Black and White and Gold

Listen, Robbie is my favorite, but the man is particular about who he talks to. But this Brad Kelly guy? Brad gets mentioned. This conversation was SO fun, with many layers and the journey through Ch…

The word flies around as if we’re all using the same definition…but we’re not. So…let’s talk about the different ways people use the word “truth” and maybe we can be a bit more on the same page in co…

Content warning: This episode discusses infant loss and stillbirth. Please care for yourself accordingly.

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Using Brian McLaren’s Stages of Faith from his book Faith After Doubt, we explore some of the intricacies of a faith collective from different stages. We talk about what each stage can look like, the…

Content Warning: typically, we will do our best to keep language to a minimum, but this one we kept all the conversation as it happened. If this is something you’re sensitive to, please take care as …

What began as a thought exercise one day when I was fed up (pun intended) with making ONE MORE meal (actually, it was two) for ONE MORE activity in order to engage with my church community outside of…

Nikki Revis is a business and energetics coach helping women succeed in all aspects of their lives. She’s tiny, but the woman packs a punch. She was willing to sit with me to talk about her faith jou…

Season TWO, friends!

This entire season will be weaving in and through the stories of people who have dealt with complicated religious experiences and how they navigated it. In this intro episode, we…

We sincerely hope you are enjoying this episode in comfy jammies and are making lovely memories with family and friends.

…but if not, we hope you have peace anyway.

We love your guts, and we’ll be ba…

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I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening) by Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers

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It’s hard to overstate the mood swings felt on the journey of this episode. Maybe some of you can relate? Join us as we talk about nuance through the lens of religion, covid, and politics. Here’s to …

Many apologies if this is a duplicate post for you…we’re still working out the kinks over here, and *maybe* we figured out the issue? Regardless, this episode is a good one…hope you stay tuned!

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We love your guts. We’re so grateful for you. Enjoy the weekend the best you’re able to, and we will be back with another convo next week.

Book Club Deets:

We will be meeting Wednesday, December 4, at…

Ahhhh…The Holidays, right? It's a beautiful time for gathering as family and friends to celebrate [fill in the blank] day. However, "holidays" are seen through different lenses by each of us. Some ho…

Nothing like a volatile political season to bring out the best in everyone…areweright?

As social media feels like a literal dumpster fire mixed with the worst in humanity sometimes, we are pulling at…

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has created quiiiiite a stir…mostly among people who are somehow affiliated with the church in their lives.

But the opinions? Oof. They’re ALLLL over the place. We ch…

Is there anything scarier that talking about politics? For some, definitely not…so since it’s our last episode before Election Day AND Halloween, it seemed like a fitting thing to jump in to.

But we’…

Kelly is BACK! This time, we have an open conversation about pregnancy loss, pregnancy, parenting, and re-parenting ourselves.

Trigger warning: We love you and want the best for you! Please only list…

Part 3 of our relationship series ends with us saying a bunch of big words, but words that changed the game for us. If things like “differentiation,” “enmeshment,” and “co-create” are new-ish to you,…

There’s a lot of discussion about relationships and vulnerability, but it seems that men have a bit of a bad rap in this particular arena. But what does culture AND the women in their lives have to d…