Podcast appearances and mentions of Paula Stone Williams

 In the eyes of the Trump Administration, trans people do not exist. The president signed an executive order declaring, in part, “it is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female." Reality is more nuanced than that. We get perspective from Rev. Paula Stone Williams, a pastor, therapist, and mayor pro tem of Lyons, Colorado. Then, the sandhill cranes return this weekend to the San Luis Valley. Plus, how USDA cuts are affecting Colorado. 

J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk are being targeted for cyberbullying. This is by the man who beat the garbage out of women in the Olympics and then went and fought another man for a female title. He's suing J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk. We'll talk about that. And in a very related story, a man who calls himself Paula Stone Williams, former president of the Orchard Group Church Planting Network, is out to support Christians for Kamala Harris. And we will look at how CNN is saying it's okay to promote fake headlines all the while the rage against “misinformation” on the right.Episode Links:J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk Named in Cyberbullying Lawsuit Filed by Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif After Olympic Win (EXCLUSIVE)Christians for Kamala posted this on YouTube. Pure evil. Paula Stone Williams, former president of the Orchard Group church planting network, says we must support for Harris in order to keep transing kids.A Transgender Pastor On A Hero's JourneyCNN defends Kamala's campaign pushing fake headlines in Google ads... by saying it's up to people to know better. The defense is:  it's not the campaigns fault for lying... it's people's fault for believing us. They're morally bankrupt.CNN: Why Trump's 'fake news' claim is wrongEXCLUSIVE: Tim Walz—in footage unearthed by @dcexaminer—called Hitler-promoting imam Asad Zaman a “master teacher” who offered Walz lessons over the time they “spent together." The footage further contradicts the Harris campaign's claim Walz has no personal relationship w/ Zaman61-Year-Old Man Gets 18 Month Prison Sentence For Chanting “Who The F*&k is Allah”Jake Tapper throws a fit about Donald TrumpAlan's Soaps alansartisansoaps.comUse coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price.Bioptimizershttps://magbreakthrough.com/toddfreeGet your 30-capsule bottle of Magnesium Breakthrough for FREE!  No promo code needed. ONLY at magbreakthrough.com/toddfreeBonefroghttps://bonefrogcoffee.com/toddMake Bonefrog Cold Brew at home!  Use code TODD at checkout to receive 10% off your first purchase and 15% on subscriptions.Bulwark CapitalBulwark Capital Management (bulwarkcapitalmgmt.com)Learn about Bulwark's strategies with their FREE Common Cents Investing Guide.  Get yours by calling 866-779-RISK or go to KnowYourRiskRadio.com.EdenPUREhttps://edenpuredeals.comUse code TODD3 to save $200 on the Thunderstorm Air Purifier 3-pack..  Native Pathhttps://getnativepath.com/toddStock up on NativePath Collagen for up to 45% off plus free shipping.  Renue Healthcarehttps://renue.healthcare/toddYour journey to a better life starts at Renue Healthcare.  Visit https://renue.healthcare/todd

Paula Stone Williams, Boomer, joins us to talk about the fearless face of authenticity as part 3 of our 4-part series about the book Fearless Female Leaders by Kathy McAfee and Rosemary Paetow (Eps, 182, 183).   Paula is a Pastoral Counselor and internationally known speaker on gender equity and religious tolerance. As Kathy and Rosemary wrote this in their book after interviewing Paula: “She who had been born into a boy's body and was given the name Paul by her parents knew she was meant to be a girl… After leading a double life he made the fearless decision to move forward with her gender transition... for the first time in her years on earth she was feeling seen, heard, loved and valued for who she truly was. A woman.”    Topics covered in the Episode: Transition journey Male & woman leadership insights Gender equity Authenticity Mary Oliver's The Journey Actions to take the deep inner journey What keeps us from leading Rejection Types of gifts Women apologizing   Here are three takeaways from the episode:   1.    Women can have very strong leadership tendencies and tend to have great confidence coupled with great humility. 2.    The call toward authenticity is sacred, is holy, and for the greater good and it's terrifying and never easy. 3.   What stops us from leading is not what we fear but what gave birth to the fear. It's something that comes from thinking we're unworthy of deep human connection as we are. You cannot lead from a place of strength until you deal with this dragon. Mentioned in the episode:   Paula's Ted Talks https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=paula+stone+williams+ted+talk   Mary Oliver's The Journey https://margaretmcgoverne.com/2019/01/08/poem-of-the-month-the-journey-by-mary-oliver/   Ep. 182 From Origin Story to Empowerment: A Conversation w Fearless Leaders, Kathy McAfee and Rosemary Paetow https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/CcYH6G3ZYLb   Ep. 183 Flying High: Jane Dyer's Journey of Fearlessness in the Face of Sexism https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/VAjC3kby5Lb   Ep. 177, Worthy: Self-Confidence, Self-Worth, and Insights from Jamie Kern Lima's Book https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/qqParJ3ZYLb   58. Sorry? Apology help from the Book: Sorry, Sorry, Sorry https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Lz5OiP0eFLb   More About Paula: She lives in Lyons, Colorado, where she serves as Mayor Pro Tem. Paula has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, TED, NPR, PBS, and many other media outlets. Her TED talks have had over nine million views. Paula's memoir, As A Woman, What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2021.     How to reach Paula:    paula@rltpathways.com   Website: www.paulastonewilliams.com   How to reach Yo Canny:    Our website: www.girltaketheleadpod.com  You can send a message or voicemail there. We'd love to hear from you!   Our store: www.girltaketheleadpod.com/shop   email: yo@yocanny.com   FB group: Girl, Take the Lead https://www.facebook.com/groups/272025931481748/?ref=share   IG: yocanny   YouTube   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yocanny/

Amanda and Dr. Paula Stone Williams have a much needed, intentional conversation about what it means to live an encore life. Dr. Williams speaks to the seasons of life in which you feel lost and validates that lost is in fact a valuable place where the renewing of your mind and giftings come to light.

Paula Stone Williams is an internationally-known speaker on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, the New York Times, Red Table Talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Washington Post, NPR, and other media outlets. This podcast is part of the Leaning Forward Conference recordings from December 9th, 2023. To…Read more →

Paula Stone Williams, guest speaker

Paula Stone Williams is an internationally-known speaker on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance.  She has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, the New York Times, Red Table Talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Washington Post, NPR, Good Morning America, CNN, ABC News, PBS, and scores of other media outlets. As a keynote speaker, Paula has spoken for hundreds of corporations, conferences, and universities…Read more →

Rev. Dr. Paula Stone Williams continues our August series, "A Transforming Faith" sharing from Luke 2:41-52

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Each of us is called to the hero's journey, we just have to find the courage to answer the call. Today, Dr. Paula Stone Williams breaks down some of the epiphanies Jesus' disciples experienced when they were in boats. She explains how these epiphanies mirror her own journey and the hero's journey we're all currently on. Paula is an internationally known speaker, a pastor, and author of the book “As A Woman: What I Learned About Power, Sex and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned.” Episode Recap: Many of the disciples epiphanies happened in boats (1:12) Jesus was good but not safe (2:22) The truth will set you free, but it'll probably make you miserable first (6:58) We're all called to the hero's journey, we just have to find the courage to answer (14:21) Our calling will always align with our gifts (21:08) Resources: Learn more about GracePointe Check out our schedule of upcoming events Follow GracePointe on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook As A Woman: What I Learned About Power, Sex and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned

On today's episode, hosts Cortland and Meghan interview Paula Stone Williams. Paula is an internationally-known speaker on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, the New York Times, Red Table Talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Washington Post, NPR, Good Morning America, CNN, ABC News, PBS, and scores of other media outlets. Paula has been a keynote speaker for hundreds of corporations, conferences, and universities around the world. Her TED talks have had over seven million views. Paula's memoir, As A Woman – What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned was published by Simon & Schuster in June of 2021. Paula is also one of the founding pastors at Left Hand Church in Longmont, CO which you can find at https://www.lefthandchurch.org/. We know our listeners will appreciate Paula's insights into evangelicalism, patriarchy, gender equity, and the impact of the recent political climate on transgender people. Please continue to engage with Paula's work by checking out her website https://paulastonewilliams.com/, and ordering her book at https://paulastonewilliams.com/buy-paulas-book/. You can find Paula on Twitter @ paulaswilliams or on Instagram @ paulastonewilliams Cortland and Meghan chat briefly in the intro and if you want to jump straight to the interview you can head to 14:35. 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

Rev. Dr. Paula Stone Williams concludes our November Series, "Ingredients for a Church", with a conversation about Talents. Sermon focus question: How are you offering your talents or gifts to participate in God's work at City Church? Follow City Church San Francisco: Instagram: https://instagram.com/citychurchsf Facebook: https://facebook.com/citychurchsf Twitter: https://twitter.com/citychurchsf Website: https://www.citychurchsf.org To support the ongoing work of City Church you can give online at: www.citychurchsf.org/give or text "CCSF $" to 77977 or (833) 245-8442 and follow the prompts on the screen.

