Spirit Outspoken

Minisode 10.16.26 "What are your favorite episodes?"

Which Spirit Outspoken episodes changed us the most? In this Ask Rach & Jais minisode, Rachael and Jaisa revisit the guests, conversations, and revelations that challenge

Episode 103: Growing Up Gay in the Evangelical South and Healing Through Music w/ Garrison Starr

When the faith you were raised in no longer has room for who you are, where do you go next? Singer-songwriter Garrison Starr joins Jaisa and Rachael to talk about growin

Minisode 10.9.26: "How did you go from mom friends to spiritual gangsters?"

How did friendship, grief, faith, and unexpected intuitive experiences lead Rachael and Jaisa to start a podcast? They share the moments that brought them together, and w

Episode 102: The Divine Feminine, Mary Magdalene and Trusting Your Own Body w/ Chelsea Kim Long

The patriarchy didn’t just shape Christianity, it taught women to distrust their bodies, intuition, and spiritual knowing. In this episode, Chelsea Kim Long, author of F

Minisode 10.2.26: What happens when your spirituality is evolving, but your partner’s isn’t?

We are excited to launch our new minisode series "Ask Rach & Jais" dropping every Friday!  You send us your questions, and we’ll talk them through together. Love, life,

Episode 101: Taught to Question Everything Except Your Faith: A Baptist Preacher on Deconstruction w/ Kristian A. Smith

What happens when you're taught to think critically about everything except your faith? Kristian A. Smith, a pastor, author, public theologian and fifth-generation B

Episode 100: Is Jesus Bigger Than Christianity?

If God isn't limited to Jesus, why is Jesus limited to Christianity? In the 100th episode, Jaisa and Rachael wrestle with the question that has shaped two years of S

Episode 99: The Gospel According to Dolly Parton: Love, Judgment, and the God Spark

The flags are at half mast for a woman who never held office. That alone tells you something about who Dolly Parton was. Jaisa and Rachael honor her, and sit with the th

Episode 98: Who Am I Now? Identity, Surrender and the End of an Eclipse Cycle

Jaisa and Rachael hit record on this one at the kitchen table, mid mental breakdown, on the theory that they could not possibly be the only ones. August 27 was the lunar

Episode 97: Is It Our Job to Point Out Sin? Judgment, Grace and LGBTQ Inclusion w/ Joash P. Thomas

Every time we talk about loving our LGBTQ neighbors, the same question shows up in our comments: isn't it our job as Christians to point out sin? In this bonus epis

Episode 96: What a Psychic Medium Came to Understand About Jesus w/ Kathleen Ives

If you’ve ever wondered whether there’s more happening around you than what you can see, this conversation is for you. Kathleen Ives spent kindergarten through 12th grad

Episode 95: Jesus, Krishna and the Illusion of Separation w/ Taylor Perkins

What if the fear, chaos and searching all come from one belief, that we're separate from God, from one another, and from the parts of ourselves we were taught to rej

Episode 94: Parenting by Moon Sign: What Every Child Needs to Feel Safe

What if your child isn't giving you a hard time, but telling you exactly what they need? In this episode Jaisa and Rachael use each child's moon sign as a map t

Episode 93: "No Sex Before Marriage" Isn't Biblical: Rethinking Purity Culture and Sexual Immorality w/ Mattie Mae Motl

"No sex before marriage" isn't actually in the Bible, and neither is the single "biblical marriage" purity culture sold us. Jaisa and Rachael sit down with Bible sch

Episode 92: The 5 Stages of Deconstruction: What Happens When Faith Falls Apart and Comes Back Together

Deconstruction isn't a crisis of faith, it's a process, and it turns out that process has stages. this week jaisa and rachael walk through the five researched s

Episode 91: Mysticism, Empire, and Finding Our Way Back to Love w/ Joash P Thomas

Our friend Joash P. Thomas is back on Spirit Outspoken. He's a priest, a public theologian, and the author of The Justice of Jesus, and this conversation goes deep i

Episode 90 Your Moon Sign Is Your Emotional Blueprint

In this episode, Jaisa and Rachael break down one of astrology's most misunderstood placements and why it might be the most important one you've never paid atte

Episode 89: The Human Biofield: Dr. Jason Yuan on Energy Healing, Cancer Research, and the Science Behind Laying on of Hands

Jaisa's son's tumor took up ninety percent of his chest. Seven days later, it was gone. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Jason Yuan, a naturopathic physic

Episode 88: The "Moral Issues" That Masked Segregation

Abortion and homosexuality. If you grew up in conservative Christianity, you know these are the two issues. The ones that decide votes. The ones churches will not bend on

Episode 87: Jim Crow and the Pulpit: How the Church Preached Racism as God's Order

In part two of this series, Rachael and Jaisa walk through the comprehensive legal system of Jim Crow, the culture of lynching as a celebrated Christian community event,