Our team talked through some key phrases that can be triggering and what we can say to replace them! We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourag…

We took this podcast recorded 2 days after the 2024 presidential election to process honestly through our own reactions and responses to the results. As promised, here are links we talked about on this show! J.T. Young's Blogpost: "Give us A King to Govern Us" : Biblical Warnings and the Threat of a Second Trump Presidency Kaitlin Curtice: The Limi…

This week, our team honestly talked about the emotions and experiences of many leading up to the election. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we en…

This episode we introduced our new regular Flipped Table Theology host, Pastor J.T. Young! A few links we shared in this episode: -FTC Religious Trauma Certificate -Mars Hill Podcast -Building Space We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during …

Our podcast hosts used this week to honor heartbreaking, but important topic of domestic violence in honor of October being Domestic Violence month. We are linking resources below: Hotline Number: 800-799-7233 : Please reach out if you need help. You deserve support. National Resource Center on Domestic Violence Domestic Violence Awareness Project …

This week, our Flipped Table Theology Podcast Hosts, joined by special guest, Pastor J.T. Young, talked about the release of J.T.'s new book, Extremists For Love. We are so excited to share his work with you all! You can connect with J.T. in a variety of ways: -The Well in Weldon Springs, Missouri (website) -Extremists for Love Blog -Tik Tok -Insta…

In preparation for Holly's upcoming retreat where she will be holding healing yoga offerings for parents who are grieving, our team shared on the topic of deconstructing grief. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped T…

Our podcast hosts discussed a variety of economic barriers that often impact participation and experiences at church. Our hosts also shared a huge update with Flipped Table in honor of economic accessibility! We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mention…

TW: Suicide, suicidal ideation, self harm Our team shared personal survival stories, experiences of suicidal ideation, self harm, and caring for others who are struggling. We offered wisdom and spoke into the need for those in faith spaces to deconstruct the narrative around suicide. If you are personally struggling with suicidal ideation or self h…

After a month off, our podcasts came together to talk about transitions and changes in their own lives and they lessons they are learning in those spaces. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook…

As we wrap up this summer's focus on Religious Trauma our hosts share some exciting announcements and process some lessons from the summer Olympic games. We will be taking a one-month break and will be back with new episodes in September. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to de…

Our hosts talked through a variety of resources and content on this week's podcast. Resources named in this episode are: If you are a member of the Flipped Table Resource Library- check out the Healing Practice Track, which is full of art therapy, journal prompts, yoga practices, and more. The Nature and Spirituality Class through the Flipped Table…

Our team is continuing our Summer Conversation on Religious Trauma Experiences with a topic on Outcomes. Our team spent a lot of time discussing Inside Out 2, the new Disney Movie! We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipp…

This conversation is part of our summer series on Religious Trauma. In this discussion, we present the design of Affinity Groups from Christie Love's Doctoral research and explore which groups were identified as hyper-vulnerable. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct…

In this week's episode, we continue our conversation about negative religious experiences as part of our summer-long series on Religious Trauma. **There is a trigger warning on this episode for conversations related to various forms of abuse, assault, child abuse, estrangement, and corporal punishment. ** Click here to participate in our national N…

In this episode we begin to discuss the research work that Christie Love has been doing exploring religious trauma through a lens of Negative Religious Experiences (NREs). Christie explains her research framework to us and introduces listeners to the first five of the ten NREs that she has identified and gathered data on. Christie also shared that …

This summer, our podcast is diving deep into the Religious Trauma research that our host, Christie Love, has been working on for many years. In this episode, we look at the six sources of religious trauma that Christie identified in her doctoral research. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no o…

We are starting a 10 week summer series addressing components of religious trauma and challenging perspectives in order to bring change and nurture healing. This firs week is an introductory conversation with our podcast hosts! We are excited that some of the upcoming conversations will include the perspectives and stories of podcast guests! We hop…

Our hosts share recommendations for a fiction, non-fiction, and resource book for you to add to summer reading lists. They also share some bonus streaming suggestions to add to your summer binge watching lists. We hope you enjoy these suggestions as much as we enjoyed compiling them! We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your…