In this episode, we speak with transgender pastor, Paula Stone Williams about her transition and how her "death before death" impacted her family, her congregation, and her work today. We also talk about what end-of-life planning might look like for those in the LGBTQIA+ community, as we as what allies can do to support the trans and queer folks in their lives. Paula Stone Williams is an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She is also a pastor and pastoral counselor in Boulder County, Colorado. Paula has been featured in theNew York Times, TEDWomen, TEDSummit, TEDxMileHigh, Red Table Talk, the Denver Post, the New York Post, New Scientist magazine, Radio New Zealand, and many other media outlets. Her TED talks have had over six million views. This podcast is an extension of The 20-20 Grief Project, started in 2018 in response to Diane's desire to understand grief's lasting effects on our lives. Inspired by the phrase, “hindsight is 20-20,” this project features real people, real stories, and real grief. Learn more at 2020griefproject.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diane-brennan/message

Rev. Dr. Paula Stone Williams continues our Eastertide Sermon Series, "Vignettes of Hope: A New Way of Seeing", with a sermon from Acts 16 titled "New Access". All are welcomed, loved and affirmed (

I'm super proud to bring you this conversation with Dr. Paula Stone Williams. An internationally-known speaker on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance.  Paula has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, the New York Times, Red Table Talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Washington Post, NPR, Good Morning America, CNN, ABC News and PBS just to name-drop a few and her TED talks have had over seven million views. In this conversation today, Paula shares her experience and insight from an incredibly unique position she describes as coming from the borderlands of gender… the liminal space between… Where she lived much of her life as Paul, from a position of success and the power of white male privilege and Paula, where she experienced, well… what quietly lives on the other side of all that. There were so many questions I am so thankful Paula allowed me to ask about her personal experience, from marriage, parenthood, religion, love and identity. Wow. what an insight...   EPISODE SPONSOR | SCOPE (AUST) LTD Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/scopeaust/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/scope-aust/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/scopeaust Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scopeaust/ PAULA STONE WILLIAMS Website: www.paulastonewilliams.com TIFFANEE COOK Linktree:  https://linktr.ee/rollwiththepunches/ Website: www.rollwiththepunches.com.au LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/tiffaneecook/ Facebook:  www.facebook.com/rollwiththepunchespodcast/ Instagram:  www.instagram.com/rollwiththepunches_podcast/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/tiffaneeandco   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Women Thought Leader, Dr. Paula Stone Williams. She is a transgender author, public speakers, and pastoral counselor.

In this episode, I talk with Paula Stone Williams about her book, As a Woman. A father, husband and successful pastor and CEO, Paula Stone Williams made the decision transition at the age of 60 and quickly discovered her life as a woman was not going to be as easy as her life as a (white) man. Transgender people are in a very unique position having lived as both genders. Paula illuminates the aspects of our gender socialisation and culture that often go unexamined, demonstrating how drastically her life changed when nothing else did but her gender. Some topics of discussion include: What life was like for Paula as a child and her long, successful career in an evangelical community that she was kicked out of as soon as they learned she was transgender Her life now compared to when she was living as a man, including what she finds most frustrating and most common Losing her status, her voice and even her confidence after coming up against what women have struggled with for millennia - being listened to, taken seriously or simply not interrupted And more! Powered by The Trouble Club: use the code STORY25 to get 25% off all Trouble ticket sales and membership payments  The quotes you will hear read during the interview are taken directly from the book, As a Woman. Transcription is available here Buy the book: US | Global Mentioned in the episode: The Middle Passage - James Hollis Swamplands of the Soul - James Hollis She's My Dad - Jonathan S. Williams Where to find Paula Stone Williams: Website | Instagram | Twitter -- Join the storytellers: ...and help elevate woman's story to our main narrative! Follow along Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube | LinkedIn Goodreads | Bookclub Subscribe to the newsletter The usuals Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes, apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts Share with a friend, colleague or family member Become a Patreon for access to bonus content and to support the podcast, or buy me a (metaphorical) coffee Check out The Story of Woman bookstore filled with 100's of books like this one. Any books purchased through the website links support this podcast AND local bookstores! Contact Questions? Comments? Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! thestoryofwoman@gmail.com www.thestoryofwomanpodcast.com

After leading a well-established life as a pastor, father and husband, Paula Stone Williams could no longer deny her truth and transitioned. In this conversational and at times humorous reflection, Williams offers her perspective on the everyday experiences lost, gained and once taken for granted in her journey of trans womanhood.

After leading a well-established life as a pastor, father and husband, Paula Stone Williams could no longer deny her truth and transitioned. In this conversational and at times humorous reflection, Williams offers her perspective on the everyday experiences lost, gained and once taken for granted in her journey of trans womanhood.

After leading a well-established life as a pastor, father and husband, Paula Stone Williams could no longer deny her truth and transitioned. In this conversational and at times humorous reflection, Williams offers her perspective on the everyday experiences lost, gained and once taken for granted in her journey of trans womanhood.

After leading a well-established life as a pastor, father and husband, Paula Stone Williams could no longer deny her truth and transitioned. In this conversational and at times humorous reflection, Williams offers her perspective on the everyday experiences lost, gained and once taken for granted in her journey of trans womanhood.

Luego de llevar una vida bien establecida como pastor, padre y esposo, Paula Stone Williams no podía seguir negando su verdad e inició su transición de género. En esta reflexión controvertiday, por momentos, humorística, Williams ofrece su perspectiva sobre sus experiencias cotidianas perdidas, ganadas y, alguna vez dadas por sentado, en su trayectoria como mujer trans.

Dr. Paula Stone Williams continues our Lenten Series, "Full To The Brim", with a sermon from Luke 15 titled Prodigal Grace. All are welcomed, loved and affirmed (

Author, Pastor and LGBTQ Advocate Paula Stone Williams sits down with host Doug Pagitt to discuss the recent wave of laws targeting transgender kids and their parents. Paula Stone Williams is an internationally-known speaker on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance.  She has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, the New York Times, Red Table Talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Washington Post, NPR, Good Morning America, CNN, ABC News, and scores of other media outlets. Paula has been a keynote speaker for hundreds of corporations, conferences, and universities around the world.  Her TED talks have had over six million views. Paula's memoir, As A Woman – What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned was published by Simon & Schuster in June of 2021.     Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist.  @pagitt   The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic   votecommongood.com votecommongood.com/podcast facebook.com/votecommongood twitter.com/votecommon

In her gripping new memoir, Paula Stone Williams tells the many stories of being a transgender pastor who transitioned from male to female--all that was lost and gained along the way. Including the many unique insights and observations about power, sex, and the patriarchy. We've been friends with Paula for several years now, learning from her wisdom and experience in ministry, as well as being the recipients of her giant heart for humanity. It's an honor to have Paula back on the Show! Check out her book, "As a Woman: What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned" : https://amzn.to/3xmXJ5R For more about Paula, check out her TED talk (with other 4 million views): https://tinyurl.com/3tcp82te as well as her blog: https://paulastonewilliams.com #progressivechristianity​​ #postevangelica​l #transgenderchristian ——— ABOUT THE KATE & COLBY SHOW Our mission is Holistic Care for the Soul. As post-Evangelicals, and self-identifying Progressive Christians (or at least, most days), we offer unique insights into the world of relationships, spiritual practices, parenting, and more. We met when we were in Junior High, got married in 2003, and soon grew our family to four kids. Living in San Diego, we also co-Pastor the church we started in 2014, Sojourn Grace Collective: https://www.sojourngrace.com The Kate & Colby Show was a podcast first (and still is!), and is also now a LIVE Show that streams on Wednesdays at 7pm pacific. ——— THREE WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW 1) Financially Express your gratitude and help with the costs of producing and growing the Show with one-time gifts or monthly backing: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kateandcolby 2) Socially Subscribe to our channel here on Youtube Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kateandcolby​ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kateandcolby Get our Newsletter: https://www.thekateandcolbyshow.com 3) Reviewingly Listen, Rate and Review our Podcast. - iTunes: https://apple.co/2VfFgb3 - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Vh4jdH - Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2VeotoT - Podbean: https://bit.ly/3fZ4yCj ——— SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR MONTHLY BARISTAS
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Today we're going to talk about two of the most important things when it comes to meeting our needs, interconnectedness and equity. Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide In this episode we cover: How ignorant we used to be What we mean by interconnectedness What happens if we meet our needs in ways that negatively impact others What happened for us personally when we ignored interconnectedness How we don't live in an equitable society What that means for the meeting of our needs, other people to meet their needs, and the affect that has on OUR needs being met too Serena's personal experience of being on two different sides of a systemic inequity How we're being conditioned by the media to perpetuate these problems This are the TED talks we reference in the episode: The Urgency of Intersectionality by Dr Kimberlé Crenshaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOe5-UsQ2o I've lived as a man & a woman -- here's what I learned by Paula Stone Williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrYx7HaUlMY&t=34s Some more resources on some aspects of systemic privilege: https://docs.google.com/document/d/121uE187yIWuw1QA_sORr7RS0lTe6-f3YHYAYu_uhuog/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nw8OjUhKPWlOBiV_E5cTJILo2FCti1iCk7hbM0S2PJ0/ “But I was poor growing up, I didn't have any privilege” - Often the term ‘privilege' doesn't resonate with people who did not have wealth or class privilege growing up. This article explains this: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/explaining-white-privilege-to-a-broke-white-person_b_5269255 To see the Vodcast (Video podcast) preview, check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyLFobMUaJiJuNzy_nsT7Q To watch the full Vodcast (Video podcast) now, join us here: https://www.patreon.com/TheUniversalNeeds

Rev. Paula Stone Williams, of Left Hand Church in Longmont, transitioned at age 60. The evangelical circles she'd dedicated her life to as a man rejected her as a trans woman. Williams' new book is “As A Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned.” She joined us in July for “Turn The Page,” our regular reading circle.

