FreedHearts
By Susan & Rob Cottrell, FreedHearts
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Freeing hearts to love and be loved! Love. Inclusion. Affirmation. Susan Cottrell is the Mom of two LGBTQ+ children; the founder of FreedHearts; an international speaker with a viral TEDx talk; a pastor and theologian; an acclaimed author; and a fierce advocate and ally. In her unique tender, relatable style, Susan is a prominent voice of unconditional love and lavish inclusion. Powerful, authentic, and relevant in today’s society, Susan has a lot to say. The Advocate calls her their “Favorite Affirming Matriarch.” OutSmart magazine calls her "The Mother of all MamaBears!" Reverend Ashley Harness from Auburn Seminary says, “Susan has this fierce, loving, don’t mess with me, Mom vibe.” If you have been excluded, or if someone close to you has been excluded because of who they are or who they love - or maybe you have been the one doing the excluding - the FreedHearts podcast is for you. Join Susan, along with her husband Rob, on the journey. You are not alone. Welcome home!
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The absolute truth about how God sees you: Religion is wrong, you are NOT broken.
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May 06, 2026 |
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5 Things You Can Do to Help LGBTQ+ People Right Now
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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We are NOT the Resistance. We are the River!
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Breaking Free from the Approval of Others
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Loving Queer Kids in a Hostile World
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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When “Just Disagreeing” Becomes Dangerous
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Valentine’s Day Isn’t for Everyone — And That’s Okay
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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The Myth of "Traditional Marriage" and The "Perfect" Family
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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The Myth of “Traditional” Values
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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The State of LGBTQ Lives: Where We Are, What’s Coming, and How We Love Forward in 2026
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Do Christians know it's Christmastime at all?
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Christmas Lemon Trees & Blackberries
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Jesus, the Stand-Up Comedian!
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Transgender Day of Remembrance
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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What the Bible Does & Does Not Say About Transgender People
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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How Anti-Transgender Rhetoric Harms Everyone
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Is God Really Alfred Hitchcock??
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Are Christians Following Paul Instead of Jesus?
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Why Christians Don't Have to Be Afraid to Support LGBTQ
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Is National Coming Out Day Different This Year?
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Fortifying Ourselves in Challenging Times
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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If We Can’t Save the World, What Can We Do?
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Our 200th Episode! Fears of the Next Generation. A Special Visit with our Asher!
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Affirmations. Do They Really Work?
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Simply Put: The Bible Does NOT Condemn Homosexuality!
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Changing the Minds of NonAffirming Christians
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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"Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin??" We're Calling Bullsh*t!
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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One of the deadliest teachings in all of humanity!
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Take Your Power Back!
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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How to Spot Fake News & Misinformation
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Hypnotherapy: The Gift of a New Narrative
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Selfcare. Staying Positive In Times Like These
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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How Do We Save America?
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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For Dads of LGBTQ+ Children – A Special Episode
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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PRIDE! It's a Celebration, Not a Sin
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Evaluating Safety
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May 28, 2025 |
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To Christian Parents of LGBTQ+ Children
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May 21, 2025 |
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What Is This Mom Supposed To Do?
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May 14, 2025 |
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Moms, You Are Not a Disappointment!
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May 07, 2025 |
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My Transgender Child: A Mother's Tender Story
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Don’t You Dare Deny the Beauty of Being Transgender!
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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How the Bible AFFIRMS Transgender & Nonbinary People!
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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It's Okay to Hold a Grudge!
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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The UnChristian Jesus & The UnChristlike Church!
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Why Posting on Social Media Might Not Change Things
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Can We Be Certain About Our Beliefs?
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Triage the Chaos So We Can Be Prepared & Effective
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Responding to All This Gaslighting
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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How Not to be Overwhelmed!
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Can You Uninvite People to Your Wedding & Special Event?
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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The Myth & Dangers of Christian "Accountability"
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Freedom From Self-Judgment
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Hell: The Deadliest Teaching in History!
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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The Gift of Fear!
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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You Deserve to Be Believed About Who You Are
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Why We Are Not Wrong About Transgender People!
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Why Are My Kids So Mad at Me?
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Well Beloved, Now What??
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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In Times Like These... Caring for Ourselves and Those We Love
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Queer Wisdom: What Queer Culture Teaches That Straight Culture Doesn't
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Unleash Your Inner Champion
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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You Don't Owe Non-Supportive People Anything!
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Strike a Pose and Light Your Inner Spark!
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Healing with the Arts!
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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30 Freeing Things We Did After We Deconstructed!
