Episode 246 Cynthia Jeub (Kids by the Dozen) and Gary MacDonald (The Gospel of Thomas [The Younger])
Aug 2, 2019
Cynthia Jeub was raised in a cult of
sorts. She is the 3rd oldest of 16 kids and her parents believed
God wanted them to avoid birth control of all kinds, and try to
breed as much as possible. Cynthia was to marry young and become a
baby-making handmaiden, after having been a sister-mom to her
younger siblings since...
Jul 21, 2019
Dave Warnock, a former conservative
Evangelical pastor and church leader for almost 40 years and
former
guest of the show, began a process of de-conversion several
years ago. At first calling himself an agnostic, he gradually began
to embrace the word ‘Atheist’, as he does what he can to
de-stigmatize this word...
Jul 5, 2019
Amberly Page was raised in a particularly literal strain of Mormonism. She was convinced as a child that the Last Days were here and she would never grow old enough to go to college or have children of her own. She was home-schooled and sheltered from worldly influences, partially on a secluded compound in...
Jun 20, 2019
Jessica Wilbanks is the author When I Spoke in Tongues, a memoir about faith and its loss (Beacon Press, 2018). She has received a Pushcart Prize as well as creative nonfiction awards from Ninth Letter, Sycamore Review, Redivider, and Ruminate magazine. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Salon, Houston Chronicle,...
Jun 3, 2019
Jeremy and Elise had the perfect
Christian beginning to what promised to be the perfect Christian
marriage.
They met in church. Even though they had very different
backgrounds and life experiences, and an age difference of almost 6
years, they found a strong attraction to each other, similar life
goals, and of course...