Rev. Paula Stone Williams, of Left Hand Church in Longmont, transitioned at age 60. The evangelical circles she'd dedicated her life to as a man rejected her as a trans woman. Williams' new book is “As A Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned.” She joined us in July for “Turn The Page,” our regular reading circle.

Paula is just one of the many authors from around the world participating in Miami Book Fair 2021, the nation's largest gathering of writers and readers of all ages. Please visit miamibookfair for more information follow MBF at @miamibookfair or #miamibookfair2021 Paula Stone Williams is an internationally known speaker on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, the New York Times, Red Table talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Washington Post, NPR, Good Morning America, CNN, ABC News, and scores of other media outlets.  Paula has been a keynote speaker for hundreds of corporations, conferences, and universities around the world. Her TED talks have had over six million views. Paula's memoir, As A Woman – What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned was published by Simon & Schuster in June of 2021.

In this open and heartfelt conversation with Jonathan Williams, son of transgender writer and speaker Paula Stone Williams, he shares his own journey through disbelief, anger, resentment, and finally, acceptance that his father was a trans woman. As an Evangelical pastor who followed in his father's footsteps, having a transgender parent was a career ending development. Jonathan shares how he journeyed from pastor to ally and eventually left his church and created the first truly LGBT+ affirming Evangelical church in Brooklyn, NY.

“As A Woman” Dr. Paula Stone Williams is an internationally known speaker on gender equity; LGBTQ+ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She is also a pastor and pastoral counselor in Boulder County Colorado. Paula has been featured in the New York Times, TEDWomen, TEDSummit, TEDxMileHigh, Red Table Talk; and the Denver Post, the New York Post; New Scientist magazine, Radio New Zealand and many other media outlets. Her Ted Talks have been viewed more than six million times.

We're excited to share our conversation with Paula Stone Williams on her memoir, AS A WOMAN.   Dr. Paula Stone Williams is an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She is also a pastor and pastoral counselor in Boulder County, Colorado. Paula has been featured in The New York Times, TEDWomen, TEDSummit, TEDxMileHigh, Red Table Talk, The Denver Post, New York Post, New Scientist Magazine, Radio New Zealand, and many other media outlets. Her TED talks have had more than five million views.    Her latest book, As A Woman, is a moving memoir that explores her experience as a pastor transitioning from male to female.   Paula Stone Williams is one of the many authors from around the world participating in Miami Book Fair 2021, the nation's largest gathering of writers and readers of all ages. She is so looking forward to sharing her work, thoughts and new ideas with everyone, in person and on line. Please visit miamibookfair.com for more information, or follow MBF at @miamibookfair #miamibookfair2021   Feminists Without Mystique is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you'll love at Frolic.media/podcasts!   -   feministswithoutmystique.com Support us on Ko-fi!  Twitter: @fwmpodcast Instagram: @feministswithoutmystique Facebook: facebook.com/fwmpodcast Email: feministswithoutmystique@gmail.com   

