Episodes

Season 3 Trailer

We’re in the final countdown to season 3! September 29th will be the first episode of season 3. Make sure you’re subscribed to the podcast and the new episode will be waiting for you in your favorite podcast player when you wake up. For information about joining the Untangled Faith Membership Community, check it out...

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Announcement! Some Fun Podcast News

Tune in for an announcement about some things happening with the Untangled Faith Podcast. For more information, click on this link. Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith Instagram: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith Website: Untangled Faith Support the show (https://buymeacoffee.com/untangledfaith)

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15: Ask Me Anything with Amy. Guest: Nathan Fritz

In this episode Amy answers questions from listeners. What's the definition of spiritual abuse? What's the difference between having your feelings hurt and being spiritually abused? What would you look for in a new faith community? What super power would Amy want? Is Amy “team cat” or “team dog”? How did Amy choose her podcast...

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14: Risking Your Platform To Tell The Truth. Guest: Sheila Gregoire

Sheila Gregoire, author of The Great Sex Rescue,  joins Amy for a conversation about Sheila's book, her decision to go forward with this information that could jeopardize her career, what it has been like to be church homeless, and waiting too long to leave a church. Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith Sheila...

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13: The Importance of Community When Processing Spiritual Abuse. Guests: Melissa J. Hogan and Lydia Craig

Melissa J. Hogan and Lydia Craig join Amy Fritz for a conversation about their friendship, being Ramsey Solutions spouses under a “no gossip” policy while navigating some painful situations, and the importance of having community while processing spiritual abuse. Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith Melissa J Hogan Lydia Craig Instagram: Amy Fritz...

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12: The Cost of Being a Bystander Who Speaks Out & Impression Management and Ramsey Solutions. Guest: Wade Mullen

Dr. Wade Mullen joins Amy for the second part of their conversation about impression management in Christian institutions. They talk about the cost of being a bystander who chooses to speak, Mullen's hope for the future, and Mullen does an analysis of the Ramsey Solutions response to a request for comment on an article they...

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11: Impression Management in Abusive Organizations with Wade Mullen, Part 1

Author, speaker, and professor, Dr. Wade Mullen, joins Amy Fritz for a conversation about impression management. In 2018, Mullen earned a PhD in leadership and did his dissertation on how evangelical organizations use impression management strategies in the wake of an image-threatening event. He specifically focused on Mars Hill Church, Sovereign Grace Ministries (now Sovereign...

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Being a Good Friend When One of you Limps Away from a Faith Community & One Stays

Miranda Kokes joins Amy for a frank conversation about how they hung on to their friendship when Amy limped away from the church they attended together and Miranda stayed. How can you be a good friend when you're in two different spaces? What do you do when you are still in a community you love,...

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How We Realized We Were in an Unhealthy Organization, Part 2. Guest: Melissa J. Hogan

This episode is part 2 of the conversation that Amy Fritz and Melissa Hogan started in the previous episode. Amy shares more of what she was seeing in Ramsey Solutions that felt very similar to news of scandal with other Christian ministries and leaders. In this conversation Melissa and Amy talk about over two dozen...

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How We Realized We Were in an Unhealthy Organization. Guest: Melissa J. Hogan

Amy Fritz is joined by Melissa J. Hogan for a conversation about how they realized they were connected to an unhealthy organization. Melissa is an author of the upcoming book Afraid of the Doctor. She's also a lawyer, rare disease awareness advocate, and she consults on clinical trial design and patient outcome measures. In other...

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Pastoring People Who Have Experienced Church Hurt. Guest: Ryan Ramsey

Amy Fritz is joined by pastor and chaplain Ryan Ramsey.  Join them for a discussion on Ryan’s deconstruction of the role of pastor,  and why he advises people with church hurt not to move on, but to move in.  They round out this conversation with a discussion about how to respond to reports of church...

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Coming Soon! Season 2: Your Spiritual Abuse Recovery Primer

Season 2 of the Untangled Faith Podcast will drop on June 23rd, 2021! In this season Amy will invite you along to show you how she processed what it was like for her family to leave a spiritually abusive environment that left her with lots of questions. How did we end up here? What just...

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