“Created This Way” – A Special Edition Pride Month Podcast

Special Pride Month edition of "What Would Jesus Pod?" where we dig deep into issues surrounding faith, sexuality, freedom from religious bondage and being an LGBTQ Christian with three leaders: author, speaker and founder of Freedhearts, Susan Cottrell, author and speaker Amber Cantora and AZ nominee for governor and activist, Kelly Fryer. Susan Cottrell is an author,

What Would Jesus Pod? Ep 29 – “No More Deaths” Rep Speaks Out After Volunteers Arrested for Giving Food, Water to Immigrants

Volunteers place water-bottles in the desert In this episode: Interview with a representative of the "No More Deaths" organization, who had 4 volunteers arrested and charged with misdemeanors for giving humanitarian aid to immigrants. Over 100 human beings died in this part of the desert in 2017, yet the Trump administration is criminalizing

What Would Jesus Pod? Episode 26 – The “Politics” of the Opioid & Suicide Crisis: Interview with author of “Saving Jenny”

In this episode: In-depth interview with "Vivian Percy" - a Manhattan attorney who wrote a scathing expose' of the current state of the rehab/drug treatment industry -- including Big Pharma's role in the now widespread Opioid crisis facing our country. She used this nom de plume to protect both her daughter's identity as well as her

What Would Jesus Pod? Episode 25: What Author Brian McLaren Thinks is “A Better Way to be a Christian”

https://brianmclaren.net/ In this episode: In-depth interview on current issues/news, theology and what it means to "seek a better way to be a Christian" with author, speaker and theologian Brian McLaren  UPDATE on The Caravan of Compassion Project and news on refugee/border crisis: "the suffering is right at our door" What on earth is going

What Would Jesus Pod? Episode 18: Blue Wave Rally with Richard Painter

This week we are featuring our Blue Wave Rally hosted by Christina Forrester and Justin Anderson with special guests Richard Painter, Congressional candidate Joan Greene and author and former Executive Producer of the 700 Club, Terry Heaton. The Religious Right is a high-powered, well-funded machine that is affecting Christian voters across the country. Help us take

Breaking Religious Peer Pressure: Christian Democrats, the Church and the Vicky Beeching Story

For many years now, I have received daily messages from people of all ages, in all areas of the country, who have been living under the oppression of religious peer-pressure. The message is so familiar I have it memorized at this point – their church, and many times family, support a very conservative brand of

Barking at “Strangers”

"Sadie Forrester" Like many, I was disgusted last week to hear of GOP Representative Steve King's comments about Latino DREAMERS: "For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert." Why some