Your brokenness does not point to a deficit in who you are. It’s in those very places that God reveals the beauty of your story, which started when you were created good.

If you’ve ever asked the question “Is there something wrong with me?” or “Will I ever move past the pain to experience healing?” this conversation will give you the hope and tools you need to get unstuck from the patterns in your life and find healing that lasts.

Tori Hope Petersen is a leading advocate for foster care and a general lover of people. She will help you do the hard work of breaking the patterns that have broken you so you can see who you truly are - good, safe and loved.

————

Grab Tori’s book “Breaking the Patterns that Break You” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon! (Your purchase will also send a few pennies to our tithe box.)

Watch Kristin’s message on Jeremiah 18, that will show you what God sees in a dried up, cracking, fragile, on the verge of breaking faith.

For more on being a disrupter - as a good thing - listen to Episode 55 with Cheryl Nembhard: Power in the Church.

—————

HANG OUT WITH US:

BecomingChurch.tv

Tori on IG: @torihopepetersen
Kristin on IG: @kristinmockleryoung
Mosaic on IG: @MosaicCLT

#becomingchurchpodcast #becomingchurch

The foundation of the Christian faith is belief in a story. But what about the other stories that get tangled with Christianity? Everything from the big conspiracies of QAnon and End Times prophecies to pop culture claims of Taylor Swift and Wicked indoctrinating our children with witchcraft and evil. Unverifiable claims of stolen elections, hidden agendas and people in power who can control the weather are modern ideologies that pervade our current timeline. As Christians, how do we know who to believe and what’s true? How do we live in the world but not of it? When does belief in a story become holy paranoia? And how do we keep from getting sucked into it?

Theologian and ethicist Jared Stacy is here to help us understand why conspiracy theories are so prevalent among people of faith and why, as Christians, we need to pay attention to them. Let’s look at digital media and fact checking through a Christian lens.

————

Read more of Jared’s work at The Homeward Dispatches and begin, or continue, your media literacy with Jeffrey Bilbro’s book Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News.

—————

HANG OUT WITH US:

BecomingChurch.tv

Jared on IG: @jaredmstacy

Kristin on IG: @kristinmockleryoung
Mosaic on IG: @MosaicCLT

#becomingchurchpodcast #becomingchurch

The Bible is weird so you should have questions. Author and podcaster Erin Moon is inviting anyone who feels iffy, conflicted or just downright devastated by a lack of curiosity in the church to lean in. Her book, “I’ve Got Questions: The Spiritual Practice of Having it Out with God” will help you reclaim what you once loved about your faith and finally release what doesn’t make sense.

If you’ve felt alone in your deconstruction or your rejection of “clear, black and white” extremism, you will find empathy and hope in this episode. If you’ve felt that still small voice calling you to explore your faith origins for deeper meaning or to see God in a new light, you will find permission and encouragement here.

Your questions are welcome and healthy.

————

Grab Erin’s book “I’ve Got Questions: The Spiritual Practice of Having it Out with God” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon! (Your purchase will also send a few pennies to our tithe box.)

MORE GOODNESS FROM ERIN:

Esther’s melodrama series on Faith Adjacent
Justice for Judas
The Swipe Up (come for the Friday memes, stay for the incredible insight)

RELATED LISTENS:

Wandering in the wilderness with Sarah Bessey

How The Chosen is reimagining scripture with Elizabeth Tabish

Caring for the men in your life with Rasool Berry
Why we don’t get Heavenly gold stars for being right with Kimberly Stuart

—————

HANG OUT WITH US:

BecomingChurch.tv

Erin on IG:@erinhmoon
Kristin on IG: @kristinmockleryoung
Mosaic on IG: @MosaicCLT

#becomingchurchpodcast #becomingchurch