Shift Happens

Today is the final episode of Shift Happens. Thank you to each of you who've journeyed with us over these past several years. I cherish each and every story we told. Your voices made a difference to those who listened. Don't fret though! We will still be doing this, just with a much larger reach! I am partnering with The Reasoned Reality Project to bring the same kind of content and more. Click the link and follow Reasoned Reality (if you're not). Keep an eye open for the launch date. Thank you seems so small for what you all gave me. I loved every second of Shift Happens. I hope that wherever you find yourself today, that you are having the exact day you need. Now, get outta here. Go love on some people. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In this episode of Shift Happens, host Joe Smith talks with Keri Ladoucuer of The Post Evangelical Collective. We dive into what a healthy christian spirituality looks like, what the church could be going forward and how God often shows up from the margins. Connect with Keri and The PEC:PEC website | Instagram Connect with Joe Smith & Shift Happens:Instagram: therealjoe.smith | Shift Happens Podcast | YouTubeTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In this episode of Shift Happens, host Joe Smith talks with Malcolm du Plessis and Phillip Joubert of Common Hymnal. We dive into Malcolm's work in liberation movements, including anti-apartheid work in South Africa, how modern Christian music has been coopted by the white, evangelical machine and Phillip's insight on how music is a lynchpin to our resistance. Connect with Common Hymnal:Website  | Instagram | Phillip Joubert | Malcolm du PlessisConnect with Joe Smith & Shift Happens:Instagram: therealjoe.smith | Shift Happens Podcast | YouTubeTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In this episode of Shift Happens, host Joe Smith talks with author, activist and theologian, Shane Claiborne. We dive into how to be part of long term, non-violent resistance, Tony Campolo, the damage Trump is creating and much more.The way Shane moves and sees the world is a breath of fresh air. If you're needing a "pick me up" during this dark season...this is it!Connect with Shane Claiborne:Website  | Books | PodcastConnect with Joe Smith & Shift Happens:Instagram: therealjoe.smith | Shift Happens Podcast | YouTubeTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In this episode of Shift Happens, host Joe Smith talks with author Danny Bryant,  about his book Unless a Seed Falls to the Ground: Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel.We dive into white christian nationalism, toxic theology, and how healing looks like grief long before growth.If you’ve ever wondered what church could be, this conversation will give you language, courage, and maybe even a spark of joy for the road ahead.Connect with Danny Bryant:Quoir Author Page | Amazon Page | Instagram | SubstackConnect with Joe Smith & Shift Happens:Instagram: therealjoe.smith | Shift Happens Podcast | YouTubeTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Guest: Dr. Jen JohannsenIn This Episode: • How systems work unseen in our lives • Ways we can regulate ourselves in the middle of all this dehumanization • We talk a lot about the Map of Consciousness and what it meansTo connect with our guest, click HERE.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Guest: Billie & Paul HoardTopic: We talk to authors Billie & Paul Hoard about their new book- Eucontamination: Disgust Theology & the Christian Life.In This Episode:•You'll see how disgust is behind all the vitriol & scapegoating of the religious right•How Jesus truly upends our notions of purity•We are the poop...you'll seeConnect with Billie or Paul:Billie's InstagramPaul's SubstackEucontaminiation book- Use code DISGUSTPOD at checkout for %20 off.You can now watch the episodes on our YouTube channel! Tell us what you think.Subscribe, share, and leave a review if this conversation moved you.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In this episode, Joe talks with Sophia Zoe Kilmer. We dig into the ongoing fight for civil rights and explore what it means to resist in meaningful ways.What You’ll Hear:Sophie's long history of resistance.What's really at stake in our democracy.How we lovingly fight back and what it takes to do so.Connect:Follow Sophia Zoe Kilmer HERE.Follow us on Instagram: Shift Happens PodcastSubscribe & leave a review to help others find the show.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week Joe talks with one of his old youth group students and returning guest, Madison Morrigan. It is an incredibly dark season we find ourselves in and this episode is a bright light. You will walk away feeling uplifted and so encouraged. To learn more about Madison's work and/or to follow her on social media, please click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week, Joe talks with author and theologian Keith Giles about his newest book The Quantum Gospel of Mary and The Lost Gospel of Truth. To order Keith's book, click HERE. To follow Keith on social media and/or to follow his work, click HERE.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

