From End Times to a new beginning: Adi is reconstructing their faith

Adi McNally's life is looking up. For one thing, they've just gotten top surgery! Adi's also moved from a church that kept them isolated and fearful to a church that welcomes all that they are; from being in a homeschool group with right wing values to being involved in their college's LGBT community; and from seeing God as a wrathful parent coming to judge us at the End Times to rediscovering scripture in the light of love.  Join Adi (age 19) as they discuss growing up in a toxic and manipulative religious environment; discovering the link between their eating disorder and gender dysphoria; meeting other queer people and realizing that all they'd been told about LGBT people was wrong; and learning that doubt and questions are a healthy part of faith. They also share a beautiful poem they wrote after their baptism.  Click here for an episode transcript.content warning: discussions of an eating disorder and getting it treated; nothing too detailed.  Where you can find Adi: - On instagram @peas.and.poetry (<just their poems) or @a.deer.a (main). - A published poem in The Fruit Tree: https://thefruittreemag.wixsite.com/home - A published essay titled "Gender-neutral language in Christian Universities" with IJURCA: https://commons.pacificu.edu/ijurca/vol10/iss2/1/.