Jen Oyama Murphy of Paper Crane Coaching  joins Maggie and Danielle to talk about her work with dreams.Jen is a Story Guide. She has a BA in English from Yale University. She's worked in ministry and Non-profit settings for 30 years using both theology and psychological modalities. She's a dream guide, a mom and she most recently worked for the Allender Center in Seattle. Jen has been a guide for Danielle personally in her training in therapy work and story work. Both Maggie and Danielle were in story groups that Jen facilitated through the Allender Center.Jen is located in Chicago, IL with her husband. They have two adult daughters and so as far as stage of life goes, she's transitioning out of that mother and moving into what she is calling the Matriarch stage, borrowing from Jungian Psychology and archetypes. She is trying to live and lead from a place more of knowing where I'm empowered and called, rather than when you're in that mothering stage where it's a lot of effort and figuring out how to care for yourself while caring so deeply for others. “I think even my identity is starting to locate a little bit differently.”All three are connected to the Seattle School and Jen mentions that on the Seattle School's website, they have a quote from Richard Rohr about the inside edge of the outside, or the outside edge of the inside. To Jen that's a liminal space and she locates herself in that space as an Asian American woman, feeling very much in the in-between and the invisibility of that space. It can be really lonely, with a sense of waiting and transition. For her that plays out for her racially, not being white, not being black and not really knowing how to understand or define herself without a lot of other Asian faces around her. This has been a place that has felt like a place of abandonment and a place where she's forgotten herself. Because she's moving into her middle-late 50s, she in a different place where she's starting to hear Jesus ask her to consider that the liminal space actually is a space of creativity. It's not just a place of marginalization but out of that hurt when there is healing and transformation and growth, there can be this powerful space of transition, generativity and creativity. This has brought a new richness to her dream world and she's trying to pay attention to it and bring it into the work she's doing. Maggie asks Jen what is dream work and how does she use it?Jen thinks of dreams as parables—they are stories that the spirit is co-authoring with our unconscious. Because she is such a cognitive person, living in her head, she believes it is Jesus' pursuit of her and God's sweet mercy that she has dreams. Playwright Marsha Norma says “dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.” For Jen this is perfect combination of story work, which is about text, and dreams which are the symbols and pictures that go along with the story. Because she is in her head so much, she misses or doesn't pay attention to the illustrations. Her dreams are stories with symbols that are inviting her to pay attention to something about herself, something about her world, something about who Jesus is and what the kingdom of God is life. Sometimes, she says, it is something she once knew and had forgotten and needed to be reminded again. Dreams are a powerful way God is communicating to us. Jungian analyst and Episcopal priest John Sanford says, “Dreams are God's forgotten language” and Jen thinks that is really true.Danielle has been writing about how are words just are coming out of her and that her dreams give her the texture and feeling. She is able to have a witness and a felt sense in her skin for the texture of the story. A nod back to the liminal space Jen talked about, a blending of past and present, what's real and what we're calling dreams or parables.When Jen talks about dream work, 9 times out of 10 people will say her “I don't dream” or “I can't remember my dreams.” She believes it is because we put so much pressure on ourselves to encode things cognitively through a lot of words. Dreams are this embodied symbol and story mixed together. What Jen tells people is just to practice being aware of what comes up when you wake up—that may be a feeling, a color, an emotion, it may be one symbol or one words. Just start there and don't put pressure to wake up a write three pages of a really complicated dream. You may not be ready for all the content. What comes you when you first wake up may be what the spirit is inviting you to pay the most attention to. Maggie asks Jen what she thinks dreams are made of? Jen had mention them being our unconscious and the holy spirit. What Maggie thinks of when she thinks of how dreams are made is the idea from Disney/Pixar's Inside Out. The main character falls asleep, and we the audience are seeing her brain working on the inside and they are grabbing scenes from the day, putting a lens over it and then projecting to the dreaming world.Jen wishes she knew how dreams are made but for her it is part of the mystery of it and that is what she loves about dream work. She is sure there are physiological components to what makes us dreams. She believes the idea that dreams are the spirit of God co-authoring with a part of her that she doesn't have access to or has forgotten, that are calling her back to herself, back to Jesus, back to the people that she is called to be in community with. “There is something that God is touching in us in a creative way that is meant to tell us something about ourselves that we don't know or aren't paying attention to. How that works or why that works, I don't really know… It just feels like a gift and mystery of God to me and I'm okay with that being how I think dreams are made and what are purpose are to me.”Maggie agrees, especially when you look at the Biblical text – there are many places and times when God is speaking to people through a vision or a sleeping dream. There is precedent for what you're saying. And there probably is some science or physiological components that we just don't understand. Danielle says if we jump back to the text or to story work, there needs to be a witness. In the biblical text yes people get a dream but they just don't keep it to themselves forever. There's a sharing, an imparting, and singing, as was the case with Mary and Elizabeth. We aren't meant to have to decipher and decode dreams by ourselves. Jen believes that dreams are meant to say something to us personally as well as to the collective. If you look at scripture, the dreams are for the dreamer and also as a way to connect to whatever is happening in the community, the collective space. We need each other in order to bear witness to the dream but also to explore what the dream is saying to me about me, what the dream is saying to us about us, what the dream is saying to our world about our world. We know this from story work, that kind of exploration invites and needs other people. Dreams never have one meaning, there's so many meanings to dreams.” This is why Jen loves doing this work in groups: you get the reflection, or the idea or the questions from so many people. There's not one right interpretation to the dreams. There can be lots of meanings and at different times. The more people that you have, like the same with story work, you need to be wise and discerning of who we share or dreams with (and your stories). Maggie says she loves that the dreams are not just for the dreamer. When we initially approached Jen to come on the podcast she sent us a resource about dream work and Maggie thought she would give the guided practice a try in preparation for our time together. She wrote down two dreams she had over the past week and one of them felt like it wasn't for her, it was for her mom. Her dream was about her grandfather, who passed away in 2005. In the dream just her mom and her were in a room with him in his home in Redmond, WA as he was dying. He passed away and all the extended came in to grieve and morning and say a few words. And when it was her turn, her grandfather opened his eyes and said “I made it home. I love you.” Maggie woke up and felt like “Whoa, that was insane!” She has not dreamt about him in a long time. But she thought was for her mom and so she texted her and told her about the dream. It brought peace to her mom as well as her. Dreams are just for the dreamer and it's meant to be shared in community. It feels more powerful, the mystery of it. Jen says dreams can be saying something about our community and our collective nature and they are primarily about us. She says the tendency in dreams, when you dream about people, is to think that it's about that actual person. Our instinct is to externalize whatever we're dreaming or reading or coming across. Part of what dream work is focusing on, and asking of us to look at, is our representation of our inner world, which is harder for us to look at it. If Jen was working with Maggie she would ask her some questions like, “tell me about your grandfather” and have her describe him and think through “are there any parts of you that are like him?” “What about your mom? What about your external family?” She says it's not Internal Family Systems but there are some similarities. These real people in your dreams are real people but they are also possibility representations of parts of you that you may not recognize that you resonate with. So that story is also telling you something about you, internally. Maggie said that makes her a little bit weepy, especially with what her grandfather in the dream said, which was “I made it home” and “I love you.” Maggie goes on to say, “and if that is a representation of myself, then some place, some of inner world, is settled… It is where it's supposed to be…” Jen continues engaging Maggie by asking her to list three adjectives about her grandfather just off the top of her head. Maggie responds with a deep sigh. Her grandfather was extremely kind, deeply religious (what she would call “a holy man,” and he was also available. Jen adds, because he is old there is a time element. She asks Maggie: Are there ancient, old or ancestral parts of you that are looking to come home within you?Maggie said she'll need to ponder it. Danielle notices that the idea that there are these ancient aspects of ourselves, which seems taboo in our current culture to think through. To be able to dream that feels like a safe way to bring it to Maggie's awareness. Maggie will ponder, long after this conversation, what ancestral parts of her are longing to return home and what that will look like. Our family stories are complicated right, we carry with us our stories and their stories [our ancestor's]. Even saying that, Maggie realizes it's not just me and my family, but also the collective, the generations built up.Jen says the other piece of dreamwork is not having these strict categories like gender. If you are dreaming about a male and you identify as a female then we assume it's about someone else. “It's the fluidity and the integration of all these different pieces and parts of us: ages, genders, sexuality, race… To consider those within us, and not just something that is external that we can kind of pick and choose. Again, I feel like the spirit is bringing all those symbols and pieces to us for a reason, so having a lot of openness and kindness and curiosity around why that is? And considering is that apart of who we are? Is that a part of maybe a piece of us that we have contempt for or have forgotten or we felt like we only assigned to somebody else but that identity or those characteristics are actually within us as well.” This is especially so within families, when you start to dream about your family. We tend to put people in one place or another and we say, “I am not like these people!” or “I don't want to go here” or “I really identify here.” “Dreams don't tell us what we already know. They very rarely are confirming or self-congratulatory. I think dream should be humbling to us, in a kind way not in any way that's about humiliation, but about a kindness and a curiosity. Dreams, I think, are meant to tell us something that we don't know, that we aren't paying attention to or that we've forgotten. There should be a tenderness and softness to the exploration."Jen adds that confidentially in dream work is important, just as it is in story work or a therapeutic setting. How we hold people's stories is so important and another's dreams is very important to. Especially because dreams happen in the unconscious. We may be revealing something about ourselves to ourselves, to our therapists, to our friends, that we don't even know yet. There is an extra layer of vulnerability that happens when you're doing dream work. When Danielle thinks about confidentiality and bringing the unconscious forward, she wonders how do you form a group that it's engaging dream work? It usually recommended, when someone comes to a group that she co-facilitates, that group participants have a therapist or spiritual director or some other place outside of the group to process what comes up in group. She and her colleague Kali that run groups together also have supervision—they have a place to process what comes up in group while still honoring the participants confidentiality. She asks Jen, is that a similar frame for doing dream work or a dream group?Jen says it very much is the same. Dream work is mysterious and deep; It taps into the things about ourselves that we don't yet know or that we don't want to know yet. There needs to be a lot of care. She has two dream groups right now and her participants have their own therapeutic or pastoral process with other people, and that feels really important. She is also in regular contact with two analysts—one that she is doing her own dream work with and the other being more of supervisory role. Jen adds that all the things that we advocate for in story work and pastoral work are equally if not more true for dream work. There are some similarities, she says, between story groups and dream groups: they both are working towards transformation and healing; confidentially is key; the idea that having more voices, faces and stories that are able to engage you can be helpful, expansive and deepening; Curiosity and kindness are necessary for the work. The key difference between story work and dream work is that in dream work the dreamer is the author and authority of the dream. It is the dreamer who controls the pace and process. The only expert in the room is the person who had the dream. In dreams, the symbols that comes to the dreamer are particular to the dreamer. Only the dream knows what a cat means to the dreamers. Everyone else can offer suggestions and reflections, but that is all they are. In terms of a story group or a therapeutic group, we may work in terms of the group dynamics. If you start to delve into a story and come up against resistance, we would work with the resistance. That's true also of transference or counter transference. But this is not the case in a dream group because the dream is for the dreamer and they are the only one who gets to say what the dream is about. If they (the dreamer) are resistant, then they are resistant. Jen sees resistance in dream work as something in you that is not ready to hear. The work is asking a lot of questions to help the dreamer find the meaning of the dream or themselves. Maggie asks Jen what kind of inner healing or insights or even interpretations have come out of her dream groups on individual dream work clients?Jen likes the word “analysis” better than “interpretation” for dreams because with “interpretation” it is about assigning a meaning. Jen isn't going to interpret your dream for you. This, she says, is another big difference between story work and dream work. With story work, we tend to give a lot of authority and expertise to the facilitator or the therapist; they get to name for us what they are seeing in our story. And in a lot of ways, Jen says, they can see and understand our story better than we can. In a dream, however, she does not think its good dream work to have someone outside of the dream be interpreting the dream (think like books about dreams or “bar tricks”). This is why she likes the word “analysis” – because in Greek it is the word for “loosening” as in “loosening of.” Jen says then that “analysis is breaking up the things that are stuck so that it floats to the surface.” The dreamer gets to say this is what is coming up to the surface, and they get to name what it is and the meaning of it. The question in dreamwork is less, “what does it mean?” and more, “what is the dream saying to me about me?” Dreamers are the only ones who knows the meaning and significance of their dream and the symbols in them. The dreamer being in control is important because in Jen's 30 years of experience doing groups, 95% of the time the leader is white and is trained in a very Western theology and psychology. Their interpretations are coming from that located-ness, which has so much goodness but also misses her as an Asian woman. And then she misses herself. When the dreamer is the author and authority, their culture, gender, sexuality, etc. becomes theirs and primary. We get to focus in on their particular identity and story and culture in a way that we don't often do. Danielle as a therapist, is licensed and has gone through the system, but yet she really believes that the space is co-created. People want to be told something helpful, “tell me what do” they say to her. She finds that giving some kind of answer or instruction is not satisfying in the therapeutic space. To give an answer often isn't helpful and is not actually what they want. What she hears Jen says is that there is a way to embody culture, to honor it, and to not offer to untie a dream and let it spill everywhere. It's more about the group pulling gently on threads of a knot and seeing what does loosen up. That provides a lot of safety for the dream teller. In Jen's body it feels more collective – it's working together on loosening something up so the dreamer can say, “this loosened up and here's what it means to me” rather than the therapist or facilitator telling you over there while people are watching. Sometimes in story work as the story teller, Jen said she can oddly feel passive in her own process, relying on someone else to interpret. It can feel like I don't know myself or my story and I need someone to make meaning for me, rather than people helping me making meaning for myself. Maggie agrees and believes that is what happened when she shared her dream today about her grandfather. Rather than Jen telling her what the dream means, just by asking Maggie questions she was able to arrive at a deeper meaning. When she initially had the dream, the meaning she made was that her grandfather is in heaven, he got there! But then with Jen's questions, and the idea that we are all the characters in our dreams, Maggie began to process for herself, “what ancestral part of me is home?” or is coming home. Thinking of herself as the one said “I made it home.” Maggie said she now has an experiential knowing of what Jen is taking about. Danielle said she wants to sign up! Jen loves doing dream work and she loves story work, it's both for her just like in the playwright quote. We need the text, the story, the script of the play and we need the images, the symbols, and the mystery of that. For her personality and her story, doing dream work feels more natural to her. She tends to wonders around, ask a lot of questions and ask the participant to think. Because she's a non-majority person she tends to ask about culture—she's interested and curious about the specific things have a different meaning or story because of your ethnicity and culture. She has that orientation. ---Connect with Jen at Paper Crane Coaching www.pcranecoaching.comjen@pcracnecoaching.com Jen is reading: As A Woman, by Paula Stone Williams, The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See, The Cure for Sorrow by Jan Richardson, Gospel of MarkJen is listening to: "Permission to Dance" by BTS, Vivaldi's Four Seasons - especially AutumnJen is inspired by: the 2 groups of women she meets with weekly, her family, her clients, and the sunrise from her condo  Introductory Dream work resources: Inner Work, by Robert JohnsonDreams, A User Guide, Centre for Applied Jungian Studies https://appliedjung.com/root/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DREAMS-A-FREE-GUIDE.pdf