We FINALLY shared our exciting news (which we have hinted at for months) in this week’s podcast episode! We announced that we are launching a new ministry project called The Flipped Table Collective that will be launching on Monday, June 10, 2024. We encourage you to listen to this full episode to hear all of the details of what this new organizati…

This week, we welcomed a special guest, Christie's youngest child, Lyn joined us to share some insight into the neurodivergent brain! This is part 2 in a conversation we had around Neurodiversity in Faith Spaces! Be sure to listen to that episode too! We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one d…

The conversation this week centered around foster care and the desperate need for the church's involvement in leading the movement around system reform, championing reunification, and prioritizing relational care and support for families that are working towards reunification. Holly shared the book The Invisible Child, by Andrea Elliott. We also ta…

We shared a conversation this week around neurodiversity in the church. Christie named the book, On the Spectrum, by Daniel Bowman Jr. Holly shard the Pixar short, Loop. And Rue shared some instagram accounts they followed to interact with the teenagers they connected with through Cooperative Youth Group. -Behrad, ADHD Meme Therapy -This is your br…

We honored Earth Month with a conversation around the church's disconnection to the natural, wild world. We were honored to have our dear friend, Sarah Lockenvitz, join us for this podcast. Linked are a few of the books and podcasts talked about in this week's episode! Cole Arthur Riley - has authored two books, This Here Flesh and Black Liturgies …

In one of the most authentic and raw conversations that we have ever released on the podcast, Christie, Holly, and Rue talk about the two months that Rue took off from the podcast and the changes that have happened in each of their lives and leadership roles have changed since that time. We hope that as we share our stories, you find a connection t…

TW: this episode mentions experiences of rape and sexual violence/trauma. Our team deconstructed the harm that has been caused by purity culture, especially to women, but with an awareness to the trauma and harm experienced by the nonbinary/queer community. This conversation was heavy and activating for all of us, but felt incredibly important to h…

This week, we collected questions from our Flipped Table Community Facebook group and enjoyed answering a few of the more lighthearted get-to-know-you questions :) We will back next week with deeper topic. We hope you have as much fun listening to us talk about how we are all friends, as we did recording it! We hope you are able to find a safe, sup…

This week, we talk about the toxic theologies that often revolve around forgiveness. We talk about how this impacts people personally and can impact us corporately. Christie shared some thoughts on forgiveness from her book God of the Gaps. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to …

In this episode, we talk about additional transitions and changes at The Connecting Grounds and how they shape a wider conversation around the questions: "What is the church?" and "What could the church be?" We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentione…

In this conversation, we dive into the controversy surrounding the "He Gets Us" ad campaign shown during the Super Bowl and the social media debates and discussions that have been playing out in response. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned d…

Christie, Shurita, and Holly had a good conversation about deconstructing the theology around suffering this week. During the conversation, Christie shared a few thoughts from her book God of the Gaps. She also shared a quote from Traci West, "The most vulnerable are the moral center." We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in yo…

This conversation about Christian Nationalism was recorded as a live episode at National Avenue Christian Church in Springfield, MO. The resources that were mentioned at the end of the discussion were: Heather Cox Richardson's Substack Disciples of Christ Resolution on Christian Nationalism Reconstructing the Gospel Book Jesus and John Wayne Americ…

Our team gathered this week for a fun conversation around the books that have been consistent on our bookshelves over the years, and the books that we have added throughout our own deconstruction journeys. we invite you to join our facebook group to share some of your own book recommendations! We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive communi…

*Trigger warning: This podcast talks about death, grief, with some mention of suicide. This week, our podcast team was honored with the wisdom of guest, Tiela Creekmore. Tiela is a chaplain at her local hospital and has personally walked through the loss of a loved one. Holly shared a poem she wrote at the end of this episode: Grief is the winter. …

