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We're joined today for a special bonus episode, in celebration of Pride Month 2022, by Staci Frenes, author of the book Love Makes Room: And Other Things I Learned When My Daughter Came Out.

Staci is a singer songwriter, business woman, author, and perhaps most pertinently to today's conversation, a mother. She shares her story with us today of what it took to make room within her evangelical faith structure for her own daughter who one day came out to Staci as a beloved member of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Connect with Staci:

• Website stacifrenes.com
• Twitter @stacifrenes
• Instagram @stacifrenes
• Facebook at facebook.com/stacifrenes
• YouTube at youtube.com/c/StaciFrenes

Mentioned in the episode:

• God and The Gay Christian by Matthew Vines
• Inspired by Rachel Held Evans
• Love Is The Way by Bishop Michael B. Curry

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• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

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We're doing some soul care today while Stephen struggles with what Josh affectionately coins as "the downward dog-ness of the soul." Experiencing a darkness and a weight on the soul, we discuss the feelings of being in exile and discuss Emily's life-giving definition of self care: creating a life that you do not want to escape.

Mentioned in the episode:

• 162. Inspired Ravel Episode
• 1 Kings 19 - God's Voice In The Whisper
• The Book of Nehemiah
• The Book of Ezra
• Exodus 32 - Worship Of The Golden Calf
• Stockholm Syndrome Brittanica
• The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 89. Metanoia Ravel Episode
• 141. I'm An Atheist Now AMA Ravel Episode
• The Beautiful Letdown by Switchfoot
• FAA Turbulence Stats

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Credits:

• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Produced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily Rettinghouse
• Editing/Audio Engineering by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

Thank you for your supreme patience while we took an unscheduled break for a couple months! We're back with a conversation about the historical Jesus! Specifically, we're avoiding talking about "the Christ," instead focusing on the ideas of Jesus' humanity. Speculations include: as a devout Jewish man, he was likely married; he was likely born in Nazareth and not Bethlehem; and he was almost surely a stonemason and not a woodworker.

Mentioned in the episode:

• codyumc.com

Support us:

• Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!
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Credits:

• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Produced by Stephen Henning, Josh Lieuallen, and Emily Rettinghouse
• Editing/Audio Engineering by Stephen Henning
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

Welcome back, just one more time, to the Time Machine! Stephen's crazy work schedule at his day job is finally over, but between some much needed rest on Stephen's part and the summer already well under way, we needed a bit of a gap in the recording schedule. So we're bringing you an incredibly poignant rebroadcast in light of last week's revelations.

Is there anything more meta than a faith podcast talking about faith directly? What do we mean exactly when we talk about faith and how does it differ from beliefs or trust? What does it mean to leave "the faith"? Can you ever lose faith or do you just place your faith in something else? What does it mean for God to have faith in us?

Mentioned in the episode:

• Great Is Thy Faithfulness
• From the Perspective of God by Bo Burnham
• Dr. Who Wiki
• After Evangelicalism by David Gushee

Support us:

• Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!
• Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at [email protected]!
• Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!
• Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod!

Follow the hosts on social:

• Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen
• Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning
• Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse

Credits:

• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

STARTER PACK: I Need Something Life-Giving

Is it possible to be *too* optimistic? That's what Stephen's wondering today as he grapples with the possible links between his sense of optimism and hope for the world and his experience of privilege. We discuss the helplessness of hope, being God's gift to the world, and the inherently optimistic mindset of continuous improvement.

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GUEST SPOT HIGHLIGHT! Veterans of Culture Wars - Flooding the Zone with Empathy: Josh Lieuallen of the Ravel Podcast

Join our Patreon community at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

We would greatly appreciate the one minute it would take you to leave us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

Follow the hosts on Twitter:

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, a collective of artist owned podcasts by normal people in normal places. Learn more at www.highline.network.