As a father of three, married to a wonderful woman and holding several prominent jobs within the Christian community, Dr. Paula Stone Williams made the life-changing decision to physically transition from male to female at the age of sixty. Almost instantly, her power and influence in the evangelical world disappeared and her family had to grapple with intense feelings of loss and confusion.Feeling utterly alone after being expelled from the evangelical churches she had once spearheaded, Paula struggled to create a new safe space for herself where she could reconcile her faith, her identity, and her desire to be a leader. Much to her surprise, the key to her new career as a woman came with a deeper awareness of the inequities she had overlooked before her transition. Where her opinions were once celebrated and amplified, now she found herself sidelined and ignored. New questions emerged. Why are women's opinions devalued in favor of men's? Why do love and intimacy feel so different? And, was it possible to find a new spirituality in her own image?In As a Woman, Paula's “critical questions about gender, personhood, and place are relevant to anyone. Her writing insightfully reveals aspects of our gender socialization and culture that often go unexamined, but that need to be talked about, challenged and changed” (Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her) in order to fully understand what it means to be male, female, and simply, human.

As a Woman What I Learned About Power, Sex & Patriarchy After Transitioning by Miami Book Fair Author Paula Stone Williams A deeply moving and insightful conversation covering Paula's transition from successful male pastor and counselor to female, with the ups and downs of seeking authenticity and truth in order to live her soul's purpose and for the greater good. She spills the beans on male privilege and what she now realizes females put up with in our patriarchal society.  

On this episode Tim talked to author, pastor and speaker Paula Williams. Paula transitioned from a man to a woman and has a unique perspective on what she has learned since transitioning. Tim and Paula talk about her former job as a CEO and president of a church planting network and what life is like now as she advocates for women's rights and equal pay in the workplace.  he has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, the New York Times, Red Table Talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Washington Post, NPR, Good Morning America, CNN, ABC News, and scores of other media outlets.Support what we do Paula's website and Ted TalksFollow Tim on Instagram // @thenewevangelicals Check out the new merch Join Our Facebook Community Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Christian. Pastor. Transgender. Join us to hear from Dr. Paula Stone Williams about her experience journeying from male to female and from despair to joy. As a father of three, married to a wonderful woman and holding several prominent jobs within the Christian community, Dr. Paula Stone Williams made the life-changing decision to physically transition from male to female at the age of sixty. Almost instantly, her power and influence in the evangelical world disappeared and her family had to grapple with intense feelings of loss and confusion. Feeling utterly alone and at a loss after being expelled from the evangelical churches she had once spearheaded, Paula struggled to create a new safe space for herself where she could reconcile her faith, her identity, and her desire to be a leader. Much to her surprise, the key to her new career as a woman came with a deeper awareness of the inequities she had overlooked before her transition. Where her opinions were once celebrated and amplified, now she found herself sidelined and ignored. New questions emerged. Why are women's opinions devalued in favor of men's? Why does love and intimacy feel so different? And was it possible to find a new spirituality in her own image? In her book As a Woman, Paula pulled back the curtain on her transition journey and shed light on the gendered landscape that impacts many in the LGBTQ+ community. Williams shares her lived experience of both genders and offers a truly unique perspective on the universal struggle to understand what it means to be male, female, and simply, human. SPEAKERS Paula Stone Williams Pastor, Left Hand Church (Longmont, CO); Author, As a Woman Michelle Meow Producer and Host, "The Michelle Meow Show," KBCW and Podcast; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors; Twitter @msmichellemeow—Co-Host John Zipperer Producer and Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable; Vice President of Media & Editorial, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on August 12th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christian. Pastor. Transgender. Join us to hear from Dr. Paula Stone Williams about her experience journeying from male to female and from despair to joy. As a father of three, married to a wonderful woman and holding several prominent jobs within the Christian community, Dr. Paula Stone Williams made the life-changing decision to physically transition from male to female at the age of sixty. Almost instantly, her power and influence in the evangelical world disappeared and her family had to grapple with intense feelings of loss and confusion. Feeling utterly alone and at a loss after being expelled from the evangelical churches she had once spearheaded, Paula struggled to create a new safe space for herself where she could reconcile her faith, her identity, and her desire to be a leader. Much to her surprise, the key to her new career as a woman came with a deeper awareness of the inequities she had overlooked before her transition. Where her opinions were once celebrated and amplified, now she found herself sidelined and ignored. New questions emerged. Why are women's opinions devalued in favor of men's? Why does love and intimacy feel so different? And was it possible to find a new spirituality in her own image? In her book As a Woman, Paula pulled back the curtain on her transition journey and shed light on the gendered landscape that impacts many in the LGBTQ+ community. Williams shares her lived experience of both genders and offers a truly unique perspective on the universal struggle to understand what it means to be male, female, and simply, human. SPEAKERS Paula Stone Williams Pastor, Left Hand Church (Longmont, CO); Author, As a Woman Michelle Meow Producer and Host, "The Michelle Meow Show," KBCW and Podcast; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors; Twitter @msmichellemeow—Co-Host John Zipperer Producer and Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable; Vice President of Media & Editorial, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on August 12th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Lavery welcomes Dr. Paula Stone Williams, an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. Lavery and Williams dig into two letters: First, from a letter writer who is wondering how to crank up the family support for a non-binary niece. Another letter writer is wondering how to know if their decision to undergo top surgery is the right one. Plus, a deep dive into Williams new book, As A Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned. Slate Plus members get another episode of Big Mood, Little Mood every Friday: sign up now! Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: mood@slate.com Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Lavery welcomes Dr. Paula Stone Williams, an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. Lavery and Williams dig into two letters: First, from a letter writer who is wondering how to crank up the family support for a non-binary niece. Another letter writer is wondering how to know if their decision to undergo top surgery is the right one. Plus, a deep dive into Williams new book, As A Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned. Slate Plus members get another episode of Big Mood, Little Mood every Friday: sign up now! Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: mood@slate.com Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rev. Paula Stone Williams, of Left Hand Church in Longmont, transitioned at age 60. The evangelical circles she'd dedicated her life to as a man rejected her as a trans woman. Williams' new book is “As A Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned.” She joined us for “Turn The Page,” our regular reading circle.

Rev. Paula Stone Williams, of Left Hand Church in Longmont, transitioned at age 60. The evangelical circles she'd dedicated her life to as a man rejected her as a trans woman. Williams' new book is “As A Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned.” She joined us for “Turn The Page,” our regular reading circle.

Dr. Paula Stone Williams is an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy and religious tolerance. As a transgender woman, Paula brings a unique perspective to her work on gender equity.  She says, "The differences between living as a man and a woman are massive. There is no way an educated white male can understand how much the culture is tilted in his favor, because it is all he has ever known and all he ever will know." Paula's recently released memoir, As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned (Simon & Schuster), chronicles her transition journey and sheds light on the gendered landscape that impacts many in the LGBTQ+ community and women in the workplace and beyond. In addition to her public speaking and corporate consulting, she is also a Pastor and Pastoral Counselor in Boulder County, Colorado. Paula has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, TEDWomen, TEDSummit, TEDxMileHigh, Red Table Talk, National Public Radio, Good Morning America, ABC Primetime News, CNN, People Magazine, and many other media outlets. She has been a keynote speaker for hundreds of conferences, corporations, and universities around the world. Her TED Talks have had over six million views. Paula lives in Boulder County, Colorado, where she also serves as a pastor with Left Hand Church. 