This week's episode was recorded over Zoom due to COVID but was too important of a conversation for us not to have. This week, Christie Love shared publicly that she is resigning as Lead Pastor from The Connecting Grounds due to some significant health struggles. She shared a very heartfelt post on Facebook here, and TCG released their statement ho…

This week our much-smaller-than-normal team, Christie, Rue, and Holly, began 2024's episodes with a conversation around Toxic Achievement. This conversation was prompted by our cultural goal-driven norm to constantly be doing and achieving, a cultural pressure that often feels heaviest at the start of the New Year. Our team also announced that that…

This week, Shurita, Rue, Christie, and Holly continued the Deconstructing Advent Theme, talking this week about Love. Christie shared a quote at the end of the podcast: The Work of Christmas - By Howard Thurman When the song of the angel is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back w…

This week, Phil, Shurita, Holly and Christie continued a conversation on Deconstructing Advent, focusing this week on Joy. We had more audio challenges than normal this week so we apologize for the fuzziness and the disruptions. Phil shared this article from the Washington post. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deco…

Christie, Holly, Rue and Shurita gathered today to deconstruct the topic of peace. Christie recommended a new movie on Netflix called Rustin. Holly shared a favorite children's book (gifted to her children by Shurita, of course), Peas on Earth by Todd H. Doodler. Our team also recommends this anthem, Find Your People by Drew Holcomb and The Neighbo…

As we enter into the month of December, we are starting a series on "Deconstructing Advent." This month is on Deconstructing Hope. Our full team is finally back together, talking through this holiday-conversation. Several quotes were shared today: Rue shared a quote from President Barrack Obama's inauguration speech: “Hope is not blind optimism. It…

Trigger Warning: This conversation is part 2 of a conversation around the triggers that come with complicated family dynamics and holiday triggers. Rue brought up the Internal Family Systems - or "Parts Therapy". A great book for this is No Bad Parts by Robert C. Schwartz. Christie shared an image by the artist Takisha Brown. A link to this image i…

Trigger Warning: This conversation talks about family relationships in the context of family gatherings. For some, this conversation could be really triggering. Our whole team gathered for this conversation and shared from both personal experience and Holly shared an earthy analogies :) We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in y…

Week 30 of FTT is an incredibly passionate and raw episode that came as a response to an emergency outreach gap our team experienced this week. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may …

This week, Christie, Shurita, Holly, and Rue talked through the topic of innovation and deconstructing as an institution. Holly shared a book that she has felt very connected to (borrowed from Christie, but she probably won't give it back!): Sacred Earth Sacred Soul by John Phillip Newell and Rue shared a quote by Octavia Butler: "Change is the onl…

Backstory: The FTT team was scheduled to be at an event today to film the podcast live as one of the presenters. Our team showed up to the event early (everyone except for Shurita who was at an all day work retreat) in order to watch the first speaker. The entire event was supposed to be centered around the topic of deconstruction, but this first s…

This week, we are missing Christie's voice as she is spending time with one of their college-aged kiddos and visiting Powell's Books :) Phil, Shurita, Rue, and I all took time this week to talk through a conversation deconstructing the common phrases "God is Good" and "God's Plan." This has been a topic on our hearts for awhile, but with the escala…

We are insanely humbled at the amount of people who have reached out and shared how much this podcast has meant to them on their deconstruction journeys. With so many listening who are not local, we used this podcast to share a little about our hearts to "do church differently" and to share some of the history of The Connecting Grounds (TCG). Chris…

Last week we ended up talking some about rest and self-care, so we took a slight shift and spent this week talking about burnout. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting …

Our whole team gathered again for the second part of the conversation around deconstructing anger. Phil and Christie shared a couple books: How to Read the Bible and Still be a Christian - John Dominic Crossan The Prophets of Religion- Upton Sinclair We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one de…

The whole team was together again this week for a fairly heavy conversation. This week we talked about anger, and it's place in the church and in theology. This conversation came out of heavy hearts. Phil shared at the end of the podcast a Benediction by Padraig O Tauma BENEDICTION the task is ended go in pieces our confluding faith is being rear-e…