Lenny Duncan
The Rev/Awo Lenny Duncan (they/them) is a writer, speaker, scholar, and former pastor in the ELCA. In this conversation, Reed and Lenny talk about the Institutional Church and leaving ministry, Lenny’s current and upcoming work, and the full room that Jesus joined.
Kate hilderbrandt
The missing stair
Reed and Ashley have a conversation about secrets that churches keep, retribution for pointing out toxic people or practices in congregations, and the pain of deconstructing and leaving Christianity.
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Dr. Erin Johnson
Reed recounts traumatic experiences growing up Pentecostal and has a conversation with Erin Johnson, who also grew up Pentecostal, about her journey of deconstruction and finding solace in practices outside Christianity.
Content Warning: discussions of suicide, suicidal ideation, and mental abuse.
Episode Notes
CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide, suicidal ideation, and mental abuse.
Resources for dealing with religious trauma:
Growing up in a cult
When you grow up in a cult, you don’t know you’re in a cult until you get out in the world and learn about how the things that were “normal” to you weren’t normal…AT ALL! In this episode, Reed is joined by three friends who also grew up Pentecostal Fundamentalist!