What if… we got it wrong?

Not just small details. Not just interpretation.

What if we were taught to believe we were on the right side… the right team… the ones who had truth, clarity, and certainty…

But somewhere along the way, we never stopped to ask—who told us that?

In this Season 3 premiere of Safe Space with Jaxon, Jaxon sits down with content creator, podcast host, and author April Ajoy to unpack their shared upbringing in Evangelical Christianity, their journeys through deconstruction, and the tension of re-examining everything they once held as absolute.

April, known for her sharp and thoughtful humor, uses her platform to expose harmful, toxic, and sometimes just weird traits of American Evangelicalism—while still holding onto a more honest and inclusive expression of faith.

She is the author of Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith, available on Amazon, and co-host of the Tim & April Show on YouTube. Across platforms, she’s built a strong and growing audience with over 13.8K YouTube subscribers, 207K Instagram followers, and over 406K on TikTok.

From childhood faith to unraveling belief systems… to questioning the literal interpretation of dreams and visions in the Bible—Abraham, Moses, and Paul—we wrestle with a deeper question:

What if the dream was wrong?

Not meaningless… but misinterpreted.

And if that’s the case… what does it mean for everything built on top of it?

This conversation isn’t about tearing faith down.

It’s about asking better questions…
learning how to discern truth beyond tradition…
and ultimately confronting a question many are afraid to ask:

What if we’ve been defending the wrong team this whole time?

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What if the moment we gave God a name… we lost something?

In this episode of Safe Space with Jaxon, Jaxon sits down with best-selling author, speaker, and Heretic Happy Hour co-host Keith Giles for a thought-provoking conversation on humanity’s need to define the Divine.

Keith Giles is the author of the seven-part Jesus Un series and the SOLA series, and has been featured on CNN with Anderson Cooper, Coast to Coast Radio, USA Today, BuzzFeed, and John Fugelsang’s Tell Me Everything. His recent Quantum Gospel works—exploring texts like the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary—have become Amazon best-sellers, continuing to challenge how we understand faith, Jesus, and the nature of God.

From ancient golden calves to modern religious language, this conversation explores how names, labels, and doctrines can quietly become the very idols we think we’ve left behind.

Have we mistaken the name for the reality?

Together, Jaxon and Keith unpack:

• Why humans feel the need to name and define God

• How theology and religious identity can become modern-day idols

• The deeper meaning behind “the kingdom within”

• What it looks like to move beyond labels and live out love

At the center of this conversation is a simple but challenging idea:

Maybe God was never meant to be named—only experienced.

And maybe love was never meant to belong to religion at all.

This episode is for anyone questioning, deconstructing, or reimagining their understanding of faith, spirituality, and what it truly means to live out love without borders.

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In this spontaneous bonus episode, Jaxon reflects on something many of us struggle with but rarely talk about openly—what happens when friendships end.

Sometimes the people who once meant the most to us slowly become strangers… or even feel like enemies. But what if forgiveness isn’t pretending nothing happened? What if it’s simply acknowledging that you cared deeply—and that the hurt you carried eventually turned into bitterness?

In God Bless My Frenemy, Jaxon explores the uncomfortable truth that healing sometimes means letting go of the resentment we’ve been holding onto. Not to excuse what happened, and not to rekindle the relationship—but to free ourselves.

Because sometimes the most honest form of peace is this:

You’re no longer my friend…
but you’re no longer my enemy either.

Just a human being who once mattered.

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How many billions is enough?

In this episode, Jaxon offers a raw and reflective prayer — not from a place of religious performance, but from wrestling. Wrestling with greed. With power. With money. With systems that accumulate while others struggle to breathe.

At what point does success become excess?
At what point does blessing become hoarding?
And what does it mean to pray in a world obsessed with more?

This isn’t a sermon.
It’s a confrontation.
It’s a prayer for perspective.

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🎙 Host: Jaxon Phoenix
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What happens when the instructions no longer seem to align?

In this episode of Safe Space w/ Jaxon, we explore the tension between “the manual” and “the Manufacturer” — between ancient writings and the Divine they point toward. Using a simple furniture-assembly analogy, we unpack what it means to follow instructions faithfully… and what happens when something just doesn’t fit.

Have we elevated the manual over the source?

Joining me for this conversation is Leslie Nease — life coach, writer, and host of the Honoring the Journey Podcast, where she helps people navigate spiritual deconstruction and major life transitions with self-compassion and curiosity. Many first met Leslie as “Sister Christian” on Survivor: China (2007). Since then, her own journey of growth and transformation has led her to create spaces for honest conversation, healing, and learning to trust your own voice again.

Together, we talk about:
• Deconstruction as responsible verification
• The strengths — and limits — of having a manual
• Learning to trust your inner voice again
• What it costs to question what you were taught
• And how to reconnect with the Source when the instructions feel misaligned

If you’ve ever felt afraid to question… this conversation is for you.

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