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Dangerous Liberal Lady Preachers
by DLLP
Introducing the Dangerous Liberal Lady Preachers: Revs. Natalie Bowerman and Emily Huyge, United Methodist Elders serving reconciling congregations in Upstate New York, and Rev. Jessica Glaser, a United Methodist Deacon serving in a health facility in Buffalo. Join us for progressive theology, interfaith discourse, sociopolitical engagement, and a different way to “do” spirituality. dangerousliberalladypreachers.substack.com
Episodes
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Why aren't we at annual conference?
It’s Thursday, May 22, 2025, and we haven’t recorded in almost 6 months. We’re here today to change that! What have we been up to? We also wanted to talk about who’s not represented at Annual Conference session this week (including the 3 of us), and what we as a Church might do to change that.…
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Now What?
Hey friends, we have some new content for you! The three of us had a conversation about the state of the country we call home, and what the future looks like now that we're starting a second Presidential term with a certain man who uses a little too much spray tanner. How do we help one another?...
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Thrive with Natalie, Emily, and Jessica
We're baaaaaaaack! It's been exactly 6 months since our last new episode...and a whole lot has been going on with us. Emily talks mental health, Jess talks physical health, Natalie talks disability and inclusion, and all of us talk about letting your heart and soul air out. This is a public...
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Deep and Wide with Edris Hitchcock
Our very good, longtime friend, the Rev. Edris Hitchcock, pastor at the First Baptist Church of LeRoy, chats with Natalie and Jess about motherhood in the ministry, hope in the face of messiness, and a few memories from our old seminary friends Matt Turie, and the late, beloved Heather Janes.…
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Many Gifts One Spirit with Megan Stowe
In this episode Natalie, Jess, and Emily interview their friend and colleague, the Rev. Megan Stowe. A longtime servant of the Upper New York Conference, Megan moved over to New England and is now a DS in Massachusetts. Megan chats about resources that help clergy thrive, imposter syndrome, and...
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Ye Servants of God with Genghis Khan
In this special episode, Natalie, Emily, and Jess interview Natalie's neighbor and colleague Genghis Khan, an imam, prison chaplain, and electrician at GE! Genghis dives deep into his immigration story from Guyana, his Muslim faith, bad stereotypes Christians have about our Muslim friends, and…
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Lighthouse with Paul Uppal
In this special interfaith episode Natalie, Emily, and Jess chat with Natalie's friend and colleague Paul Uppal, a fellow member of Schenectady Clergy Against Hate and a Sikh. We had an amazing conversation about Paul's immigration story, false ideas and stereotypes Christians have about Sikh's,...
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This Is the Day with Adam Hamilton
In this very special second season premiere, Natalie, Emily, and Jess are all together and interview the Rev. Adam Hamilton! That name will ring bells of recognition across the United Methodist connection, as Adam is the lead pastor of the Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, which is…
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Sanctuary with Melissa Morral
Natalie and Jess reunite with the luminous Melissa Morral! CRCDS friends will remember Melissa as the first person they met on campus, as a steadfast presence amid the chaos of seminary life, and as a friend. Melissa chats with us about her upbringing among evangelicals, her exceptional calling,...
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Praise to the Lord, the Almighty with Jo Schonewolf
Content warning: This episode contains discussions of childhood sexual abuse and cancer, as well as a few more F-bombs than we normally drop. Natalie chats with Jo Schonewolf, host of the podcast "What the Hell Is a Pastor?" Natalie and Jo talk about being a Christian in the '90s, the damage of...
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Shalom to You with Amy-Jill Levine
We've got a really special one for you this week! In this episode Natalie interviews Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, a Yankee Jewish Feminist from the Buckle of the Bible Belt! AJ"s research focus and teaching specialty is New Testament studies, and she is an ever flowing fount of knowledge. Natalie and AJ...
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I Want to Live so God Can Use Me with Jacki Pillot
Natalie and Emily connect with their favorite Facebook friend that they've never actually met in person, Pastor Jacki Pillot. She's a licensed local pastor serving in the Greater New Jersey Conference, her loving husband is a pastor too, and she has three beautiful daughters. Upper New York…
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Be Still, My Soul with Sam Kinsman
In this episode Jess and Natalie have an amazing conversation with the Rev. Sam Kinsman, Protestant Chaplain at the University of Rochester, and pastor of the flock that Natalie belonged to in college, the Protestant Chapel Community. We chat about coming out stories and the queerness of the...
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I Want to Live So God Can Use Me with Michelle Bogue-Trost
We've got a good one this week! Natalie and Jess chat with the Rev. Michelle Bogue-Trost, senior pastor at Central UMC in Endicott, NY. We talk about life as a Dangerous Liberal Lady Preacher, culture shocks in the ministry, code-switching in the Church, and re-writing scripts. This is a public...
