What happens when an Evangelical Pastor’s daughter (who raised in purity culture) moves to NYC to deconstruct her beliefs on sex? She also ends up reconstructing who she is as a person.

Mattie Jo Cowsert shares the real ties that sexuality - and the way we’re often taught to think about it in Christianity - have to identity and the way we see ourselves. This episode will bring healing to people who can relate to this 80s and 90s upbringing. It will also educate parents who are trying to navigate raising their own kids with a healthy view of relationships.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Grab “God, Sex and Rich People: A Recovering Evangelical Testimony” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon!

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski, Ph.d

Episode 83 with Sheila Gregoire (if not purity culture… what?)

She Deserves Better (Raising Girls) by Sheila Gregoire

Episode 59 with Marty Solomon (conversation on people being created good)

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We’re all figuring out parenting as we go. But if you came from a broken home without a heathy role model, how do you learn what it means to be a good dad? This conversation won’t be a parenting handbook, but it will help you heal your inner child so you can show up as the father (or mother or grandparent) your family deserves.

Glen Henry and Kristin Mockler Young also candidly speak about the way race and stereotypical assumptions lead to parenting differences across families of various cultures. You’ll hear first hand how what we believe about Black fathers, for example, impacts more than just the children in that household.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Grab “Father Yourself First: Everything You Need to Become the Father Your Family Deserves” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon!

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Who can you trust on social media? How do you know who to listen to? If the voices influencing you are you making you feel shame about your current level of Christianity, it might be time to curate your feed. If the Christian leaders you’re hearing quoted are more focused on naming an enemy or keeping anger stirred up in your spirit, there is another corner of Christianity on social media where people are doing it differently.

Tim Whitaker, founder and creative director of The New Evangelicals and host of The Tim and April Show, doesn’t shy away from hard topics. But he brings the words of Jesus to his posts about justice, scripture, politics and what it looks like to be a Christian on the internet and in real life. If you’ve only experienced one room in the house of faith, Tim will help you explore what else is out there.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Check out any of the 100+ books featured on this show on our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon!

Learn more about The New Evangelicals at TNE Connect.

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts to help other people find the show!

Follow: @timwhitakerspeaks | @kristinmockleryoung | @mosaicclt