35b: Bonus Audio: Encanto & Brave Truth Tellers in Faith Communities
Kat Wilkins and Amy Fritz talk about the Disney movie, Encanto, and how it relates to telling the truth about broken systems. Spoilers abound! Take care if you have not seen the movie and don’t want to be spoiled. Support the show (https://buymeacoffee.com/untangledfaith)
35: Let’s Talk about Grief: Boom! Acceptance After the Explosion
At the end of episode 34, Kat said “Things just exploded and they needed to.” We pick up right where we left off with Kat and Colby Wilkins. That wasn’t the final explosion. They share how their time at their former church came to an end, and some surprising timing coincidences with this podcast, as...
34: Let’s Talk About Grief: Something Just Exploded (Kat and Colby Wilkins)
Kat and Colby Wilkins join Amy Fritz to talk about how they lost their faith community. This is Colby’s first time on the show ,and he shares about how, in the words of Dr. Wade Mullen, his internal world was being dismantled. This episode is a part of a series on grief. Amy shares some...
16b: Bonus Episode with Lauren Thoman: Processing Accounts of Spiritual Abuse
This is a bonus episode that is generally only available to our membership community. If you are interested in more bonus audio, visit this link: Untangled Faith Podcast is creating a podcast. | Patreon Lauren Thoman answers a few questions for the Untangled Faith Podcast VIPs. You're going to want to hear how listening to stories...
33: Let’s Talk About Grief: Suffering in Community
Emily Snook and Amy Fritz keep talking about grief. In this episode, we talk about how suffering in community can help us as we work through grief. What happens when your strengths and your weaknesses are putting you at odds with your community? Emily shares her thoughts on how she has seen this play out...
32: Let’s Talk About Grief: Is It Okay To Be Angry?
During Season 4 of the Untangled Faith Podcast, Amy Fritz has invited some of her friends to help her talk about the grief process. In this episode they navigate the grief mosaic and especially talk about anger. Kat Wilkins fills in some of the blanks of their story. Emily Snook and Amy keep talking about...
31: The Mosaic of Grief and How Denial is Good with Connie Baker
Author and Therapist, Connie Baker joins Amy Fritz for a conversation on grief and denial. Kat Wilkins shares the second part of her family’s story of a painful church experience and the role denial played as they attempted to make sense of a confusing time. Emily Snook shares how living with a rare blood disorder...
30: On Grief & Loss of Community & Story with Curtis Chang
Curtis Chang, consulting faculty at Duke Divinity school and host of the Good Faith Podcast, joins Amy Fritz for a conversation about grief and hopelessness. This episode kicks off a season focusing on grief. Kat Wilkins and Emily Snook also share some of their own stories of grief. Kat Wilkins: [00:01:55] Emily Snook: [00:05:46] Curtis...
Coming Soon: Season 4 of Untangled Faith
I’ve been doing a deep dive on all things grief. This makes me super fun at parties. This season, I hope to walk us through the stages of grief. These are stages that are squishy. They bleed into each other. We don’t process grief in a way that allows us to check off boxes finishing...
29: Broken Trust: An interview with author Remy Diederich
Author and former pastor, Remy Diederich joins Amy to talk about his book, Broken Trust: a practical guide to identify and recover from toxic faith, toxic church, and spiritual abuse. Remy shares his story of being away from a physical church for 5 years and what he learned about spiritual abuse, and the surprising spiritual...
28: Krispin Mayfield- Should I stay in my faith community to try to make a difference?
Krispin Mayfield joins Amy Fritz for a conversation inspired by a tweet: “Has anyone ever stayed at a church to make a change. . . ?” The decision to stay or leave is full of nuance and situational specific issues. Krispin brings up some things to consider when making this decision. What kind of influence...
36: Let’s Talk about Grief: Parenting a Child with a Rare Disease with Melissa Hogan and Catching Up with Colby and Kat Wilkins and Emily Snook
To wrap up this season on grief, Melissa Hogan joins Amy to share candidly the grief and being the mom of a child with a rare fatal disease. She shares this beautiful and terrible journey with us. Colby and Kat Wilkins & Emily Snook join Amy again to share their thoughts on the podcast season...