Maddie Zahm is an Empty Canvas
For Maddie Zahm, there’s nothing more powerful than writing songs that scare her. On her debut EP You Might Not Like Her, the Boise-bred singer/songwriter intimately documents the massive upheaval she’s experienced over the last year: a life-changing journey that includes...
Read moreFr. Shannon TL Kearns on His Trans Journey with Scripture
Shannon TL Kearns is a transgender man who believes in the transformative power of story. As an ordained priest, a playwright, a theologian, and a writer all of his work revolves around making meaning through story. He’s the co-founder...
Read moreMace Mooney Believes the Kids Are All Right
Mace Mooney is a psychotherapist in training and a leader with Affirming Youth Ministries (AYM), a nonprofit dedicated to ministering to LGBTQIA+ youth and those that love them in the name of radical inclusion, authenticity, and God’s expansive love. They’re...
Read moreDianna Anderson on Being Nonbinary in a World of Dichotomies
Dianna Anderson is a nonbinary, queer writer based in Minneapolis, MN. They are the author of several books, including Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity and Problematic: How Toxic Callout Culture is Destroying Feminism. Dianna’s newest book, In...
Read moreLucy Dacus is Still Figuring It Out
Lucy Dacus is an acclaimed singer-songwriter and author from Richmond, VA. She has released three studio albums including 2021’s highly lauded Home Video, which earned rave reviews from global outlets such as Variety,The Guardian, NPR, Rolling Stone and many...
Read moreEdafe Okporo Sought Asylum
Edafe Okporo is a global gay rights activist, the founder of Refuge America, and one of the country’s most visible voices on the issue of displacement, leading an organization with a vision to “strengthen the US as a place...
Read moreRachel Kurtz Makes Music for All of Us
Rachel Kurtz is a Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter who has been touring and singing for almost 20 years. Her powerhouse voice and heartfelt performances have been electrifying crowds in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, New Orleans’ Superdome, Texas’ Alamo Dome, and hundreds of...
Read moreMatthew Paul Turner Writes Children’s Books
Powered by RedCircle Matthew Paul Turner is a New York Times bestselling author of multiple books, including his Children’s books — When God Made You and When I Pray For You. His newest children’s book, I Am God’s Dream released last week. Matthew’s writing...
Read moreBridget Eileen Rivera on How the Church Harms Queer People
Powered by RedCircle Bridget Eileen Rivera is a sociologist completing her Ph.D. at the City University of New York Graduate Center. She’s the author of “Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ+ Christians Experience Harm in the Church.” Today she chats...
Read moreJo Luehmann is Invested in Liberation
Powered by RedCircle Jo Luehmann is a Colombian-born and raised pastor who moved to the US to get her master’s degree in ministry and theology. After 10 years working inside churches, she found in personal and systemic ways how...
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