For today's bonus episode, we listen to a recording of a conversation that Joe had with Zoe. She reached out and they hit record. If you don't know Sophia Zoe Kilmer, she is a trans activist and constitutional lawyer. Make sure to keep an eye out for her full episode in the coming month.She also JUST started an independent podcast called Sophie Talks. To subscribe and listen, click HERE.To follow her on social media, click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Today, we talk to Brian Recker about healthy masculinity and a ton of other things. Make sure to click the link below to preorder his upcoming book Hellbent. To follow Brian, check out his work, invite him to speak, preorder his book and much more, click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Today we've got an amazing bonus episode for you. Listener Ally Didier reached out and wanted to share her story. It is super encouraging and full of hope. In a season where that feels like it's in short order, we hope Ally's story brings you a little light.To contact Ally or to learn more about Kindred Church, click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In this episode we talk with author Nia Chiaramonte about her book "I Hardly Knew Me" with is out July 8th. To follow Nia on Instagram, click HERE.To follow Nia's work or preorder I Hardly Knew Me or to explore her other works, click HERE.Show Sponsor: Groundnews.com- If you are wanting to get your news without all the junk then look no further than Ground News. The only independent news source that I trust and use. Click the link to get 40% off the exact subscription that I use: https://check.ground.news/therealjoesmith To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week we talk with Professor Dr. Kevin Bird. Dr. Bird is a specialist in history of the American South and teaches (among other things) about how the historical narrative is often skewed to ignore the injustices we still feel the consequences of. To learn more about Dr. Bird please click HERE.Thank you to our show sponsors: The Slippery Slope- use promo code therealjoesmith to get 10% off your purchase of any shirt, stickers or tote bag. GroundNews.com use my link to get 40% off your subscription cost to the top tier Vantage Subscription (the same one I have): https://check.ground.news/therealjoesmith The Wild Goose Festival- Use our promo code A-MZN to get $50 off any single adult ticket.Kevin Bruchert Productions: https://kevinbproductions.com/To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week, we talk with comedian Cat Alvarado.Joe and Cat talk about her story growing up in the church, her journey to where she is and how comedy plays a major role in how she sees the world. To learn more about Cat's comedy, to watch her specials, or to follow her on social media- click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In this week's episode we talk with Jennifer Solomon. Jennifer Solomon (she/her) is the Parents and Families Support Manager for Equality Florida, leading the Parenting with Pride network. Jennifer’s advocacy work includes founding and serving as president of PFLAG Miami, where she has created a supportive space for families to receive guidance, share experiences, and become allies for their loved ones. She also co-led the Miami Coalition for Queer Youth, ensuring equitable and safe educational environments for all students. From 2022 to 2024, Jennifer served as the LGBTQ+ Chair for the Miami-Dade Council of PTA/PTSA and now presides over Florida PTA's Kaleidoscope Chapter.As an appointed member of HRC’s Parents for Transgender Equality Council, Jennifer advocates on a national level. In recognition of her impactful work, Equality Florida honored her with the 2023 Voice for Equality Award, and SAVE named her a 2023 Champion of Equality.To learn more about Jennifer, her work and the overall work of Equality Florida, click HERE.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In this episode of Shift Happens, Joe sits down with Kristin Young, Experience Pastor at Mosaic Church in North Carolina, for a powerful conversation about what it means to live fully in your voice, your body, and your calling — especially in faith spaces that often ask you to play small.Kristin shares her journey of embracing her big personality and learning that taking up space is a form of resistance. We talk about the tension between authenticity and expectations, the internal work of trusting your own voice, and what it’s looked like for her church leadership to go on their own journey of learning how to let her lead.This one is for anyone who’s ever been told they were “too much,” anyone figuring out how to stay rooted in their truth, and anyone who’s ever been asked to shrink in the name of “humility.”To follow Kristin, please click HERE.✨ Sponsors:•The Slippery Slope – Shirts for exvangelicals, heretics, and spiritual misfits your mom probably wouldn’t approve of. Use promo code TheRealJoeSmith for 10% off at checkout.•The Wild Goose Festival – A one-of-a-kind gathering of justice seekers, artists, mystics, and spiritual rebels in the mountains of North Carolina. Use code A-MZN for $50 off any single adult ticket.Follow, rate, and share if this episode resonates. Because when you shift… shift happens.