How To Be Human: A Podcast about Belief and Healing
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAt the core of our being what drives us to breathe, live and choose our movements? Rachael Ward navigates storytelling and venturing through the emotions, thoughts and actions of humans striving to make change within themselves and the world at large. Journey with humans as they live into their truths, fight to be heard, seen and carve out collective change. This is How to be Human – a not so how-to-guide on living into our beliefs, healing and being us. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
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Episodes
Revolutionary Love: Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
April 10, 2020 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBIn the midst of Holy Week, Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis reflects on our universal call to heal the world through revolutionary love. On this episode we'll discuss the truth of racial disparity in the United States becoming more visible by COVID19, as well as... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
Emotional Honesty: Rev Benjamin Perry
March 30, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBFrom Rev. Benjamin Perry's New York home he can hear the daily sirens of ambulances arriving at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. He, like many, are coping with the significant loss being experienced within this pandemic. Perry shares the importance of... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
Finding Your True Colors: Kai Stevens
March 19, 2020 00:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBWhat does it mean to be a kind human? For Kai Stevens it looks like spreading a message of God's desire for authenticity in our lives and creating spaces for LGBTQ+ individuals of faith to share their stories. On this episode you'll hear about the continued processing of coming out, grief that runs alongside joy, and a call to be human in our present moments. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
Undoing toxic Biblical narratives for queer folks: Erin Green
March 03, 2020 05:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBWhat does it look like to unravel toxic narratives of the Bible for queer folks? What if you don't identify as a Christian? How do the voices of queer people get heard in academic institutions? Hear all this and more in this episode of How To Be Human with Erin Green! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
The Voyage: Authentic Community
February 11, 2020 05:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBRev Bailey Brawner and Angel & Nicole share their story of shared passion for space creation through authentic community. Currently, these three have started a digital and in-person space called The Voyage. The Voyage is a hybrid project aimed at... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
The Voyage: Authentic Community
February 11, 2020 05:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBRev Bailey Brawner and Angel & Nicole share their story of shared passion for space creation through authentic community. Currently, these three have started a digital and in-person space called The Voyage. The Voyage is a hybrid project aimed at creating spaces and experiences for those who are in the process of finding where their faith, sexuality, and gender intersect. Bailey Brawner (She/Her) identifies as queer and asexual, and explores the intersection of church and innovation. She is...
Power of Subversion: Our Bible App
January 28, 2020 05:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBCrystal Cheatham, founder and CEO of Our Bible App, and Theresa Ta, Editor of Our Bible App, share how the app is aiming to subvert capitalistic return for social change & wellness by building equitable community through inclusive resources and diverse voices. Our Bible App is a digital faith and lifestyle resource providing access to daily devotionals, podcasts, and chat rooms that connect you to the conversations, prayers, and activism of folks for whom inclusive love and justice inform t...
Power of Subversion: Our Bible App
January 28, 2020 05:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBOn this episode Our Bible App shares its aim for social change & wellness --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
Matthias Roberts: Beyond Shame
January 14, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBOn this first episode of How To Be Human Season 2 Matthias Roberts walks listeners through the possibilities of liberating the body from shame toward a healthier sex life. Matthias Roberts is author of Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms (Fortress, 2020) and host of Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being which was named as one of the best LGBTQ+ podcasts of 2019 by The Oprah Magazine. He holds two master's degrees, one in theology and culture and one in counseling...
Matthias Roberts: Beyond Shame
January 14, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBOn this first episode of How To Be Human Season 2 Matthias Roberts walks listeners through the possibilities of liberating the body from shame toward a healthier sex life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
There's Not One Right Way To Be Trans: Frankie Love Edwards
July 16, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBOn this episode, we'll discuss the expansiveness of gender, Frankie's journey becoming a well-known trans activist and how to be an ally to the trans community. Frankie (they/them, he/him) co-owns Tiger Eye Barbershop in Atlanta, GA and is devoted to trans activism. As a love influencer, Frankie spends their time advocating for Trans youth to know that there's no one right way to be trans. At their shop, Queer community can not only feel safe, but explore their gender expression in comfor...
