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The flags are at half mast for a woman who never held office. That alone tells you something about who Dolly Parton was. Jaisa and Rachael honor her, and sit with the thing that keeps surfacing as the tributes come in. Conservative Christians and drag queens. The LGBTQ community, the Black community, and the Pentecostal church that raised her. Almost nobody gets claimed by all of those rooms, and she managed it without softening who she was. They walk through the one room cabin, the eleven siblings, the father who never learned to read. Then the part this show cares about most. Dolly believed there was a God spark in every person and made it her job to go looking for it. She called herself spiritual rather than religious, and refused, repeatedly and on the record, to judge anybody. Hard to argue with love. If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out: Episode 82: How to Love and Care for Every Enneagram Type w/ Abbey Howe Episode 70: From Pews to Pines: God in the Wild w/ Pete Nunnally Follow the show and leave a review if this one landed for you. It is the single easiest way to help us reach more people. Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

Jaisa and Rachael hit record on this one at the kitchen table, mid mental breakdown, on the theory that they could not possibly be the only ones. August 27 was the lunar eclipse in Pisces, and it closed an eclipse cycle that opened in September 2024. Which happens to be the exact month Spirit Outspoken launched. Two years of the Virgo Pisces axis doing its work, and neither of them came out the other side as the same person. In this episode they get into what that cycle has actually been asking. Virgo wants order and analysis and the reassurance that if you just get everything right, you will be safe. Pisces wants surrender, and faith in what cannot be proven or controlled. Sitting between those two is deeply uncomfortable, and this is an honest account of that discomfort from inside it. Rachael talks about the chameleon years and what it costs to finally have a voice. Jaisa talks about grieving an identity she spent a career building, and the strange experience of feeling something in your body long before your mind catches up. If you have mutable placements, or you have just felt unrecognizable to yourself lately, you are not alone. Come lament in the comments. If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out:  Episode 65: Created with Purpose - Faith & Astrology w/ Debra Silverman Episode 80: Finding Her Voice: How Songwriting & Healing Led to True Faith w/ Alana Springsteen Like and subscribe if you want more conversations like this one. It puts the show in front of people who have been waiting to hear it. Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

Every time we talk about loving our LGBTQ neighbors, the same question shows up in our comments: isn't it our job as Christians to point out sin? In this bonus episode, priest and public theologian Joash P. Thomas answers it. The only people Jesus talks about judgment with are religious leaders abusing their power. Everyone else gets grace. Joash argues the pressure to correct other people never came from Jesus, it came from colonizers and the western church that learned its theology from them, and he makes his case for LGBTQ inclusion straight from the book of Acts, where the Spirit is always out ahead and the church struggles to keep up. He also answers the question a family member really asked him, "would you ever marry the gays," with a sacramental answer we did not see coming. Short episode, big exhale. It brings the whole thing back to love, which was always the point. Our guest: Joash P. Thomas is a priest, public theologian, and the author of The Justice of Jesus.  Follow Joash: Instagram @joashpthomas TikTok: @joashpthomas Substack: https://substack.com/@joashpthomas Website: https://www.joashpthomas.com/ Order his book, The Justice of Jesus, on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4yvcKmI If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out: Episode 58: The 1946 Mistake That Changed Christianity: How “Homosexual” Entered the Bible Episode 59: What We Got Wrong About Homosexuality: Culture, Politis & The Church (Part 2) If this one landed, follow the show and leave us a review. It genuinely helps more people find us. Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

If you’ve ever wondered whether there’s more happening around you than what you can see, this conversation is for you. Kathleen Ives spent kindergarten through 12th grade in Catholic school, eventually swung about as close to atheism as you can get, and today works as a psychic medium and intuitive guide. Somewhere along the way, Jesus reentered the picture unexpectedly. She didn’t go looking for him, and for a long time, she resisted what she was experiencing. In this conversation, Jaisa and Rachael talk with Kathleen about what it actually means to connect with spirit, how she experiences the unseen world, and why ideas that can sound “woo woo” begin to feel very different when viewed through the lens of energy, frequency, and curiosity rather than fear. They explore signs, synchronicities, intuition, and the possibility that there may be far more happening around us than we typically notice. And then the conversation goes somewhere Kathleen never expected: back to Jesus. Not as a figure we’re meant to hand our power over to, but as a healer whose life and teachings may have been pointing toward what is possible within all of us. For Kathleen, Mary Magdalene became an unexpected doorway back to understanding him - and that opens up an entirely different conversation about faith, power, and spirituality. This episode is an invitation to stay curious about the unseen, loosen our certainty, and consider what might become possible when we stop being afraid of what we don’t yet understand. Our guest: Kathleen Ives is a spirit medium, intuitive coach, death educator and author who walks women through life's most tender seasons of change, grief and growth. Her work is a reminder that even in the heaviest chapters, it is safe to feel good again.  Book A Session/Discount Code: Visit KathleenIves.com to book your session. Enter “SPIRITOUTSPOKEN” at checkout to receive 10% off. Purchase Kathleen’s Book: Order your copy of “7 Ways to Live In-JOY Today” on Amazon Follow Kathleen: Instagram: @kathleenives_  If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out:  Episode 64: Loved Ones Never Leave Us – A Psychic Medium on the Afterlife w/ Sean Collyns Episode 79: Journey Beyond the Veil – Finding Healing Through Mediumship w/ Camille McConnell Follow the show and leave a review if this one landed for you. It is the single easiest way to help us reach more people. Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