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On This Day Earth Shall RING with Josh, aka JRR Jokien for Tolkien
We have another very special one for you, friends! Straight outta Twitter and Substack, our friend Josh, better known as JRR Jokien. Josh is all at once an adorkable nerd, a lover of the _Lord of the Rings_ series, and active in his own ministry. In this episode Jess and Natalie have all kinds of...
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And Can It Be That I Should Gain with John Tyson
Oh boy do we have a special show for you today! In this episode Natalie and Jess are joined by Dr. John Tyson, our old United Methodist Studies professor from our CRCDS days, and author of _Born in Crisis and Shaped by Controversy_. We had an amazing conversation about the past, present, and…
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What Wondrous Love Is This? with Ann Kemper
Natalie and Jess interview our old mentor and beloved friend Ann Kemper, pastor at Covenant UMC in Rochester, NY, and member of the Upper New York Board of Ordained Ministry. First, we giggle about the "golden scissors" of editing a podcast, and then we talk theology with one of the greats. This…
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Your Love, O God with Beth Quick
Jess and Natalie chat with fellow UNYUMC clergy gal pal, the Rev. Beth Quick, who is working on a PhD at Drew University in the theology of creation care. Beth shares all the wonderful things music can do to deepen your connection to the Divine, the importance of learning new spiritual practices,...
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We've a Story to Tell to the Nations with Heather Williams
In this special interview, Natalie chats with her old mentor, the Rev. Heather Williams, senior pastor at the First UMC of Saratoga Springs. Heather has an abundance of wisdom about re-membering our pasts, standing up to bullies by refusing to keep their secrets, the power of story telling, and…
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Jesus, Lover of My Soul with Wesley Caldwell
Natalie and Jess chat with Wesley Caldwell, our friend who works at Camp Casowasco. Wesley shares his life and journey as a trans Christian, and we talk about how we can truly support our GLBTQIA beloveds. Wesley also shares his passion for the camp ministries, and what a nurturing time at camp...
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Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart with Richelle Goff
In this special interview, Natalie chats with our beloved friend, the Rev. Richelle Goff, senior pastor at the Fairport United Methodist Church. Richelle shares her heart about being a young seminarian and a young woman minister in an institution that historically gives more power to old men…
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And Are We Yet Alive with Bishop Karen Oliveto
Friends, we're OVERJOYED to share this very special interview with Bishop Karen Oliveto! Serving the Mountain Sky Conference in the Western Jurisdiction, Bishop Karen is the UMC's first openly lesbian Bishop. We talk about the Pentecost moment of her election to the episcopacy, the dire need for…
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Freely, Freely with Beckie Sweet
The Rev. Beckie Sweet, senior pastor of St. Paul's UMC in Ithaca, NY and beloved friend to many in the Upper New York Conference, joins us for an absolutely delightful discussion about how to be an LGBTQIA inclusive Church, how to empower women in the ministry, and the many spiritual lessons our...
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Holy, Holy, Holy with Jeremy Smith
Rev. Jeremy Smith, United Methodist pastor serving in the Pacific Northwest and author of the very awesome blog "Hacking Christianity", chats with us about this "interregnum" time in the UMC and the future of our denomination, his upbringing being molded by other Dangerous Liberal Lady Preachers,...
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Great Is Thy Faithfulness with Lynn Carman Bodden
Natalie chats with her friend, the Rev. Lynn Carman Bodden, a fellow member of Schenectady Clergy Against Hate, about the blessings of interim ministry, Bowen family systems theory, the "500 year rummage sale", and pinch points in the ministry. This is a public episode. If you would like to…
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El Shaddai with Margaret Scott
In this episode Natalie and Emily reunite with their old beloved mentor, the Rev. Margaret Scott! Margaret chats with us about faith symbols, being an oblate to a monastery, the two way traffic of Jacob's ladder, building spiritual depth, vulnerability, and the power of naming your experiences....
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I Love to Tell the Story with Paul Chilcote
We were so blessed to spend n hour in the presence of the Rev. Dr. Paul W. Chilcote, United Methodist Elder, professor, and expert in Wesleyan history. Paul talks to us about monasticism in the 21st Century, the underbelly of Church life, how learning to cross cultural divides could change...
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Spirit of the Living God with Rebecca Laird
The three of us interview our longtime friend Becky, a UMC Elder who took her ministry off the beaten path and into the business world. Becky chats with us about nontraditional ministries, callings, learning more about yourself after a crisis, and how "God doesn't make junk." This is a public...