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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So, What Do We Do with the Bible?? Part II
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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So, What Do We Do with the Bible?? Part I
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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What Do We Do With All This Hate?
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Does the Church Actually Teach us to Hate God??
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Does the Church Actually Teach us to Hate Ourselves?
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Having Fun with SLOTH and GLUTTONY!
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Yikes! What About ENVY and WRATH?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Oh Baby… Let’s Talk All About LUST!
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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GREED: Is There an Upside??
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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PRIDE: It’s a Celebration, Not a Sin!
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Have We Totally Misunderstood What “Repent” Means??
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May 29, 2024 |
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Humanity’s Fallen and It Can’t Get Up… NOT!
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May 22, 2024 |
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Beloved, You Have an All Access Pass
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May 15, 2024 |
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The Church Has Trapped You and Sealed the Exits
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May 08, 2024 |
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Contempt for Our Free Will & For Our Children
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Contempt for God's Love, Joy, Freedom
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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How Gender Plays Out in Real Life
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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God’s Gender Reveal!!
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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The Teaching of Contempt – The Absolute Core of Our Problems
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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It’s Bible Story Time! Does This Sound Absurd to You??
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Freedom from Lies the Church Tells About You & About God!
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Deconstructing the Prodigal: It's NOT About What You Think
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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The Prodigal Transgender Daughter: This Changes Everything!
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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If I Deconstruct, Will I Lose Who I Am?
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Why Parents Must AFFIRM Their LGBTQ+ Children
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Family Issues Are NOT Your Fault!
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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New Year's Revolutions Instead of Resolutions!
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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How Do I Really Know If I'm Right About LGBTQ+?
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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A Gift from Susan: A Story About You from Mother God
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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A Christmas for the Rest of Us. Holidays After Deconstructing.
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Holidays or Helladays? When you can’t, or don’t want to go home.
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Infuriating Family Fanatics! Just in Time for the Holidays.
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Are Anti-LGBTQ Christians Real People or Just Bots?!?
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Changing Family Definitons and Expecations
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Getting Out of the Christian Labyrinth
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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You Don't Need Anyone's Approval!
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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You Don't Need to Defend Yourself or Your Beliefs!
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Been Told You’re "Cherry Picking?" Go Right Ahead!
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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"Go and Sin No More?" What a Lie!
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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There is Nothing Wrong With You!
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Kids ARE Being Groomed, but Not How You've Been Told
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Declutter Your Home, Declutter Your Beliefs!
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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"Well, why can't I marry my dog??" Let's talk consent!
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Is Being WOKE Really a Bad Thing?
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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10 Religious Rules that Every Person Should Break!
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Are We Afraid of a Pretend God?
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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10 Sneaky Things Christians Say About LGBTQ+ (and What They Really Mean!)
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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The Truth That REALLY Sets Us Free!
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Answers to 4 Scary Questions That Non-Affirming Christians Ask
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Are We Just Taking the Easy Way Out?
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Getting the Harmful Religious Crap Out of Our Heads
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Yeah, I'm All Good... Save Your Own Heart!
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Just How Sick Has Toxic Religion Made Us?
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May 31, 2023 |
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Did the Devil Really Make Me Do It??
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May 24, 2023 |
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A Parent's Desire to Change Their Children
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May 17, 2023 |
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If We Have Free Will, Can't We Choose NOT To Be Gay??
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May 10, 2023 |
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Why Supporting the Trans Community is So Important!
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May 03, 2023 |
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100th Episode: Our Daughter-Saint Sinner-LIVE!
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Can We "Find God Again" After Deconstructing?
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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The Church is Broken and Can't Fix Itself
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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8 Ways the Pop-Christian Gospel Damages Children
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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A Parent's Crushing Regret
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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God is Not Mad at You and Never Has Been!
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Jesus is the Biggest Threat to Christianity!
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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An Open Letter to Family Who Reject Me.
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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He, She, They Talk All About Pronouns!
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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A Drag Queen Preacher!? Oh yes! :)
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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The Word 'Homosexual' Was NEVER in the Bible!
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Where Does Feeling Miserable Come From?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Church, what the hell did you expect me to do?
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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10 Things to STOP Doing. It Could Change Everything!
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Is My Opinion Invalid Because My Child is LGBTQ+??
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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What People Say When You Start Deconstructing!
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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You Can’t Stop Me Lovin' Myself!
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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One of the Biggest Lies You Will Ever Hear in Church
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Hurting & Hope: A Letter from a Transgender Friend
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Religious Liberties Are Not Even Biblical!
