Untidy Faith

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You’re listening to the Untidy Faith podcast — where we have honest conversations and gentle encouragement for when following Jesus gets messy.
I’m your host, Kate Boyd, author, speaker, and gentle guide for Christians who are disentangling their faith from culture, rebuilding their relationship with Scripture, and desiring to find joy in following Jesus again. 
There can be a life of faith after deconstruction. Let’s find yours together.

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2 Samuel 7 | Prophecy and Propaganda

May 12 2024 37 mins  
David makes a request of God to shore up his legacy, but it gets denied. Instead, he gets a covenant and Nathan proves his prophetic presence. Listen in as we discuss 2 Samuel 7 and ...What happens when God is a minor character in the storyThe role of prophecy in the BibleHow strategic editing shapes our interpretationsA surprising connection to the book of ActsKate Boyd - Book | N

Prasanta Verma | Fighting Ethnic Loneliness Together

May 05 2024 37 mins  
What is like to be the only one who looks like you in a room? Ethnic loneliness is a pervasive feeling for ethnic minorities in the U.S. and in churches. In this conversation, Prasanta Verma talks me through:What ethnic loneliness is and what it looks likeHow the church has been complicit in perpetuating this loneliness and its entanglement with systemic racismWhat to do instead of

Is Taylor Swift mocking Christianity? | TTPD, Religious Imagery, and Reading Well

Apr 29 2024 89 mins  
Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department, has been causing a stir due to its use of religious imagery and vocabulary. Is she mocking Christianity? Is she saying she's God? Or is there maybe something else going on here?Join me and three other with joint cred as Swifties and theologians as we discuss ...the weird takes we've seen IRL and onlinethe cracks in biblical i

Dr. Sandra Glahn | Rethinking Scholarship on 1 Timothy

Apr 14 2024 36 mins  
What happens when we add context from literature, history, art, and architecture to our study of the Bible? It can actually illuminate tricky ideas and confusing cultural backdrops. Dr. Sandra Glahn joins me today to discuss why bringing these different sources together is important, how it affected her interpretation of 1 Timothy and provisions against women, and how Paul may have

2 Samuel 6 | The "Undignified" Faith of David

Apr 07 2024 31 mins  
David continues his consolidation of power, and we talk about the ways that affects who he is becoming as a king and a family man. Join us on our walk through 2 Samuel 6 as we discuss ...What happens when you bring religion and politics togetherWhy it matters what metrics do you use for God's pleasure in your deedsThe actual way that David is undignified (and it's not the way he th

Dieula Previlon | Healing from Church Trauma

Apr 01 2024 34 mins  
When the church hurts you, where do you go to find healing? How do you recover when the tools you would've once turned to remind you of the trauma? Dieula Previlon joins me to talk about the deep pain of spiritual abuse and church trauma and how we can find a way forward with God even if it means stepping out of the box of the expected.Dieula Previlon is the founder and executive d

2 Samuel 5 | Balancing Altruism and Ambition

Mar 24 2024 45 mins  
When it comes to leadership in churches, we've seen what happens when the balance between altruism and ambition tips in the wrong direction. Turns out we may have some of evangelicalism's favorite Bible characters to blame for that.In 2 Samuel 5, we see another "success" of David, and yet we wonder, is he really the model we should look to? And what happens in the real world when w

Kaitlyn Schiess | Navigating Political Idolatry in the Church

Mar 17 2024 44 mins  
With election season upon us, how do we create our own faithful political theology when we've been shaped by political idolatry? How do we navigate the tense conversations we will likely be having in an election year? How do we use the Bible well to shape our theology and practice when it comes to loving our neighbors?Kaitlyn Schiess joins me to talk about this and more.Kate Boyd -

2 Samuel 3-4 | Fickle Allegiances

Mar 10 2024 62 mins  
Betrayal is around every corner as we follow David into the next era in his life. In this episode, we discuss ...- the use of women as political pawns- how David is building his army in the bedroom- the limits of "technically" keeping your hands clean when something goes wrong - dealing with ableism in the biblical textKate Boyd - Book | Newsletter | Instagram | Twitter

Trey Ferguson | Engaging Our Imagination Toward Wholeness

Mar 03 2024 35 mins  
Trey Ferguson is a Miami-Dade County based minister, writer, and podcaster whose passions include jokes, justice, and Jesus. He’s the creator of New Living Treyslation–a podcast that retells and relates scripture in a modern vernacular–and a co-host of Three Black Men, a podcast where he muses on theology and culture with Sam Gay, Robert Monson, and a wide array of riveting g