There's Not One Right Way To Be Trans: Frankie Love Edwards
July 16, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBOn this episode, we'll discuss the expansiveness of gender, Frankie's journey becoming a well-known trans activist and how to be an ally to the trans community. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
The Sacred Vote: leea Allen & Cecilia Houston-Torrence
July 16, 2019 10:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBOn this episode, we'll discuss the shift in our country's ever present history with voter suppression, the 2018 Georgia Governor's Election, why our voice matters and how to get engaged for the upcoming elections in 2020. leea, left on podcast image, is a Blaque singer-preacher-poet from Nashville, Tennessee living in Atlanta, Georgia whose mission is to bring Black and Brown LGBTQ+ folk in the Deep South into genuine community to do justice together. This work leverages interfaith spiritua...
The Sacred Vote: leea Allen & Cecilia Houston-Torrence
July 16, 2019 10:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBOn this episode, we'll discuss the shift in our country's ever present history with voter suppression, the 2018 Georgia Governor's Election, why our voice matters and how to get engaged for the upcoming elections in 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
Embracing Queerness: Kakky Brown
July 16, 2019 10:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBOn this episode of How To Be Human we'll discuss sobriety, sexuality, dismantling the idea of inherent wrongness and how life can indeed be better post coming out. Mississippi native Kakky Brown is an English teacher and the co-founder and sponsor of a peer wellness education program at her school in Oxford, Mississippi. She spends her time teaching, working as a youth director for her church, and working with a teen mom program in her community. Serving others and leading teens through th...
Embodied Love & Being a Digital Pastor: Kevin Garcia
July 16, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBOn this episode, we'll discuss body positivity, Kevin's journey to becoming a digital pastor and other hot takes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
To Hold Grief & Belief: Rachael Ward
July 16, 2019 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBOn this episode, the host of How To Be Human will discuss the parallels of grief and joy and the non-linear journey of healing from trauma. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
To Be A Mama Bear: Daresha Kyi
July 16, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBOn this episode, we'll discuss evangelical moms discovering what it means to be affirming of their kids through a closed Facebook group called "Mama Bears." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
Building Community & Redefining Home: Kelly Ravenscraft
July 16, 2019 10:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBOn this episode, we'll discuss the meaning of home especially as it pertains to the queer experience with Hesed House Family co-founder Kelly Ravenscraft. Kelly Ravenscraft (she/her) is a current resident pastor at Urban Village Church and a recent graduate from Loyola University Chicago with a BA in International Studies and Sociology. She is pursuing her M.Div. with an emphasis in LGBTQ Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary. She felt called to ministry because of the need for LGBTQ libe...
Building Community & Redefining Home: Kelly Ravenscraft
July 16, 2019 10:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBOn this episode, we'll discuss the meaning of home especially as it pertains to the queer experience with Hesed House Family co-founder Kelly Ravenscraft. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
Embracing Queerness: Kakky Brown
July 16, 2019 10:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBOn this episode of How To Be Human we'll discuss sobriety, sexuality, dismantling the idea of inherent wrongness and how life can indeed be better post coming out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support
How To Be Human: Teaser to the Nitty Gritty
February 16, 2019 05:00 - 3 minutes - 1.85 MBDear Humans, This little trailer will let you in on the nitty gritty of what to expect from How To Be Human. It's an honest not so how-to-guide of living into our beliefs, healing when things harm us & others - and just being us. See you in July 16 Learn more about How To Be Human and the creator behind this new series: https://queerinfaith.com/how-to-be-human-podcast/
How To Be Human: Teaser to the Nitty Gritty
February 16, 2019 05:00 - 3 minutes - 1.85 MBIn this trailer episode you'll learn what to expect from season 1 of How To Be Human. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/htbhuman/support