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Season 5 Episode 1: Deconstructing Grief

What does grief look like in the midst of spiritual/religious deconstruction? When your beliefs change, what do you hold on in the midst of loss? In the first episode of our 5th season, Joe talks openly about how old constructs no longer work for him following the death of his father, and how therapy and community are filling the void.

Season 4 Episode 17: Deconstructing Salvation

Is salvation merely about life after death? Or is there a more immediate, more holistic way of seeing salvation through the lens of liberation? In this episode, Joe riffs on how understanding salvation as liberation is more true to the way of Jesus than your typical Christian fire insurance policy.

Season 4 Episode 16: Psychedelic Theology with Kaleb Graves

As science continues to learn more about psychedelic substances and their use becomes more mainstream for both recreational and therapeutic applications, what do the church and faith leaders need to know? In this episode Joe and Jenny chat with Kaleb Graves, a recent Duke Divinity graduate who is researching and exploring the intersections of psychedelic use and Christianity.

CONTENT WARNING: Kaleb talks frankly about his own experiences with psychedelics and their usefulness for people experiencing suicidal ideation, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and a number of other physical and psychological disorders.

To learn more about Kaleb and Psychedelic Theology:

Psychedelic Theology Podcast: https://psychedelictheology.podbean.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090081741922

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychedelic_theology/

 

Season 4 Episode 15: Live at the Wild Goose with Josh Scott

Recorded live at the Wild Goose Festival on July 15, 2023, Joe talks with return guest Josh Scott about the Bible, progressive Christianity, Appalachian resistance, and West Virginia craft whiskey.

Season 4 Episode 14: Deconstructing Evangelism Part 2 - Decentralizing the Institutional Church

Is progressive Christianity really gaining momentum? Is there hope for institutional mainline denominations? In this episode Joe takes a second crack at deconstructing evangelistic paradigms in favor of a more authentic, contextualized type of faith community.

Season 4 Episode 13: Rev. Alba Onofrio (a.k.a. Reverend Sex)

In this episode guest hosts Jenny Williams and Krysta Rexrode Wolfe talk with Rev. Alba Onofrio (they/them), a.k.a. “Reverend Sex” about queerness, activism, healing from spiritual violence, the good news of God in Appalachia, and what it means to be “antagonistically alive.” Alba is the Executive Director and Spiritual Strategist for queer-led Soulforce, which works to end the religious and political oppression of LGBTQ+ people by breaking open the ideologies of Christian Supremacy and healing the queer community’s spirits from Spiritual Violence. You can find more about Alba’s work here:

Soulforce: https://soulforce.org/
Sexual Liberation Collective: https://www.sexualliberationcollective.com/
Reverend Sex: https://www.reverendsex.com/

Season 4 Episode 12: Where love is absent, God is absent (Bonus Episode)

If God is love, can God exist where love is absent? In this bonus podcast episode, co-hosts Joe Webb and Brad Davis break down Brad's latest blog post, taken from a Maundy Thursday reflection he wrote for the Welch Charge of the United Methodist Church in McDowell County, WV during Holy Week 2023.

Season 4 Episode 11: Bible Stories for Grownups with Josh Scott

We're excited to welcome Josh Scott back to Accidental Tomatoes to talk about his new book, Bible Stories for Grownups, which drops in early April 2023. In this episode, Josh and Joe talk about the importance of contextualizing scripture and understanding the depth and breadth of the human experience at the time some of our most familiar and beloved Bible stories came to be. You can hear more from Josh by following Gracepointe Church or his Substack page, joshscott.online.

Season 4 Episode 10: Deconstructing Evangelism

Do Christians really have a biblical mandate to convert other people to Christianity? Or should our evangelism have less to do with recruitment than with awakening people to Jesus' alternative worldview of peace, justice, and liberation? In this episode Joe deconstructs the evangelism of coercion and control in favor of a better, more inclusive story.

Season 4 Episode 9: Corey Turnpenny - Church In The Wild

For this episode we literally go outside the walls as Joe and Brad chat with Rev. Corey Turnpenny, pastor of Church In The Wild in Windsor, NY. Corey talks about how Church in the Wild came to be, how their nontraditional worship services emerge out of their very specific context, and how they view themselves as a community dedicated to helping other people in their neighborhoods thrive.