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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For Dads of LGBTQ+ Children – A Very Special Episode
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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When Your Child Condemns You For Being Gay
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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When an Affirming Parent Defends Their LGBTQ+ Child
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Have You Had It With Church?
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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One of the Deadliest Teachings in All of Humanity
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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5 Ways Parents Can Avoid Gender Stereotypes for Kids
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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What Do We Do With All This Divisiveness?
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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When People Don’t Even See The Damage They Do
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Simply Put: The Bible Does NOT Condemn Homosexuality!
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Should We Be Scared to Deconstruct Our Faith?
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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What Do We Do With Harry Potter?!?
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Honoring Our Bodies. Honoring Our Truth.
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Are We More Codependent Than We Think?
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May 25, 2022 |
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Are We Normalizing the Absurd?!?
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May 18, 2022 |
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What the Intersex Community Wishes You Knew!
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May 11, 2022 |
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What Does God REALLY Think of Me?
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May 04, 2022 |
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How Can We Tell If a Relationship is Safe?
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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How Religion is Like the IRS!
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Can I Make Myself Happy AND Others??
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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We Answer the Pastor’s “Unanswerable” Trick Questions!
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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What Do We Do About Church??
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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When Parents Disagree About Their LGBTQ+ Child
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Changing the Minds of NonAffirming Christians
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Answers to Three Big Tough Questions
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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When an Apology is Not Enough
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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What is Effective Selfcare?
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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My Transgender Child: A Mother's Story
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Don’t Deny the Beauty of Being Transgender
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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How the Bible AFFIRMS Trans & Nonbinary People
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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What is a Cult, and Have We Been Part of One??
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Is This Still My Family??
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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7 Reasons Christians Should be Afraid NOT to Affirm LGBTQ+
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Christian Guilt Below the Belt
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Are Religious Liberties UnBiblical?
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Christian Gaslighting Against LGBTQ+
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Your Questions from the FreedHearts Inbox!
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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A Love Letter to My Non-Affirming Christian Friend
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Do You Hesitate Calling Yourself Christian? The UnChristlike Christian Church
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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A Christian Gut-Check! Are You Doing What Jesus Said?
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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What if You’re Wrong about LGBTQ+? How to Know for Sure!
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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The Dangers of Required Celibacy
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Conversion Therapy's Big Lie & Dangerous Secret!
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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“Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin??“ We're Calling Bullsh*t!
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Simone Biles, Mental Health, and Armchair Critics
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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How Do We Deal With Abusive People?
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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The Perils of Paul: Bondage or Freedom?
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Being the Dad of an LGBTQ+ Child!
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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What About Anti-Gay Religious Leaders?
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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The Deconstruction Journey: What About Sin?
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Love That Feels Like Love!
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May 26, 2021 |
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Dealing with Dysfunctional Family Rejection
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May 19, 2021 |
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Broken Family: The Cost to Our LGBTQ+ Kids
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May 12, 2021 |
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Broken Family: The Cost to Us As Parents
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May 05, 2021 |
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Our Keys to a Happy Relationship: 33 Years & Counting
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Let’s Talk Sex! Patriarchy, Misogyny & the Church
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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How To Know if Your Church is Spiritually Abusive
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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What Does it Really Mean to Deconstruct My Faith?
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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The Enemy Within: Internalized Queerphobia
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Freedom from Fight or Flight
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Top 5 Questions from Parents of LGBTQ Children
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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In a Deconstructing Faith, What About the Bible?
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Christian Myth Busters: My 7 Biggest Shockers
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Responding to the Teaching of Contempt in Our Own Lives
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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A Love Letter to the Past and Future You!
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Don't Waste Time Explaining Yourself!
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Susan's Story: Heart-Breaking Loss to Heart-Freeing Love
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Jesus and the Church: What's the Difference??
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Life Without Breasts: A Discussion of Femininity
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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A Christmas for the Rest of Us
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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False Teachings that Steal Our Love
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Answering Your Questions!
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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What happens when your faith starts to change?
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Holidays or Helladays? When you can’t, or don’t want to go home.
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Infuriating Family Fanatics! Love in the midst of hurt.
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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A Love Letter... to Ourselves!
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Stressed? Afraid? Angry? Powerful & profoundly simple ways to help.
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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If it’s all we need, what IS love? And what is it NOT?
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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One of the deadliest teachings in all of humanity.
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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From evangelical leaders to affirming parents & fierce advocates. The journey of deconstructing your faith.
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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So it begins! Who we are & and why we’re doing a podcast.
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Sep 25, 2020 |