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Every time we talk about loving our LGBTQ neighbors, the same question shows up in our comments: isn't it our job as Christians to point out sin?

In this bonus episode, priest and public theologian Joash P. Thomas answers it. The only people Jesus talks about judgment with are religious leaders abusing their power. Everyone else gets grace. Joash argues the pressure to correct other people never came from Jesus, it came from colonizers and the western church that learned its theology from them, and he makes his case for LGBTQ inclusion straight from the book of Acts, where the Spirit is always out ahead and the church struggles to keep up.

He also answers the question a family member really asked him, "would you ever marry the gays," with a sacramental answer we did not see coming.

Short episode, big exhale. It brings the whole thing back to love, which was always the point.

Our guest: Joash P. Thomas is a priest, public theologian, and the author of The Justice of Jesus.
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Website: https://www.joashpthomas.com/
Order his book, The Justice of Jesus, on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4yvcKmI

If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out:

Episode 58: The 1946 Mistake That Changed Christianity: How “Homosexual” Entered the Bible

Episode 59: What We Got Wrong About Homosexuality: Culture, Politis & The Church (Part 2)

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If you’ve ever wondered whether there’s more happening around you than what you can see, this conversation is for you.
Kathleen Ives spent kindergarten through 12th grade in Catholic school, eventually swung about as close to atheism as you can get, and today works as a psychic medium and intuitive guide. Somewhere along the way, Jesus reentered the picture unexpectedly. She didn’t go looking for him, and for a long time, she resisted what she was experiencing.
In this conversation, Jaisa and Rachael talk with Kathleen about what it actually means to connect with spirit, how she experiences the unseen world, and why ideas that can sound “woo woo” begin to feel very different when viewed through the lens of energy, frequency, and curiosity rather than fear.
They explore signs, synchronicities, intuition, and the possibility that there may be far more happening around us than we typically notice.
And then the conversation goes somewhere Kathleen never expected: back to Jesus. Not as a figure we’re meant to hand our power over to, but as a healer whose life and teachings may have been pointing toward what is possible within all of us. For Kathleen, Mary Magdalene became an unexpected doorway back to understanding him - and that opens up an entirely different conversation about faith, power, and spirituality.
This episode is an invitation to stay curious about the unseen, loosen our certainty, and consider what might become possible when we stop being afraid of what we don’t yet understand.
Our guest: Kathleen Ives is a spirit medium, intuitive coach, death educator and author who walks women through life's most tender seasons of change, grief and growth. Her work is a reminder that even in the heaviest chapters, it is safe to feel good again. 
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Purchase Kathleen’s Book: Order your copy of “7 Ways to Live In-JOY Today” on Amazon
Follow Kathleen: Instagram: @kathleenives_ 
If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out: 
Episode 64: Loved Ones Never Leave Us – A Psychic Medium on the Afterlife w/ Sean Collyns
Episode 79: Journey Beyond the Veil – Finding Healing Through Mediumship w/ Camille McConnell
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What if the fear, chaos and searching all come from one belief, that we're separate from God, from one another, and from the parts of ourselves we were taught to reject? Taylor Perkins joins Jaisa and Rachael for a conversation about union, faith, and the illusion of separation.
Taylor's argument is that the divine was never something outside of us we're straining to reach. We get into Jesus and Krishna, why Jesus kept talking about weddings and bridal chambers, and what "I and the Father are one" actually claims.
Then it gets personal. Reality is a mirror, so the pieces of ourselves we bury keep showing up outside of us. Taylor shares what finally moved a 20 year struggle, and it wasn't fighting harder. 
Our guest: Taylor Perkins is a spiritual teacher weaving the Gnostic gospels, the Bhagavad Gita and eastern contemplative traditions into one thesis about union. Follow Taylor: Instagram @iamtaylorperkins  TikTok: @iamtaylorperkins.backup
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Episode 68: Do Souls Evolve? Soul Levels, Reincarnation & Compassion w/ Ainslie MacLeod
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What if your child isn't giving you a hard time, but telling you exactly what they need? In this episode Jaisa and Rachael use each child's moon sign as a map to what makes them feel safe, what makes them feel threatened, and how they process big emotions.
They open with Proverbs 22:6 and the Hebrew scholarship that reframes "train up a child" as parenting toward a child's natural bend, not forcing them straight, and how the birth chart illustrates that every child is divinely and uniquely made. Then they walk through all 12 moon signs, what each child needs, what to avoid, and the God given design in each, with real stories from their own homes, and close with a simple way to teach kids their own charts.
If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out:

Episode 90 Your Moon Sign Is Your Emotional Blueprint

Episode 82: How to Love and Care for Every Enneagram Type w/ Abbey Howe

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"No sex before marriage" isn't actually in the Bible, and neither is the single "biblical marriage" purity culture sold us. Jaisa and Rachael sit down with Bible scholar Mattie Mae Motl to ask what scripture really says about sex, gender, and sexuality once you strip away the rules we inherited.
They dig into what "sexual immorality" actually meant (exploitative sex, not premarital sex), how religion has long been used to control women's bodies, and why the body is an access to the divine, not an obstacle to it. Mattie shares her own purity culture upbringing, why "praying the gay away" is harmful, why sexuality is a spectrum, and what the Trevor Project data says about affirming homes. It closes on reading the Bible through love of God and neighbor, raising kids around sex without shame, and a little astrology to send us off.
About our guest: Mattie Mae Motl is a Bible scholar and PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews, a writer, creator, mother, and an openly queer voice in this space.
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If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out:
 
Episode 59 - What We Got Wrong About Homosexuality: Culture, Politics & The Church (Part 2)
Episode 58 - The 1946 Mistake that Changed Christianity: How "Homosexual" Entered the Bible

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