For most of her life, Paula Stone Williams lived as a man. She led a conservative evangelical church for more than 20 years. She was married to a wonderful woman and had three children. But she also harbored a secret. Since she was a small child, she knew she was a woman. Her path to coming out — and what happened afterwards — is the subject of her new memoir, “As A Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned.” Tuesday at 9 a.m., Williams will join Kerri Miller to discuss her transition at the age of 60, how her family and friends reacted and what she learned about the patriarchy after living her life as a trans woman. Guest: Paula Stone Williams is a transgender pastor. Her just-published memoir is “As A Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex and Patriarchy After I Transitioned.” To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above. Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS

Doug Pagitt sits down with author, pastor and therapist Paula Stone Williams about her new book “As A Woman - What I learned about Power, Sex and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned.” In her book and this interview she talks openly and honestly about her her personal journey and what others in the transgender community experience in our society.   Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt   The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic   votecommongood.com votecommongood.com/podcast facebook.com/votecommongood twitter.com/votecommon

Dr. Paula Stone Williams on Breaking it Down with Frank MacKay - Author & Renowned Transexual by Frank MacKay

Paula a published author and TEDx speaker shares a bit about her story and how evangelicalism's rejection did not keep her from finding her voice. She talks about her book, "As a Woman" and provides statistics on the level of acceptance of trans people within Christian spaces. Listen and share this podcast if you know someone going through a transition or wanting to learn more about public Christian figures with a trans experience.

Rev. Paula Stone Williams led a conservative evangelical church for over two decades. Then, in 2013, she came out as a transgender woman. Now, she fights for gender equity and LGBTQ rights.We talk to Williams about her new memoir "As A Woman: What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned."Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Paula Stone Williams, the author of "As A Woman: What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned", to discuss the philosophy that the call toward authenticity is sacred, holy, and for the greater good, as well as to examine the complicated dynamic that exists between religion and sexuality. Paula Stone Williams is an internationally-known speaker on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, TEDxMileHigh, the New York Times, Red Table Talk, the Denver Post, the New York Post, New Scientist Magazine, Radio New Zealand, and NPR. Her TED talks have had over five million views. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Paula Stone Williams is an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy and human understanding. As a transgender woman, Williams brings a unique perspective to her work on gender equity.Whether a corporate meeting, women's conference, company retreat or national gathering, Williams' unique perspective and story-telling skill delights both men and women as she humbly and effectively advocates for gender equity, LGBTQ rights and appreciation for the differences among us.Williams has been the CEO of a large religious non-profit, the editor-at-large of a national magazine, host of a national television show and a corporate consultant. Williams has served as an adjunct university professor in the United States and Europe, and is the author of eight books, including "She's My Dad", co-authored with her son, Jonathan.In addition to her public speaking and corporate consulting, Williams currently serves as a pastor at Left Hand Church in Longmont, Colorado, where she also maintains a counselling practice.Her Book As A Woman – What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned is available for preorder and will be released on June 1. Follow Paula on her blog athttps://paulastonewilliams.com/ IT'S NOT A LIE:Rob tells a very MOOOOVING Story This podcast was recorded on April 20th, 2021.

Paula Stone Williams was Paul Williams for 60 years, the married father of three and a prominent evangelical pastor. Paul came out to his family as transgender and soon after, became Paula. Paula talks about her transition and personal experience as a woman.

Join us on Thursday, January 28 @ 5pm EST for an exciting and insightful conversation with Dr. Paula Stone Williams.  Dr. Williams is an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance.  She is also a Pastor at Left Hand Church and Pastoral Counselor in Boulder County, Colorado. She has been featured in the New York Times, TEDWomen, TEDSummit, TEDxMileHigh, Red Table Talk, the Denver Post, The New York Post, New Scientist Magazine, Radio New Zealand, and many other media outlets.  Her TED talks, including I lived as both a man and woman & here's what I learned, have over six million views. Tune in to hear her experiences and words of wisdom!

Paula Stone Williams is an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance.  She is also a Pastor and Pastoral Counselor in Boulder County, Colorado.  As a transgender woman, Paula brings a unique perspective to her work on gender equity.  We talk about what transitioning in midlife was like for her and the trials she faced on her journey to become her authentic self.  I think there’s something in her story that we can all learn from… that we are all called to become more true to ourselves as we age, and that, yes, it takes courage to leave behind what’s comfortable, but oh so worthwhile to take that journey.

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Paula Stone Williams joins the pod to talk about progressive Christian church planting and what churches need to think about going forward from Covid.  To learn more about Paula, visit her website https://paulastonewilliams.com/ Her church, https://www.lefthandchurch.org/ To support the pod: https://patron.podbean.com/futurechristian

Dr. Paula Stone Williams, preacher

National public speaker Dr. Paula Stone Williams' Ted talks on being a transgender woman have gone viral. She is a national public speaker who specializes in Gender Equity, LGBTQ Inclusion, Executive Leadership, and American Religion.She joins Scott to talk about her journey as a founder and the challenges of being an entrepreneur.Dr. Paula Stone Williams is Chair and CEO of RLT Pathways, Inc. Paula is also Pastor of Preaching and Worship at Left Hand Church.Dive deeper into the episode here: https://bit.ly/2Fwax4Q.Have feedback? Connect with Scott Case on LinkedIn.Visit foundersfocus.com to join the live video sessions, watch past sessions, and see what topics are up next.

“So what I ended up doing was being an incredible dick to my father. That's what I ended up doing.” Jonathan Williams is the Lead Pastor of Forefront Church in Brooklyn, New York. He co-wrote his first book She’s My Dad: A Father’s Transition and a Son’s Redemption with his father Paula Stone Williams. https://twitter.com/the_jonathanw

On this episode of Uncharted Territory, we interview Paula Stone Williams. As a transgender woman, Paula has lived both as a man and a woman and she's led companies both as a man and a woman. On this episode, she talks about the practical steps both men and women can take to advance gender equity in the workplace, the challenges and nuances of patriarchal workplace dynamics, and how men and women can be allies and champions for each other.You can watch Paula's numerous speeches and Ted talks below:I've lived as a man & a woman - Here's what I learnedWhat I learned about men - After I transitioned gendersThe story of a parent's transition and a son's redemptionThe Reverend Dr. Paula Stone Williams knows the truth will set you free, but only after it upends your carefully constructed narrative. Her devotion to authenticity caused her to leave her comfort zone as a nationally known religious leader and follow her heart to transition from Paul to Paula. She lost all of her jobs and most of her friends. Williams also discovered the massive differences between life as a male and as a female in America.Williams is the pastor of preaching and worship at Left Hand Church in Longmont, Colorado, a pastoral counselor with RLT Pathways and a sought-after speaker to corporations, government agencies, universities and religious institutions on issues of gender equity and LGBTQ advocacy. She has been featured in the New York Times, the Denver Post, New Scientist, Radio New Zealand, Colorado Public Radio and The Huffington Post. Her TEDxMileHigh talk on gender equity has had more than one million views.

On this episode of Uncharted Territory, we interview Paula Stone Williams. As a transgender woman, Paula has lived both as a man and a woman and she's led companies both as a man and a woman. On this episode, she talks about the practical steps both men and women can take to advance gender equity in the workplace, the challenges and nuances of patriarchal workplace dynamics, and how men and women can be allies and champions for each other.You can watch Paula's numerous speeches and Ted talks below:I've lived as a man & a woman - Here's what I learnedWhat I learned about men - After I transitioned gendersThe story of a parent's transition and a son's redemptionThe Reverend Dr. Paula Stone Williams knows the truth will set you free, but only after it upends your carefully constructed narrative. Her devotion to authenticity caused her to leave her comfort zone as a nationally known religious leader and follow her heart to transition from Paul to Paula. She lost all of her jobs and most of her friends. Williams also discovered the massive differences between life as a male and as a female in America.Williams is the pastor of preaching and worship at Left Hand Church in Longmont, Colorado, a pastoral counselor with RLT Pathways and a sought-after speaker to corporations, government agencies, universities and religious institutions on issues of gender equity and LGBTQ advocacy. She has been featured in the New York Times, the Denver Post, New Scientist, Radio New Zealand, Colorado Public Radio and The Huffington Post. Her TEDxMileHigh talk on gender equity has had more than one million views.

On this episode of Uncharted Territory, we interview Paula Stone Williams. As a transgender woman, Paula has lived both as a man and a woman and she's led companies both as a man and a woman. On this episode, she talks about the practical steps both men and women can take to advance gender equity in the workplace, the challenges and nuances of patriarchal workplace dynamics, and how men and women can be allies and champions for each other.You can watch Paula's numerous speeches and Ted talks below:I've lived as a man & a woman - Here's what I learnedWhat I learned about men - After I transitioned gendersThe story of a parent's transition and a son's redemptionThe Reverend Dr. Paula Stone Williams knows the truth will set you free, but only after it upends your carefully constructed narrative. Her devotion to authenticity caused her to leave her comfort zone as a nationally known religious leader and follow her heart to transition from Paul to Paula. She lost all of her jobs and most of her friends. Williams also discovered the massive differences between life as a male and as a female in America.Williams is the pastor of preaching and worship at Left Hand Church in Longmont, Colorado, a pastoral counselor with RLT Pathways and a sought-after speaker to corporations, government agencies, universities and religious institutions on issues of gender equity and LGBTQ advocacy. She has been featured in the New York Times, the Denver Post, New Scientist, Radio New Zealand, Colorado Public Radio and The Huffington Post. Her TEDxMileHigh talk on gender equity has had more than one million views.