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In this week's episode, we talk to ward-winning and Billboard-charting artist Flamy Grant. Her 2022 debut record, Bible Belt Baby, reached the #1 spot on the iTunes Christian Chart (the first drag performer to achieve this feat), was nominated for Best Pop Album at the San Diego Music Awards, and was named one of the Top Ten Queer Country Albums of 2023 by Rainbow Rodeo Magazine. Her single “Good Day” debuted at #20 on the Billboard Christian digital sales chart. Her 2024 sophomore album “CHURCH” reached #8 on the iTunes Country Chart.To follow Flamy Grant, her work and upcoming shows, please click HERE.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week, we talk with author Liz Charolette Grant. Joe talks to Liz about her debut book Knock at the Sky: Seeking God in Genesis After Losing Faith in the Bible. We dive into her back story, why she needed to write this particular book, her work as a birth doula and so much more. To follow Liz, order her book or to find her other writing- please click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week Joe talks with author J. Philip Newell and Director of the Sacred Earth Sacred Soul Center Cami Twilling. John Philip Newell  is an internationally renowned Celtic teacher and author of spirituality who calls the modern world to reawaken to the sacredness of Earth and every human being. He has been described as having ‘the heart of a Celtic bard and the mind of a Celtic scholar’, combining in his teachings the poetic and the intellectual, the head as well as the heart, and spiritual awareness as well as political and ecological concern.Cami Twilling, based in Colorado, is the Director of Earth & Soul (a Celtic initiative of study, spiritual practice and compassionate action inspired by the teachings of John Philip Newell). As well as heading up the overall work of Earth & Soul, she facilitates the spiritual practice component of the Earth & Soul Retreats. Cami is passionate about the relationship between spirituality and action and believes that spiritual vision and practice can play a vital role in helping to heal and transform our lives both individually and together.To learn more about their work, to follow on social media or to order Newell's books, please click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In today's episode, Joe talks with author Kevin Sweeney. Kevin is the author of multiple books including, The Making of a Mystic and The Joy of Letting Go. Joe and Kevin jump into this new book that marries the mystic of the Cosmic Christ with the tradition of the prophetic black church as the concrete. The talk about the paradox of "Everything is ok and everything is not ok" and how we can operate in the both/and during an age that screams either/or. If you're interested in Kevin's coaching or writing or learning more about his work, click HERE. To order The Cosmic Christ and The Concrete Jesus, click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week Joe talks with author of Tiger in a Lifeboat, Lauren Cibene. Lauren's debut book, is a unique story of deconstructing, traveling through India and learning how to reclaim trust. Her writing style will speak to you regardless of where you are on your spiritual journey. Joe and Lauren deep dive into many of the themes of the book and how they relate to our changing world. No doubt, all of you will walk away feeling empowered to reclaim whatever it is you need to reclaim.To learn more about Lauren, her ongoing work and/or to preorder her book, click HERE.Mentioned in the episode:Women Who Run With WolvesTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week, Joe talks to returning guest Dr. Miche Van Essen. Dr. Miche is the Co-Executive Director of the Transmission Ministry Collective. TMC  aims to connect and empower trans and gender-expansive people within a Christian context to explore gender and spirituality, share holistic care, and develop as leaders, and to educate and inspire change in broader faith communities.Joe and Dr. Miche talk about many things but one area of focus is something Dr. Miche calls foundationalism and how it is creating and feeding our echo chambers. To hear Dr. Miche's first episode, click HERE. To read their Substack, click HERE.To follow Dr. Miche on instagram, click HERE.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week, we talk to Fred Harrell. Fred is the Executive Director of Cultivate Pastors, a spiritual coach & director and the Director of New Church Cultivation for the Post Evangelical Collective.Among the many topics Joe and Fred discuss, one of the most important is the need for self-awareness and the decentering that needs to happen among white, American Christians. You will walk away feeling empowered to live in the way Christ is calling us in this season.To follow Fred on Instagram, click HERE. To inquire about coach or directing, click HERE.In the episode: The Post Evangelical Collective, Jemar Tisby, Life After Doom, Aaron NiequistTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week, Joe talks to the host of Talking Politics and Religion, Corey Nathan. Corey's podcast is focused on building bridges and having the hard conversations that many are not willing to. Joe and Corey talk about how honest, good faith conversations is not only a way to resist dehumanization but might just be the actual way forward. To learn more about Corey Nathan and the Democracy Group, click HERE. To follow Talk Politics and Religion podcast, click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