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Abide with Me with Amaury Tañon Santos
Emily and Natalie interview Natalie's neighbor, friend, and colleague, the Rev. Amaury Tañon Santos, director of the Schenectady Community Ministries. Amaury chats with us about systemic poverty, racism, and classism, breaking the binaries of us/ them, yes/ no, and serving/ served, what the…
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Jesu, Jesu with West McNeill
Our friend West talks to us about the history of the Poor People's Campaign and the Labor-Religion Coalition, their leadership role in both, their upbringing as a PK, systemic poverty, white nationalism, and what faith communities can do to serve their neighbor. This is a public episode. If you...
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His Eye Is on the Sparrow with Stephen Cady
Stephen Cady, senior pastor of Asbury First United Methodist Church in Rochester, NY, talks to us about the importance of grace, what life may be like after this Methodist divorce, and what young people are looking for in the Church. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this…
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God of Grace and God of Glory with David Hayward
Natalie and Jess chat with the incredible David Hayward, better known by his pen name, the Naked Pastor. Artist, author, and former Presbyterian pastor from Canada, David talks to us about taking the Church outside of its four walls, overcoming systemic prejudice and oppression, embracing change...
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Rock of Ages with Mark Brummitt
For this episode we are joined by our Old Testament professor from our seminary days, Dr. Mark Brummitt: Hebrew Bible expert, thespian, writer, a great from Britain, and a generally delightful human. We cover all kinds of ground together: the many names for the Hebrew Scriptures and the…
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Hope of the World with Jamaica Miles
In this special episode, Natalie chats with her friend and neighbor Jamaica Miles, co-founder of a local grassroots organization called All of Us that fights for racial justice. Jamaica shares that as a child she asked "why are all the angels white?" Natalie and Jamaica talk about white flight…
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O Young and Fearless Prophet with Diana Butler Bass
We are SO excited to share this wonderful interview with the dynamic badass that is Diana Butler Bass! Diana chats with us about spiritual courage, bringing all living generations together in the Kin-dom of God (or maybe the Republic of Heaven), her book _Freeing Jesus_, the world's plague of...
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O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing with Carmen Perry
The Rev. Carmen Perry, UMC Elder, hospice chaplain, and co-chair of the UNY Board of Ordained Ministry, talks to Natalie and Jess about taking the Church outside of its walls, our discomfort with death and loss, and encouraging one another in the calling to ordained ministry. This is a public...
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Let Us Break Bread Together with Sara Baron
Natalie and Emily chat with their dear friend and Natalie's closest Methodist neighbor, the Rev. Sara Baron, pastor of the First UMC of Schenectady. This chat covers all kinds of ground, from our human need to be loved for who we are, to microaggressions and Deborah Tannen's "Marked Woman", to…
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Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates with Matt Cutler
Rabbi Matt Cutler of the Congregation Gates of Heaven in Schenectady, NY chats with Natalie and Jess about the gates of your spiritual journey, Jewish mysticism, antisemitism in America and how we can support our Jewish neighbors, and how no one likes change except a wet baby. This is a public...
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Blessed Assurance with Grace Wilgefortis Ferris
Mother Grace Wilgefortis Ferris, CACINA priest, co-pastor of the St. John of God, and founder of the St. Wilgefortis TransMISSION, opens up about her calling as a trans clergywoman, LGBTQIA inclusion in Church and society, biblical womanhood, "clobber verses", and how we should love one another....
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This Little Light of Mine with Michelle George Yates
We joyously share the very first interview we ever recorded, with our very dear friend, the Rev. Michelle George Yates. Michelle is an ordained minister in the Unitarian Universalist tradition, serving at the First Universalist Church in Rochester, NY. Michelle talked to us about rethinking…
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Let There Be Peace on Earth with Harold Wheat
Our dear friend Rev. Harold Wheat, who serves two churches in Binghamton, NY, shares his thoughts about the importance of Sabbath keeping, finding joy in personal spiritual practices, and Jesus' nonviolent love ethic. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
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For the Beauty of the Earth with Jeremiah Lennox
The Rev. Jeremiah Lennox, Druid priest and founder of Nemeton of the Ways, talks to Natalie about the fight for equal rights, sacred reciprocity, our Earth Mother's love of diversity, and the Holy being as close as your beating heart. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this…
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We Gather Together with Natalie, Jess, and Emily
Hello world! We're on the air! We recorded this special introductory episode so you all could get to know us, where and how we serve, and what we're all about! Join us for a discussion of postpartum depression, healthcare injustice, deconstructing theology, privilege, and finding the Holy in the...
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Introducing the Dangerous Liberal Lady Preachers: Revs. Natalie Bowerman and Emily Huyge, United Methodist Elders serving reconciling congregations in Upstate New York, and Rev. Jessica Glaser, a United Methodist Deacon serving in a health facility in Buffalo. Join us for progressive theology, interfaith discourse, sociopolitical engagement, and a different way to “do” spirituality.
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