In this episode we get into deconstructing toxic faith culture through a Christian lens.
Some topics include:

• Questioning God & Scripture
• Parenting
• Obedience Culture
• Purity Culture
• World Religions             

and more.

Episode resources:

• Decolonizing Traditional Christianity

Jo Luehmann Instagram
https://instagram.com/joluehmann?igshid=h6i8kj183cjo

https://www.ourbibleapp.com/new-blog/jo-luehmann

• Freed Hearts- Nonprofit on a mission to changing the human conversation on love and inclusion and providing safe spaces.  They have a network that reaches out to parents, LQBTQ, educators, therapists, and the church.

https://www.freedhearts.org/

• Dr. Stacey Patton - Nationally recognized child advocate and award winning author and journalist of Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America.

sparethekids.com
https://www.amazon.com/Spare-Kids-Whupping-Children-America/dp/0807061042

• Cindy Wang Brandt- Writer, Speaker, and Podcast host of Parenting Forward. Breaking cycles of authoritarian, fear-based parenting.
  https://cindywangbrandt.com/parenting-forward/ 

• #exposechristianschools

Within this hashtag you may find,
- personal accounts
-dialogue on conversion therapy
-articles on Christian universities and courses
-Christian authoritarianism, politics, and more

Journal Prompts:
1. Does your faith allow room for you to evolve?
2. Does your faith allow space for you to truly be free?
3.Does your faith allow space for your children to be free?
4. Does your faith allow space for your children to be affirmed?
5. Are you going into a worship space where your children or anyone you love cannot be affirmed?