We talk with the Rev. Dr. Paula Stone Williams about how to get men to care about gender equity, why the concept of sexual sin is rooted in patriarchy, and how her gender transition changed her relationship to God. Connect with Paula online: Website: Paula Stone Williams Facebook: Paula Stone Williams Twitter: @paulaswilliams2 Paula's TEDxMileHigh Talks: I’ve lived as a man & a woman — here’s what I learned What I realized about men — after I transitioned genders Healing and Peace for Tyler and Julie Note: We recorded and scheduled this episode before everything started shutting down due to COVID-19. Know that we are praying you are staying safe, healthy, and (as much as possible) home. For a full transcript of this episode, visit blessedarethefeminists.com. Find us on Instagram @holyfeminists or Twitter @holyfeminists. Share your feedback via email at blessedarethefeminists@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at 737-BATF-POD (737-228-3763). Help us keep the show going by supporting us on Patreon.

Paula Stone Williams knew from a young age that she was transgender, but as a leader in a conservative evangelical religious community, then Paul, avoided transitioning at all costs. Paul's son, Jonathan, followed in his father's footsteps and began a career in ministry, creating a new church under the same organization. Three months into his new job, Paul sat Jonathan down and told him that he was transitioning to a woman. The community backlash was instant, members exited in mass and funding disappeared. But through the reckoning, they forged a new relationship with their faith, each other, and birthed two inclusive churches publicly and intentionally welcoming the LGBTQIA community.Benefiting Left Hand Church and Forefront Brooklyn See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You may not have heard of the Egyptian king Akhnaten, but the young pharaoh helped shape modern religion as we know it. His revolutionary efforts to shift Egypt away from worshiping many gods to worshiping just one paved the way for monotheism and the major Judeo-Christian faiths. His desire to remake the world is the subject of Philip Glass's entrancing opera. In this episode, host Rhiannon Giddens and her guests reflect on Akhnaten’s "Hymn to the Sun," an aria drawn from an ancient text of devotion. Akhnaten expresses his adoration of the sun and asserts himself as a prophet – a vision of his own power that eventually led to his downfall. At the end of the show, you'll hear countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo sing the complete “Hymn to the Sun” from the Metropolitan Opera stage. The Guests Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo previously sang the role of Akhnaten at English National Opera in London and LA Opera, and he now stars as the titular pharaoh at the Metropolitan Opera. Even though he has lived with the character for nearly four years, he still hasn't decided whether he sees Akhnaten as a visionary or cult leader. But that doesn't stop him from wearing an Eye of Horus necklace.   Kara Cooney is a professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA who spent years as an archaeologist in Egypt. At dig sites and in her research, Cooney has been able to uncover some moments of Akhnaten’s life, which still largely remains a mystery. Even she doesn’t quite understand her journey into Egyptology, she has always understood the world best through the lens of antiquity.  Karen Kamensek is conducting Akhnaten at the Metropolitan Opera. A self-proclaimed Glass groupie, she is our first guest who's been mentored by a show's original composer. The world-renowned conductor pays it forward by leading a number of youth orchestras.  John Schaefer is the host of the WNYC radio program New Sounds. For more than 30 years, he has promoted the work of contemporary composers and performers. In 1984, he jumped at the chance to premiere Akhnaten on the radio.  Special appearance by Rev. Paula Stone Williams, a pastor and LGBTQ advocate. As a transgender woman, Williams uses her experiences to foster more compassion in the world.

Paula Stone Williams, preacher

Dr. Paula Williams spent 13 years as the host of a national television show (viewed by millions) and served as the Chairman and CEO of The Orchard Group -- a non-profit organization that starts new churches in the US-- for 34 years. Then her name was Paul. From a very young age, Paula knew she was transgender, but given her upbringing in a conservative religious household, she learned to keep this secret to herself. She eventually married, had children of her own, and was successful by many measures. But something was missing. One night, Paula (then Paul) had a life-altering realization. She knew that if she transitioned to being a woman it would inflict pain onto the people she loved most and she would put everything she worked for at risk, but it was bigger than her. It was a calling towards authenticity. When Paula finally mustered up enough courage to face her biggest fear and come out, she lost everything: all her jobs, her pension, her friends, and the news sent her family into disarray. Few people in her religious community understood or supported her. She says that was a brutal time for everyone in her family, especially for her ex-wife and kids. With some years behind the pivotal transition, Paula's experience of being initially a man, then a woman gave her a front-row seat to how women and men are treated differently at work and in life. Her unique journey has compelled her to advocate for gender equity, LGBTQ inclusion, executive leadership and American religion. In this episode, she shares about how different it feels leading in the business world as a woman, versus when she was a man and opens up about her inspiring journey towards authenticity. Tune in to get the full conversation and learn about: Leadership challenges Societal expectations and limitations The courage to be authentic The powerful journey of a transgender woman How men and women are treated differently in life and at work Cultural biases men and women live Challenges of women and LGBTQ in executive positions Rev. Dr. Paula Williams' biography: Dr. Paula Stone Williams is a national public speaker specializing in Gender Equity, LGBTQ Inclusion, Executive Leadership and American Religion. As a transgender woman, Paula has been featured in the New York Times, the Denver Post, Colorado Public Radio, The Huffington Post, TEDxMileHigh, NPR's Radiolab, Radio New Zealand, New Scientist Magazine, and a host of other media outlets. Her TEDxMileHigh talk on Gender Discrimination, which was Tweeted by Amy Schumer, has been viewed over 2.4 million times on YouTube. Over the past two years Paula has spoken in over 100 venues, including Fortune 500 Corporations, Public and Private Universities, State and Federal Government Agencies, Religious Institutions, and Non-Profit Organizations. Paula holds two Masters Degrees and a Doctor of Ministry Degree in Pastor Care. To see a full list of Paula's clients, visit her website at paulastonewilliams.com. Connect with Dr. Paula Williams: Website Twitter Linkedin TED Talk TEDx Talk * * * Full Transcription: Dr. Paula Williams: We were brief and they were not pleasant. I expected to lose them not in the way in which I did. I lost all of my jobs, and at the time, I actually was doing about four. I’ve always been a renaissance person. Tanya: That’s Dr. Paula Stone Williams. TED speaker, activist, and thought leader for gender equity and LGBTQ inclusion. She’s the chair and CEO of Road Less Traveled Pathways, a non-profit organization that provides psychotherapy, pastoral counseling, and coaching to couples, families and groups. As an outspoken transgender woman, Paula has been featured on TED, The New York Times, Jada Pinkett Smith’s talk show Red Table Talk, and the The Huffington Post just to name a few. As a transgender woman, she gave a brilliant TED Talk on how men and women are treated differently which has been ...

"Paula Stone Williams knew from a young age that she was transgender. But as she became a parent and prominent evangelical pastor, she feared that coming out would mean losing everything." - TED Dr. Paula Stone Williams is a sought after speaker and pastor at Lefthand Church in Longmont, Colorado. Paula travels extensively, speaking on LGBTQ issues, spirituality and gender equity. "Paula Stone Williams has been featured at hundreds of events in over 30 states and five countries.  Her TEDxMileHigh speech on gender equity has had over two million views, and her TEDWomen 2018 talk has already had over one million views.  Paula has been profiled in the New York Times, the Denver Post, Huffington Post, Colorado Public Radio, New Scientist Magazine, and Radio New Zealand.  She has consulted with the Denver Post, NPR’s Radiolab, PFLAG and the W/ Collective." - PaulaStoneWilliams.com Click here to find out more about Paula and for this episode's show notes.