What if the fear, chaos and searching all come from one belief, that we're separate from God, from one another, and from the parts of ourselves we were taught to reject? Taylor Perkins joins Jaisa and Rachael for a conversation about union, faith, and the illusion of separation. Taylor's argument is that the divine was never something outside of us we're straining to reach. We get into Jesus and Krishna, why Jesus kept talking about weddings and bridal chambers, and what "I and the Father are one" actually claims. Then it gets personal. Reality is a mirror, so the pieces of ourselves we bury keep showing up outside of us. Taylor shares what finally moved a 20 year struggle, and it wasn't fighting harder.  Our guest: Taylor Perkins is a spiritual teacher weaving the Gnostic gospels, the Bhagavad Gita and eastern contemplative traditions into one thesis about union. Follow Taylor: Instagram @iamtaylorperkins  TikTok: @iamtaylorperkins.backup If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out:  Episode 73: The Language of Energy - Intuition, Vibration & Spiritual Guidance w/ Sonia Choquette Episode 68: Do Souls Evolve? Soul Levels, Reincarnation & Compassion w/ Ainslie MacLeod If this one landed, follow the show and leave a review. It genuinely helps more people find us. Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

What if your child isn't giving you a hard time, but telling you exactly what they need? In this episode Jaisa and Rachael use each child's moon sign as a map to what makes them feel safe, what makes them feel threatened, and how they process big emotions. They open with Proverbs 22:6 and the Hebrew scholarship that reframes "train up a child" as parenting toward a child's natural bend, not forcing them straight, and how the birth chart illustrates that every child is divinely and uniquely made. Then they walk through all 12 moon signs, what each child needs, what to avoid, and the God given design in each, with real stories from their own homes, and close with a simple way to teach kids their own charts. If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out: Episode 90 Your Moon Sign Is Your Emotional Blueprint Episode 82: How to Love and Care for Every Enneagram Type w/ Abbey Howe Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

"No sex before marriage" isn't actually in the Bible, and neither is the single "biblical marriage" purity culture sold us. Jaisa and Rachael sit down with Bible scholar Mattie Mae Motl to ask what scripture really says about sex, gender, and sexuality once you strip away the rules we inherited. They dig into what "sexual immorality" actually meant (exploitative sex, not premarital sex), how religion has long been used to control women's bodies, and why the body is an access to the divine, not an obstacle to it. Mattie shares her own purity culture upbringing, why "praying the gay away" is harmful, why sexuality is a spectrum, and what the Trevor Project data says about affirming homes. It closes on reading the Bible through love of God and neighbor, raising kids around sex without shame, and a little astrology to send us off. About our guest: Mattie Mae Motl is a Bible scholar and PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews, a writer, creator, mother, and an openly queer voice in this space. Follow X: @mattiemaemotl (Instagram) / @mattiemaemotl (TikTok) Follow her Substack If you enjoyed this episode be sure to check out:   Episode 59 - What We Got Wrong About Homosexuality: Culture, Politics & The Church (Part 2) Episode 58 - The 1946 Mistake that Changed Christianity: How "Homosexual" Entered the Bible If this resonated, follow the show and leave us a rating and review, it genuinely helps. Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

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  New here? Subscribe and follow along, we release a new episode every week. Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

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. Follow Joash P. Thomas: @joashpthomas (Instagram) / @joashpthomas (TikTok) Follow his Substack Visit his Website Order his book, The Justice of Jesus, on Amazon 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 Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

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   Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

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 itThe MD Anderson study on biofield therapies and pancreatic cancer cellsThe difference between the Bengston Healing Method, Reiki, acupuncture, and other energy healing practicesLaying on of hands as one of the oldest recorded healing practices in historyJaisa's personal story of her son's cancer diagnosis and recoveryHow energy healing and Christian faith can coexist without contradictionAbout 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 Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

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 Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

In part two of this series, Rachael and Jaisa walk through the comprehensive legal system of Jim Crow, the culture of lynching as a celebrated Christian community event, and the documented role of white evangelical leaders in opposing civil rights. We talk about Jerry Falwell Senior's 1958 sermon declaring racial integration a communist plot against God's design. We talk about Billy Graham privately urging Martin Luther King Jr. to slow the movement. And we trace how that same political base shifted from explicit segregation to a new moral framework built around abortion and homosexuality, one that secured the conservative vote without ever having to say the quiet part out loud. We're also talking about what's happening right now. ICE raids. Murdered activists. The white moderate who opposes injustice but opposes disruption more. And why silence has always been a form of consent.  This is not a comfortable episode. It's a necessary one. In This Episode •       Jim Crow as a comprehensive legal system, not just a social custom •       Lynching postcards: how Christians documented and celebrated racial murder •       Jerry Falwell Senior's 1958 segregation sermon and the formation of the Moral Majority •       Billy Graham, the white moderate, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail •       The throughline from Jim Crow to today's political landscape •       Reincarnation, karma, and what a just God might actually require If you enjoy this episode, be sure to check out: Episode 71: Mayan Astrology Explained Episode 58: The 1946 Mistake That Changed Christianity - How "Homosexual" