What happens when grief reshapes your entire world? In this unique episode I share my deeply personal journey of navigating the loss of my mother during Holy Week 2024.

I pray this episode brings you comfort and hope, especially if you're also experiencing a grief journey. All love and appreciation to those who listen. Go in peace.


Stuff that’s helped me feel a bit less “griefy” and more “hope-y”:

Untangle Grief (online bereavement groups, also has IG page) - https://untanglegrief.com

Good Mourning: https://goodmourning.com.au

Magic Hour with Taylor Paige: https://magichourpod.com

Stages of Grief: https://www.healthline.com/health/stages-of-grief#5-stages

Sensual Faith by Lyvonne Briggs

Briggs, Lyvonne. “ Sensual Faith: The Art of Coming Home to Your Body. Convergence Books, New York, New York, 2023.


Honorable Mention: The grief-fiest album "The Tortured Poets Department" by Taylor Swift and the song "I Hate it Here"

About Faithfully Uncool:

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In this episode, I explore Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy by John Shelby Song then wrap-up with a Keep Me Near the Cross segment all about meeting St. Rita in Paris and New Year's goals!

For full show notes: www.faithfullyuncool.com

Sources Referenced:

Spong, John Shelby. Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy: A Journey into a New Christianity through the Doorway of Matthew’s Gospel. HarperOne, 2016.

The Bible for Normal People podcast - Jared Byas - "The Making of the Modern Mindset, Part 1" - https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-176-jared-byas-the-making-of-the-modern-mindset-part-1/

Straight White American Jesus podcast - Daniel Miller - "It's In the Code Episode 81: The Inerrant Bible" - https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-81-the-inerrant-bible/

About Faithfully Uncool:

Site: www.faithfullyuncool.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/faithfullyuncool_podcast/
Email: faithfullyuncool@gmail.com

Let's chat about why I'm an LGBTQ-Affirming Christian, the difference between affirming vs. "welcoming", and the most important reason of all to appreciate and accept each other.

Sources Mentioned/Referenced in this Episode:

Scholar Dan McClellan on Genesis 19 (Sodom and Gomorrah) - https://www.instagram.com/p/CuE3wnKsDQZ/

Hagar story; Jewish Women’s Archive Encyclopedia: https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/hagar-bible#:~:text=In%20this%20encounter%20with%20God's,(Gen%2016%3A13).

- Straight White American Jesus Podcast - https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-56-religious-freedom-part-1/

- Bible For Normal People - “Reading Scripture as a Transgender Christian”

- Bible For Normal People - “What It Means to Read the Bible Literally”

- The Reformation Project - https://www.instagram.com/thereformationproject/

About Faithfully Uncool:

Site: www.faithfullyuncool.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/faithfullyuncool_podcast/
Email: faithfullyuncool@gmail.com