Life on Side B
Exploring the joy, beauty, and challenges of living in the traditional sexual ethic as LGBT+/SSA Christians.
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
S4E19 | Dean on Life After Divorce (w/ Ashley and Henry)
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Dean is back with us! His episode in Season 1 (S1E4 | Dean on Mixed-Orientation Marriage) has stood as a fan favorite episode. Today, he is back on the podcast with Ashley and Henry to give us a life update which includes that fact that he and Lisa have now divorced. Dean gifts us with his vulnerability as he shares about the resilience in his own life through the past few years. We cannot talk about marriage without also talking about the reality of divorce. Thank you, Dean, for the gifts that you continue to give to our community.
If you are interested in checking out the playlist Dean put together you can find it here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Sm704MLmZtgYRHLsYAq9w
Monday Sep 05, 2022
S4E18 | Wes and John on Prayer (w/ Ashley and Bekah)
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Wes Hill is back and John Starke joins us as well! Bekah and Ashley talk with them about prayer and how it plays into resilience.
Monday Aug 29, 2022
S4E17 | Misty on When to Stay or Leave a Church (w/ Bekah and Elizabeth)
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Elizabeth and Bekah sit down with the legendary straight ally, Misty Irons. Misty has been advocating for and standing in the line of fire for queer people in the church for multiple decades. Her work for our community means she has in many ways shared in the church hurt and marginalization that too often happens to queer people in faith settings. Elizabeth, Bekah, and Misty come together in this episode to discuss the difficult question, "Should I stay or should I leave my church?" They each share some of their experience related to this complex question. We hope it can help give you some insights if and when you process these questions around finding a church home, especially after experiencing church hurt.
Monday Aug 15, 2022
S4E16 | Joel on Creativity as Resilience (w/ Grant)
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Grant talks with artist Joel Briggs about creativity and storytelling in art and how they all help us live with resilience. Joel Briggs is a fine arts painter based in San Diego, California. He works predominantly in contemporary figurative representational oil painting. His work currently explores the intersection of traditional religious symbolism with the present-day embodied experiences of shame and sexuality. His work can be found on Instagram @joelbriggspaints
Monday Aug 08, 2022
S4E15 | Adelynn and Ben on Trans Identity and Faith (w/ Elizabeth)
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
In this episode, Elizabeth sits down with our good friends Adelynn and Ben to talk about their experiences of faith and gender as trans Christians. They discuss transitioning, dysphoria, the trans feminine experience and what they would love to see change in the trans conversation occurring in Christian faith communities.
Important note for those new to the trans conversation: Side B is a theological view specifically on sexual ethics and marriage, not gender identity. Therefore Side B Christians have diverse views on gender identity and trans Christians in Side B spaces express their gender in diverse ways. Conversations like these are important opportunities for our cisgender listeners and community members to take a posture of humility and listen.
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
S4E14 | Keifer and Jesse on Cross-Cultural Missions (w/ Josh and Ashley)
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
This week's episode topic was picked by our patrons. Josh and Ashley are talking with Keifer Lucchi, a missionary in Central Europe, and Jesse White, a university student preparing to go into missions in East Asia. From navigating missions organizations to cultural contexts, all four of them share about their experiences in missions from Latin America to Europe to Asia. Thank you to our patrons who chose this topic!
Monday Jul 11, 2022
S4E13 | Art on Committed Friendships (w/ Elizabeth)
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Art Pereira is back and talking with Elizabeth about the committed friendships in his life. Elizabeth also shares about important committed friendships in her life as well. What does commitment look like in friendship especially when it is with a friend who is or plans to marry? What does resilience look like in relationships?
Monday Jun 27, 2022
S4E12 | Johana Marie on Doubt and Deconstruction (w/ Bekah and Grant)
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Johana Marie Williams has returned to the podcast to talk with Bekah and Grant about processing doubt and deconstruction. Deconstruction especially has been a main topic of discussion recently. So how do we engage this discussion around faith and sexuality? What do we do when we find ourselves in the midst of a time of deconstruction? Listen now to hear our cohosts and Johana Marie share from their experiences.
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
S4E11 | The Cohosts on LGBTQ Media (MARY RETURNS!)
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Mary, our cohost from Season 2, is BACK! She has returned home to Life on Side B to talk with Ashley, Grant, and Josh about how we engage with queer media as Side B Christians. What media most impacted us? How do we engage it when our values are different? What counts as queer baiting? This episode gets a little unhinged but we hope you enjoy this special Pride month episode.
Monday Jun 13, 2022
S4E10 | Collin, Michelle, and Will on Being Ace (w/ Grant)
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
This episode has been a long time coming. Grant talks with Collin, Michelle, and Will about asexuality and grey sexuality. They cover various aspects of their experiences as ace Christians pursuing celibacy.