We have another amazing bonus episode for you today. We talk with author and theologian Keith Giles. Joe talks to Keith about his newest book "The Quantum Sayings of Jesus: Decoding the Lost Gospel of Thomas". They talk about how non-duality is a form of resistance to the fundamentalism and white Christian nationalism we see so much today. To find more books by Keith and to follow him, please click HERE. To find and listen to Happy Heretic Hour, please click HERE. To order one of Keith's books, please click HERE.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Today, Joe talks with Open & Relational theologian and author Dr. Jonathan Foster. Joe and Dr. Foster talk about his book The Theology of Consent and how the idea of an all good and all powerful God doesn't align with what we see in the world. To learn more about Dr. Foster's work and his writings, please click HERE.Things mention in the episode: Open & Relational Theology, Process Theology, Thomas J. Oord, René Girard, Memetic TheoryTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Today we talk to Gracepointe Pastor Josh Scott. The author of several books talking about what the Bible actually is, dives into the weaponization of Scripture. Is it a weapon of oppression or a tool of liberation?To follow Josh, his work and to find out more about his ministry, please click HERE.In the episode: Brian McClaren, Borg & Crosson, Pete Enns, Mitzi J. SmithTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Today, we talk to our friend The Unconventional Pastor Paul Swearengin. We talk to Paul about how living fully is a resistance in and of itself and that doing so is not for anyone else. To follow Paul, their work or to inquire about coaching, please click HERE.Things mentioned in the episode: Evangelicalish Podcast: Learning from the Aramaic Jesus, Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus, Paul's first episode, Falling Back in love With Being HumanTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Today we talk to Zack Hunt about his book Unraptured and how the rapture is a driving force behind much of white, Christian nationalism.To follow Zack, his writing and his work, please click HERE.Mentioned in this episode:The Bible for Normal People, Pablo Richard, The Rapture Exposed, A Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse, Dan McClellan, Bart EhrmanTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Today Joe talks with The Naked Pastor, David Hayward.We're sure that you're all familiar with David and if not, then you are in for a real treat. Joe talks to David about how he became "The Naked Pastor", how he traded his pulpit for an art studio and how he sees his art as a way of resisting the cruelty of White, Christian Nationalism.To follow David or to explore more of his work, please click HERE. To listen to David's first episode on Shift Happens, click HERE.To find Valrie Kaur and her work, click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

For today's bonus episode, we talk to Molly Downs-Stoller. Molly is a licensed marriage and family therapist that specializes with the LGBTQ+ community. Molly is a regular guest on the podcast and you can listen to her deconstruction story HERE. Molly walks us through how our nervous systems protect us (even when we don't want them to sometimes). She also talks to us about how the answer is almost always to "feel our feelings". To learn more about Molly and her work, please click HERE. To follow her on social media, please click HERE. To find out more about Dr. Laura Anderson and her book: When Religion Hurts You, click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week, we talk to the Lead Pastor of Restore Austin, Zack Lambert. We talk to Zack about what radicalized him early on, how those experiences shaped his view of God/the Church and how he approaches the sacred responsibility of the "pulpit". To order Zack's new book, "Better Ways to Read the Bible", click HERE.To listen to Zack's first episode, click HERE.To find out more about Restore Austin, click HERE.