Stephen Cady, senior pastor of Asbury First United Methodist Church in Rochester, NY, talks to us about the importance of grace, what life may be like after this Methodist divorce, and what young people are looking for in the Church. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dangerousliberalladypreachers.substack.com...
Natalie and Jess chat with the incredible David Hayward, better known by his pen name, the Naked Pastor. Artist, author, and former Presbyterian pastor from Canada, David talks to us about taking the Church outside of its four walls, overcoming systemic prejudice and oppression, embracing change over death, and engaging in deep conversation through cartoons. You can check out David's work at www.nakedpastor.com . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers ...
For this episode we are joined by our Old Testament professor from our seminary days, Dr. Mark Brummitt: Hebrew Bible expert, thespian, writer, a great from Britain, and a generally delightful human. We cover all kinds of ground together: the many names for the Hebrew Scriptures and the loadedness they bear, the body of God, GLBTQIA clobber passages, detachment as a spiritual discipline, appreciating antiquity, and making peace with what we don’t know about the Sacred. This is a public episode. ...
In this special episode, Natalie chats with her friend and neighbor Jamaica Miles, co-founder of a local grassroots organization called All of Us that fights for racial justice. Jamaica shares that as a child she asked "why are all the angels white?" Natalie and Jamaica talk about white flight, the perils of capitalism, what white folx can do to help their BIPOC neighbors in our mutual fight for an equal world, and the hope we find in our children. This is a public episode. If you would like to ...
We are SO excited to share this wonderful interview with the dynamic badass that is Diana Butler Bass! Diana chats with us about spiritual courage, bringing all living generations together in the Kin-dom of God (or maybe the Republic of Heaven), her book _Freeing Jesus_, the world's plague of sexism, and the unending circle of God's people. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dangerousliberalladypreachers.subst...
The Rev. Carmen Perry, UMC Elder, hospice chaplain, and co-chair of the UNY Board of Ordained Ministry, talks to Natalie and Jess about taking the Church outside of its walls, our discomfort with death and loss, and encouraging one another in the calling to ordained ministry. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dangerousliberalladypreachers.substack.com...
Natalie and Emily chat with their dear friend and Natalie's closest Methodist neighbor, the Rev. Sara Baron, pastor of the First UMC of Schenectady. This chat covers all kinds of ground, from our human need to be loved for who we are, to microaggressions and Deborah Tannen's "Marked Woman", to the core of Sara's call, to make the Church a safe and welcoming place for all. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dan...
Rabbi Matt Cutler of the Congregation Gates of Heaven in Schenectady, NY chats with Natalie and Jess about the gates of your spiritual journey, Jewish mysticism, antisemitism in America and how we can support our Jewish neighbors, and how no one likes change except a wet baby. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dangerousliberalladypreachers.substack.com...
Mother Grace Wilgefortis Ferris, CACINA priest, co-pastor of the St. John of God, and founder of the St. Wilgefortis TransMISSION, opens up about her calling as a trans clergywoman, LGBTQIA inclusion in Church and society, biblical womanhood, "clobber verses", and how we should love one another. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dangerousliberalladypreachers.substack.com...
We joyously share the very first interview we ever recorded, with our very dear friend, the Rev. Michelle George Yates. Michelle is an ordained minister in the Unitarian Universalist tradition, serving at the First Universalist Church in Rochester, NY. Michelle talked to us about rethinking Sunday School, renewing our promise to God to care for creation, and "loving the hell out of the world". This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bon...
Our dear friend Rev. Harold Wheat, who serves two churches in Binghamton, NY, shares his thoughts about the importance of Sabbath keeping, finding joy in personal spiritual practices, and Jesus' nonviolent love ethic. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dangerousliberalladypreachers.substack.com...
The Rev. Jeremiah Lennox, Druid priest and founder of Nemeton of the Ways, talks to Natalie about the fight for equal rights, sacred reciprocity, our Earth Mother's love of diversity, and the Holy being as close as your beating heart. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dangerousliberalladypreachers.substack.com...
Hello world! We're on the air! We recorded this special introductory episode so you all could get to know us, where and how we serve, and what we're all about! Join us for a discussion of postpartum depression, healthcare injustice, deconstructing theology, privilege, and finding the Holy in the midst of it all. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dangerousliberalladypreachers.substack.com...
