75: I’m Queer And In The Church | Where Do We Go From Here?

We’ve got a BIG episode for you to finish out June 2021. Listener and book club member Steph joins us to share her where do we go from here? story. From conservative evangelical culture in the mid west of the United States to the discovery that she’s queer, Steph’s insight about life as a queer Christian and what being part of a church community has meant to her will encourage you.

As a special gift to you from our show, we’ve unlocked our Partner-only episode with Bridget Eileen Rivera so that all of you can listen to it in Patreon.

Get a ticket to the Green Room! We meet on zoom at 9pm EST on Thursday June 24 (11am Melbourne time, June 25). It’s the perfect place to meet others on a similar journey, ask questions, discuss and grow.

Jess and Devi also start this episode off with a conversation about last week’s hot topic: the song “Modest is Hottest.” Is this a 2021 expression of Purity Culture? Should we give it any oxygen? What is real satire? We talk about it, and issue a challenge for you:

Compose a song satirizing modest culture – real satire! – record yourself performing it, put it on social media and tag us. We’d love to feature your work on the show if it’s quality.

Show Notes:
Sheila Gregoire
37: It’s Queer, Not “Same-Sex Attracted”
57: An Expansive Vision for Human Sexuality With Debra Hirsch
Redeeming Sex by Debra Hirsch

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This is a list of books for you to consider

These resources are by people who identify as part of the queer community or as same-sex attracted. We highly recommend that in your search to understand the LGBTQ+ community better, you choose resources by people who are part of the community or by people who are able to personally identify with it rather than resources by people who are straight.

If you think there’s a resource that should be on this list, please send us an email wheredowegofromherepodast at gmail dot com.

God and the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines

Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America by Jeff Chu

Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms by Matthias Roberts (a guest on our show in May)

Is God Anti-Gay? : And Other Questions About Homosexuality, the Bible and Same-Sex Attraction by Sam Allberry

Born Again This Way: Coming out, coming to faith, and what comes next by Rachel Gilson

Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality by Wesley Hill