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In this episode, Joe talks with Dr. Amber Jones. Dr Jones is a pastor, podcast host, speaker, author, spiritual director and mother. Dr. Jones shares with us her experiences as a female pastor in a world which has been historically dominated by men. She talks about how God expresses Godself as feminine many times in scripture and that this view of God has been held by even the earliest church leaders. To follow Dr. Jones, read her work, listen to her podcast, and/or to hire her for spiritual direction please click HERE. Mentioned in the episode: The Odes of SolomonOrigen of AlexandriaTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week, Joe talks to the executive director of Florida's largest LGBTQ human rights organization; Nadine Smith. Nadine comes from a long line of people fighting for human rights and she takes the legacy seriously. Nadine is an award winning journalist, named to Time's 100 most influential people in the world and sat with President Bill Clinton in the first meeting between a sitting president and national LGBTQIA leaders. This conversation is so important, as she reminds us that history already holds the answers to our resistance. Like she said, "There is power in looking back at what we've overcome."To find out more about Nadine and her work, please click HERE. Mentioned in the episode:Wide Awake American PodcastNY Times ArticlePride at the Capital and Lobby DaysTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Joe talks to one of our favorite podcasters for another special Sunday bonus episode: Esther Joy Goetz. You probably know her best as one of the Deconstructing Mamas or The Dolly Mama. Joe and Esther talk about Carl Jung, Richard Rohr, Celtic theology, the shadow self and how non-dual thinking is a key to moving beyond the cruelty of our age. If you're not already following Esther and would like to, or connect with her work as a spiritual director, or to order her eBook, visit her website HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week, Joe talks with Rev. Dr. Angela Parker. Dr. Parker is an associate professor of New Testament and Greek at Mercer University School of Theology. Among her published works is the excellent book "If God Still Breathes, Why Can't I". Joe and Dr. Parker talk about how our view of God and how we are taught to interpret the Bible either brings freedom and liberation or how it stifles and supports the white, Christian nationalism we see taking over the country right now. To follow Dr. Parker please click the links below:InstagramTik tokIf God Still Breathes, Why Can't ITo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In this episode, Joe talks with New York Times best selling author Jemar Tisby. Jemar is also a theologian, speaker, teacher and leader. Joe and Jemar talk about his newest book "The Spirit of Justice" and how the stories can provide a blueprint for our current season of resistance. They talk about the state of the church in the United States and how it has added and abetted white Christian nationalism. To learn more about Jemar's work, to order his books or to contact him, please visit his website HERE. To read more about Robert Smalls, please click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In today's episode, Joe talks with New York Times Best Selling author Matthew Paul Turner. Whether you know Matthew from his books or his social media, you know that he is full of light and love. Matthew talks about why he got into writing and specifically writing children's books. He and Joe talk about the power of story and why it's important that we keep telling our stories. The world needs our stories now, maybe more than ever. To follow Matthew's upcoming books or contact or to follow him on social media, please click HERE.To follow or find out more about Jeffrey Marsh, please click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

In our first bonus episode, Joe talks with Florida House Representative Anna Eskamini. Rep. Eskamani is the representative for District 42, which covers most of Orlando. She is the first Iranian American elected to public office in the state and recently announced her campaign for the Mayorship of Orlando.Anna is a fierce advocate and that exact kind of person we need fighting for justice in seats of power and all of that comes across in the interview. To follow, contact or plug in with Rep. Eskamani click the links below.Anna4FLAnna4OrlandoTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week Joe talks the author and illustrator of The Book of Belonging, Mariko Clark and Rachel Eleanor.  Mariko Clark is a Japanese American author, mother, and storyteller on a mission to help kids embrace diversity and wonder. Her time as an editor with National Geographic Learning sharpened her ability to make complex topics accessible and engaging. She equips kids and caregivers with spiritual resources to navigate the messy middle, wrestle with tough questions, and find community in the journey. Mariko lives outside of Indianapolis with her husband and three sweet and spicy kids. Rachel Eleanor is an illustrator known for doodles of questing travelers, friendly spirits, and all manner of creatures. She uses drawing as a way to explore the wilderness within and without, focusing on themes of spirituality and mindfulness. Her whimsical characters have inhabited books and stationery, championed brands, and even bedecked beverages. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, son, and tabby cat, where they enjoy taking long walks, picking flowers, and cooking with their friends. No doubt you will be encouraged by this conversation. We hope that it does bring a little light and life during a heavy week.  