.fm/show/go-home-bible-youre-drunk/ If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! At the end, we mention a science fiction rotation into the deconstruction book club referencing this tweet from a previous guest https://twitter.com/thesnarkygent so please follow Matt to stay up to date with all things book club! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Quick TW/CW up at the top! We do get into some conversation during the TwitBits portion at the beginning of the episode that could be triggering. We discuss sexual assault and rape in regards to the discourse around David and Bathsheba that has been happening on twitter once again. If you are not in a place to hear conversations on this topic this might be one you want to skip. There is no guest on today's episode. In addition to #TwitBits we spend the episode reminiscing about some of our favorite moments from the pod so far! We also make a call at the end of the episode for listeners to send us a voice recording of their favorite moments from the pod so far! Those submissions can be submitted via email to hosts@ThereafterPod.com If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, join our Discord server, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
We are so very excited that today's guest is Camille Hernandez! Camille is an abolitionist, community facilitator, and poet. In all her avenues, she uses care-centered leadership models to help survivors know their voice, be nourished in community, and develop self-compassion practices in order to birth new liberated realities into existence. Her debut book The Hero and the Whore: Reclaiming Healing and Liberation through Stories of Sexual Exploitation in the Bible will be released on November 7, 2023. Make sure to keep an eye out for that pre-order link soon! Make sure to follow her at all the places listed below: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellocamilleh/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellocamilleh TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@hellocamilleh Substack: https://camillehernandez.substack.com Spoutible: https://spoutible.com/camillehernandez Website: https://camillehernandez.com As usual, if you want to jump straight to the interview you can head to 23:20. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, join our Discord server, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Today on the pod we sit down with the one and only Josephine Jael Jimenez or as you may know her from around the web @JosieTakesTheWorld. Josie is the host of the Speaking in Church Podcast along with being the a photographer, writer and numerous other amazing things! She is a dear friend of the show and we are so excited to have her on the pod today! Make sure you follow her over on instagram https://www.instagram.com/josietakestheworld/ and on Twitter https://twitter.com/josietakesthe as well as checking out all her work over on her website http://www.josietakestheworld.com/ As always we ramble for a while in the beginning about all the latest things we've seen and heard on the web in our #TwitBits Segment. If you'd like to skip straight to the episode you can jump to 23:00. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, join our Discord server, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Today's guest is the one and only Jennifer C. Martin, and we couldn't be more excited for her to be our Valentine's Day guest! She is a writer and editor living in Richmond, Virginia with her two partners, two children, and two pets. A former Pentecostal and current member of the United Church of Christ, she writes on religion, theology, sexuality, culture, entertainment, parenting, and polyamory. Her work has been featured in Insider, New York Times, Jezebel, Sojourners, Time magazine, and more. You can subscribe to her Substack, Dirtbag Christian, or check out jennifercmartin.com to catch up on all her latest writings and find her on social media. In her free time she loves baking, fermenting things, gaming, binging TV shows, reading, leftist politics, and yoga. Make sure you follow her on all her socials which can all be found on her LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jennifercmartin As always we ramble on at the beginning of the episode for our #TwitBits segment where we talk about the latest social happenings! If you want to skip straight to the interview you can jump ahead to 28:38. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, join our Discord server, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Today we are honored to have Marla Taviano as our guest on the pod! Marla is into books, love, justice, globes, anti-racism, blue, gray, rainbows, and poems. She reads and writes for a living, wears her heart on her t-shirts, and is on a mission/quest/journey to live wholefarted (not a typo). She's the author of two books of unconventional poetry: unbelieve and jaded. She lives in South Carolina with her four freaking awesome kids. Find out more at marlataviano.com Don't forget to follow Marla on IG at: https://www.instagram.com/marlataviano/ Follow her Book account on IG at: https://www.instagram.com/whitegirllearning/ And on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/marlataviano As always Meg and Cortland get into the latest happenings from twitter and around the web in the #TwithBits segment in our intro! If you want to skip straight to the interview with Marla you can jump to 21:15. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, join our Discord server, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Today's guest is Kristina Hart who is one of our favorite follows from around the web! Kristina is a writer, comedian, podcaster, and all around amazing human! On this episode Kristina brings her unique perspective as a Persian woman who grew up in Christianity, began her online career blogging about Christian singleness and has since seen her faith and perspective evolve. She consistently brings an insightful and comedic perspective on topics of faith, womanhood, dating, and more! We promise if you aren't already in love with Kristina upon starting this episode you will be by the end! Make sure to follow Kristiana over on her socials on: Twitter @edgykristina https://twitter.com/edgykristina Instagram @edgykristinahart https://www.instagram.com/edgykristinahart/ TikTok @edgykristinahart https://www.tiktok.com/@edgykristinahart Keep an eye out on her socials for her new podcast launching soon! And don't forget to follow her former podcast “That's Super Weird” Podcast over on Instagram: @superweirdpod https://www.instagram.com/superweirdpod/ You can get the T-shirt we mention in the episode HERE: https://www.bonfire.com/kristina-hart-is-self-publishing-a-joke-book/?fbclid=PAAaaYS868u5Gj-tdZ44msXsIowLcgwRNWDCDo4DrmH0QXFK0gOa5ReThk5a8 As usual, if you want to jump straight to the interview you can head to 30:30. If you want to check out Meghan's sermon she mentioned from GracePointe Nashville you can find the link here: https://twitter.com/thepursuinglife/status/1619105934210654208 If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, join our Discord server, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
Today's episode is one we've been excited to release for awhile. Cortland and Meghan chat with Shannon TL Kearns. A former fundamentalist who became the first openly transgender man ordained to the Old Catholic priesthood, Shannon TL Kearns believes in the transformative power of story. As an ordained priest, a playwright, a theologian, and a writer all of his work revolves around making meaning through story. He is the co-founder of QueerTheology.com. His first book In the Margins: A Transgender Man's Journey With Scripture just released from Eerdmaan's books. He started and led Uprising Theatre Company for 6 years. Shannon is a Humanitas New Voices Fellow for 2022 and was a recipient of the Playwrights' Center Jerome Fellowship in 20/21 and he was a Lambda Literary Fellow for 2019 (in playwriting) and 2022 (in screenwriting) and a Finnovation Fellow for 2019/2020. He is a sought after speaker on transgender issues and religion as well as a skilled facilitator of a variety of workshops. His work with Brian G. Murphy at QueerTheology.com has reached more than a million people all over the world through videos, articles, and online courses and community. You can also follow Shannon on Twitter at @shannontlkearns or Instagram at @shannontlkearns. Please also consider supporting Shannon's work through Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/shannontlkearns As usual, if you want to jump straight to the interview you can head to 14:57. If you enjoy listening to the show, please consider heading over to apple podcasts to rate and review us. If you really enjoy the show, we would love to see you in our Patreon.com/ThereafterPod! Also, look for us on social media and shoot us a message to say hello, join our Discord server, or chat with us in Twitter spaces on Tuesday mornings in deconstruction coffee hour! Twitter: @ThereafterPod, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife Instagram: @ThereafterPodcast, @CortlandCoffey, @ThePursuingLife
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