"Eu preciso do feminismo porque um homem preso em um quarto com várias mulheres sente que ganhou na loteria, mas uma mulher presa em um quarto com vários homens sente pavor de ser violentada." Experimente dizer esta frase (ou qualquer outra de mesmo cunho) perto de um representante do sexo masculino e faça o teste: em quanto tempo surgirá uma voz das trevas para dizer "mas nem todo homem..."? Bingo. Em tempos de desconstrução e conscientização social, ainda há quem acredite que individualizar discursos seja o caminho, fechando os olhos para o real contexto estrutural da luta feminista. No episódio de hoje, nossas mulheres podcasters tomam o poder e o microfone, liderando um bate papo necessário para os que desejam fomentar reflexões e evoluir. Nem todo homem vai dar esse mole de perder, né? Livros recomendados: Pós-F: Para além do masculino e feminino, de Fernanda Young (Ed. Leya C.P.) S. Bernardo, de Graciliano Ramos (Ed. Record) Sejamos Todos Feministas, de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Ed. Companhia das Letras) Vídeos recomendados: Palestra "Todos devemos ser feministas" de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie no TEDxEuston: https://bit.ly/2GXljNa Palestra "I've lived as a man & a woman: here's what I learned" de Paula Stone Williams no TEDxMileHigh: https://bit.ly/2tbGfxb Nem todo homem é machista? | 043 (canal Tese Onze, de Sabrina Fernandes): https://bit.ly/30uCAap Sobrevivente (canal Porta dos Fundos): https://bit.ly/2WWYLDV Filmes recomendados: The Mask You Live In (documentário, EUA, 2015). Dirigido por Jennifer Siebel Newsom: https://bit.ly/2JKRcK8 Eu Não Sou um Homem Fácil (França, 2018). Dirigido por Eleonore Pourriat Sobre os dados citados no início do episódio: Notícia sobre o levantamento do Datafolha feito em fevereiro de 2019 e encomendado pela ONG Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (FBSP) para avaliar o impacto da violência contra as mulheres no Brasil: https://glo.bo/2YGmgSh Notícia sobre pesquisa da disparidade salarial elaborada pelo Catho: https://glo.bo/2FoB96E Nossos enormes agradecimentos aos que ajudaram a tornar este podcast possível: Edição: Rafa Monteiro Produção Musical: Felipe Mercandelli Trilha Sonora: Produtora Paralelo Catering e Locação: Vivi Rocha --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tem-gente-podcast/message

Paula Stone Williams knew from a young age that she was transgender. But as she became a parent and prominent evangelical pastor, she feared that coming out would mean losing everything. In 2012, she told her family and started living as a woman. Paula Stone Williams, along her son, Senior Pastor of Forefront Church Jonathan Williams, shares her story.

Rev. Dr. Paula Stone Williams Between 2007 and 2015 the number of Evangelicals supportive of marriage equality jumped from 26 to 36 percent and 51 percent among Millennials. But 100 of America’s 100 largest churches are still not open and affirming. What are the obstacles to full inclusion and when can we expect them to be overcome?Rev. Dr. Paula Stone Williams, a national speaker on LGBTQ issues of faith and gender discrimination, will explore current trends in American religion and what they mean for vulnerable populations.   Rev. Dr. Paula Williams is a nationally known speaker on gender equity and transgender advocacy. She is also the Pastor of Preaching and Worship at Left Hand Church in Longmont, Colorado, and the president of RLT Pathways, Inc., a non-profit providing counseling and coaching services. Paula serves on the board of the Q Christian Fellowship, the Union of Affirming Christians, and the WITH Network of progressive churches. As a transgender pastor, Paula has been featured in the New York Times, the Denver Post, NPR and The Huffington Post. Paula’s TEDxMileHigh talk on gender equality has been viewed over a half million times on YouTube. For more information visit paulastonewilliams.com.

Making love by choosing yes. Join guests Paula Stone Williams and Jonathan Williams for a conversation about reconciliation, intentionality, and surrendering expectations. Paula & Jonathan's TED talk on transition and redemption have been viewed by over 1 million people.   Learn more about Paula & Jonathan's TED talk, congregations, and upcoming speaking events at: www.laurabrewer.love/episode19   Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️   https://www.patreon.com/howtomakelove

Enjoying God Help Us? Please rate and review on Apple Podcasts.  - A couple weeks ago, the US Supreme Court lifted injunctions on Trump’s ban on transgender people openly serving in the military, making it possible for the ban to go into effect as it’s challenged in lower courts. I wanted to hear Dr. Paula Stone Williams’s views on this issue, so on today’s episode, she shares a sociological perspective on creating enemies where none exist and the idea that egalitarian leadership models will save our species and our planet. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES: Queen of America The Righteous Mind This PBS documentary on Edward O. Wilson FIND PAULA: Paulastonewilliams.com 2019 TED Talk 2017 TEDx Mile High talk - I’m Annie Mesaros: a theologian, writer, spiritual guide, and host of this podcast. I offer coaching and facilitation for individuals and groups that are working to transform the world for good.  Learn more and contact me at anniemesaros.com. Follow the podcast on Instagram @godhelppod.

Paula Stone Williams knew from a young age that she was transgender. But as she became a parent and prominent evangelical pastor, she feared that coming out would mean losing everything. In this moving, deeply personal talk, Paula and her son Jonathan Williams share what Paula's transition meant for their family -- and reflect on their path to redemption. As Jonathan says: "I cannot ask my father to be anything other than her true self." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paula Stone Williams sabia desde cedo que era transgênero. Mas, como se tornou mãe e pastora evangélica conhecida, temia que revelar sua orientação sexual significaria perder tudo. Nesta palestra comovente e profundamente pessoal, Paula e o filho Jonathan Williams compartilham o que a transição de Paula significou para a família e refletem sobre o caminho para a redenção. Como Jonathan diz: "Não posso pedir a meu pai para ser outra coisa senão seu verdadeiro eu".

Paula Stone Williams supo desde que era muy joven que era transgénero. Pero a medida que se convirtió en padre y en un pastor evangélico destacado, temió que hacerlo público significaría perderlo todo. En esta charla conmovedora y profundamente personal, Paula y su hijo Jonathan Williams comparten qué supuso la transición de Paula para su familia y reflexionan sobre el camino a la redención. Como dice Jonathan: "No puedo pedir a mi padre que sea otra cosa que no fuera su verdadero yo".

Paula Stone Williams knew from a young age that she was transgender. But as she became a parent and prominent evangelical pastor, she feared that coming out would mean losing everything. In this moving, deeply personal talk, Paula and her son Jonathan Williams share what Paula's transition meant for their family -- and reflect on their path to redemption. As Jonathan says: "I cannot ask my father to be anything other than her true self."

Paula Stone Williams’ sermon from Left Hand Church on November 24, 2018.

We are Family - Woman, Non-binary and Man Here - Paula Stone Williams by Left Hand Church

Paula Stone Williams’ sermon from Left Hand Church on October 27, 2018.

On September 22, Paula Stone Williams and Aaron P. Bailey preached the following sermon at Left Hand Church.

Pod Pham! We are so, so delighted to bring you today's conversation. Welcome Paula Stone Williams: pastor, counselor, coach, speaker, and so much more. We have both been so lucky to get to know Paula as a friend—she is a kind, wise, straight shooter who has done so much to help us come more alive. If you haven't encountered her yet, it's a treat to make the introduction; and if you have, we bet you'll still find some powerful resonance with the stories she shares in today's really special interview.https://paulastonewilliams.com/Paula's TedX Talk

Today is my discussion thoughts of a video I watched recently - I've lived as a man & a woman - Here's what I learned. This was a TEDxMileHigh talk by Paula Stone Williams.

Serious rant about how companies don't trust us to be loyal any more - and that we aren't loyal because companies don't care enough to earn our loyalty.

When Dana Zzyym applied for their first passport back in 2014, they were handed a pretty straightforward application. Name, place of birth, photo ID -- the usual. But one question on the application stopped Dana in their tracks: male or female? Dana, technically, wasn’t either. In this episode, we follow the story of Dana Zzyym, Navy veteran and activist, which starts long before they scribble the word "intersex” on their passport application. Along the way, we see what happens when our inner biological realities bump into the outside world, and the power of words to shape us. This episode is a companion piece to Gonads, Episode 4, Dutee. "Dana" was reported by Molly Webster, and co-produced with Jad Abumrad. It had production help from Rachael Cusick, and editing by Pat Walters. Wordplay categories were written, performed, and produced by Majel Connery and Alex Overington.  Special thanks to Paula Stone Williams, Gerry Callahan, Lambda Legal, Kathy Tu, Matt Collette, Arianne Wack, Carter Hodge, and Liza Yeager. Radiolab is supported in part by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science. And the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, enhancing public understanding of science and technology in the modern world. More information about Sloan at www.sloan.org. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate. 

Paula Stone Williams is a pastor and speaks nationally on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ rights, and religion. Her TEDx talk "I've lived as a man & a woman—here's what I learned" has received over 800,000 views. Today we talk with Paula about her search for authenticity, her experience being transgender and, given that she has lived as a woman and a man, what she's observed about gender equity.

Paula Williams joins us and talks about all sorts of things ... sharing from her life experience she has a kind way of inviting us to (re)consider our many assumptions and challenging our assumptions.

Our dear friend Paula shares about Paul's shipwreck, and how it can inform how we look at current circumstances.

Paula Stone Williams visited Portland in October and sat down with Adam to talk about her story coming out as a transgender woman inside of evangelical culutre as well as the future of the church.

Sermon Series: Issues 2016 Week 4 | LGBTQ Equality and Religious Liberty Speaker: Special Guest Paula Stone Williams

Rev. Dr. Paula Stone William's life is rich with successes, in every area of life - with family, in the church, in education, and in business. In her words, "Everything I touched turned to gold." While she is still turning things to gold it has become more challenging as she has transitioned outwardly to who she has always been inside: female and transgender.