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Deconstruction isn't a crisis of faith, it's a process, and it turns out that process has stages. this week jaisa and rachael walk through the five researched stages of faith deconstruction and reconstruction, and share where they've each landed.
It starts with the catalyst, the wound or question or piece of biblical history that first makes you pause. then questioning and research, where the anxiety of "is any of this true?" lives. then grief, because deconstruction really does cost you certainty, community, and the version of god you were handed. then deconstruction proper, where you decide what stays and read scripture through the fourfold lens the early church used. and finally reconstruction or release, and the question underneath all of it: what does faith look like when it's chosen, not inherited?
Wherever you are in it, you're exactly where you're supposed to be.
Go deeper on the fourfold lens: we break it down through the hot-button Christian topics in our ebook.
If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out:
Episode 80: Finding Her Voice: How Songwriting & Healing Led to True Faith w/ Alana Springsteen 
Episode 63: How Studying Buddhism Can Deepen a Jesus Centered Faith w/ Zach Helton 
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Our friend Joash P. Thomas is back on Spirit Outspoken. He's a priest, a public theologian, and the author of The Justice of Jesus, and this conversation goes deep into mysticism, empire, and the parts of church history nobody taught us in Sunday school.
We start with Mother Mary. Joash opens up about his own mystical experiences with her, and how becoming open to acknowledging the saints can be such a beautiful, supplemental expansion of our faith. From there we talk guardian angels, patron saints, and the communion of saints described in Hebrews 12.
Then we go deeper into history. Joash walks us through the colonial roots of empire, including the surprising, colonial era origin of the phrase "the Great Commission," and why understanding that history frees us from the pressure to convert anyone to our way of thinking. The beauty in what he reveals brings us back to the whole point of the gospels, which is simply to love.
If you've ever felt like your mysticism and your Christianity were at odds, or wondered where some of these teachings actually came from, this episode is for you.
Topics covered: Mother Mary and mystical experience, guardian angels and patron saints, the communion of saints, the colonial history of empire and the Great Commission, and rediscovering love as the true point of the gospel.
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If you loved this conversation, make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss what's coming next, and here are a few more episodes we think you'll want to check out.
Episode 55: Decolonizing the Church: The Justice of Jesus w/ Joash P Thomas
Episode 86: When the Church Gave Permission for Colonization

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In this episode, Jaisa and Rachael break down one of astrology's most misunderstood placements and why it might be the most important one you've never paid attention to.  Your moon sign,  who you are when the performance is over. When you're home. When nobody's watching.
They start with the science. The moon pulls ocean tides. It raises and lowers the earth's crust by 30 centimeters. It shifts human sleep cycles, hormonal patterns, and psychiatric episodes. If the moon can do all of that to physical matter, what is it doing to the 60% water that makes up your body?
Then Jaisa shares a stunning synchronicity. A divine appointment that literally stopped traffic to connect her with another cancer mom, and how her moon omens reading that same night explained every single moment of it in real time.
From there they walk through all 12 moon signs. The core emotional need of each one. What it looks like when you're thriving in it. And what happens when you're not.
You'll leave this episode knowing yourself in a completely different way.
This is astrology as a tool for spiritual self-understanding. Not fortune-telling. Not witchcraft. Just a language, one that God can use to speak to you, if you let Him.
In this episode:
•The real science behind how the moon affects your body, your sleep, and your emotions
•Jaisa’s story of divine intervention through a drawbridge in Duluth
•The difference between your sun sign and your moon sign, and why the moon hits different
•A full breakdown of all 12 moon signs: healthy, unhealthy, and what your core need really is
•How understanding moon signs transforms your relationships, your parenting, and your self-compassion
Find your moon sign:  grab your birth date, birth city, and birth time and run a free birth chart at cafeastrology.com
If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out:
Episode 62: Using Astrology & Numerology to Reflect and Grow
Episode 82: How to Love and Care for Every Enneagram Type
 
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Jaisa's son's tumor took up ninety percent of his chest. Seven days later, it was gone.
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Jason Yuan, a naturopathic physician and acupuncturist who has spent years studying the human biofield, the energy field that modern science can measure but still can't fully explain. We break down a groundbreaking study from MD Anderson Cancer Center, where visualization based healing methods reduced cancer spread in mice by fifty percent, and talk about what that means for the future of medicine.
We also explore the biblical roots of energy healing, including what Jesus may have meant by laying on of hands, and Jaisa shares her own story of watching her son's tumor disappear during his cancer treatment. This conversation sits right at the intersection of faith, science, and mysticism, and it might change how you think about healing.
In this episode, we cover:
What the human biofield is and how science is beginning to measure it
The MD Anderson study on biofield therapies and pancreatic cancer cells
The difference between the Bengston Healing Method, Reiki, acupuncture, and other energy healing practices
Laying on of hands as one of the oldest recorded healing practices in history
Jaisa's personal story of her son's cancer diagnosis and recovery
How energy healing and Christian faith can coexist without contradiction
About our guest:
Dr. Jason Yuan is a naturopathic physician and acupuncturist specializing in integrative and functional medicine. He also practices and teaches biofield therapies, drawing on his own healing journey with chronic eczema to help others explore the connection between energy, consciousness, and health.
Follow Dr. Jayson on Instagram @Dr. Jayson Yuan ND. LAc.
If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out:
Episode 19: The Power of Intention Part I
Episode 20: The Power of Intention Part II

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Abortion and homosexuality. If you grew up in conservative Christianity, you know these are the two issues. The ones that decide votes. The ones churches will not bend on. But what if neither issue started out as the point?
This is part three of our series on the church’s role in building white supremacy in America. In part one, we traced colonization and slavery. In part two, we covered Jim Crow and the civil rights era. In this episode, we follow that same through line of racism forward to the political strategy that focused conservative Christians on abortion and homosexuality, in order to secure the conservative Christian vote and keep the right people in office to uphold segregation.
This episode wraps up our current series on the Christian church’s historical role in building white supremacy in America.
Topics covered: a recap of part one (colonization and slavery) and part two (Jim Crow and civil rights), the political strategy that focused conservative Christians on abortion and homosexuality, securing the conservative Christian vote, and how that vote was used to uphold segregation.
If you like this episode, be sure to check out:
Episode 86: 1493 When the Church Gave Permission for Conquest and Slavery
Episode 87: Jim Crow and the Pulpit: How the Church Preached Racism as God's Order
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