To connect with Mariko or see her work please click HERE To connect with Rachel or see her work please click HERE To order The Book of Belonging: https://www.thebookofbelonging.com/ Things Mention in this Episode: https://www.honestadvent.com/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725878/do-you-still-talk-to-grandma-by-brit-barron/ https://www.ellegroverfricks.com/ Correction about cult of Pan and castration festivals: As far as BEMA content goes, the Pan Festival at the gates of hell is BEMA ep 119. The church at Sardis is ep 179. Loathe am I to gate-keep education, especially when casting a different vision against white nationalist christianity. The deity that men would castrate themselves in honor of is Agdistis, an evolution of Cybele. You can read more about her here! To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Today Joe talks with Billie Hoard. Billie is a teacher, theologian, YouTube Podcaster, writer and soon to be author. Billie walks us through a theory she's calling Eucontamination. We won't try to describe it here and let her explain it all. But you will soon see how disgust plays a part in it. To follow Billie's writing and all the things she's up to, please click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

We kick off season 3 with a BANG! Joining us today are Ashe Van Steenwyk and Kalie May Hargrove from The Center for Prophetic Imagination. Ashe is the Exec. Director for The Center and Kalie is the Digital Outreach Coordinator. Joe talks with them about how there is an authoritarian bent in American evangelicalism and how we confront that. This conversation is as challenging as it is empowering. You will, no doubt, walk away from this with much to think through. To visit their website, please click HERE.To listen to the Kalie's episode on the On God's Campus podcast, please click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Today our host, Joe Smith, talks about why Shift Happens started, some changes being made to the podcast and why the focus on resistance for the upcoming season. We are super excited about the upcoming changes and all the amazing guests we have lined up for the new season. Each week you will be empower, encouraged and inspired to resist the onslaught of dehumanization we are experiencing in our culture. If you would like to be part of the Shift Virtual Campus, feel free to reach out to Joe on Instagram HERE or email Joe at [email protected] help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Joe talks to Dana Hicks, author of The Quest for Thin Places: How to Find Spirituality after Deconstruction. This isn't like any book on deconstruction that you've ever read. Dana does an amazing job walking us through his story and showing how spirituality doesn't have to be the narrow fundamentalism that many of us grew up with. In fact, his book and this interview speaks to the depth and beauty found outside those high control religious spaces. To find Dana, his books and to connect with him please visit his website HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Today, Joe talks with Joylyn Weikum. Joylyn is the founder and director of LGBT Christian Resources. An online one stop shop for all things LGBT & Christian. Joylyn talks about her upbringing in the Seventh Day Adventist church and her journey to an inclusive faith. She founded LGBT Christian Resources as a way to help other people wrestle with their faith and give them a soft landing to do so. Her story is very encouraging and a snapshot of how Love will grow if given even the smallest crack to do so. To discover more about LGBT Christian Resources, please click HERE. To follow them on Instagram, please click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week, Joe talk to Alyssa Aviles. You might know her better on social media as The Lovely Lyss. Alyssa specializes in website funnels, Canva and marketing some of the more popular brands in the United States. But she is also a deconstructed, exvangelical. Alyssa talks about her upbringing in the conservative church and how circumstances forced her to confront much of what she believed. Her story is a testament to how the arts and creativity paints a much different picture of the Divine than the one many of us grew up with. To connect, contact and/or follow Lyss, please click the link HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

This week, we talk to Hannah Siegmund, the lead pastor of Different Church. Hannah talks about her journey growing up in the charismatic church, how she came to embrace affirming theology and the work she is part of here in FL through Different Church. To connect with Hannah and Different Church, please click the link HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....

Today, Joe speaks with Tik Tok and social media influencer Holly Tidwell (Hope with Holly).They have a fascinating and incredibly encouraging conversation about her life in the evangelical church, one of her children coming out and the important work that she does now. If you are not following Holly and would like to, please click HERE. Please rate and share this episode as it helps with the platform algorithms. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....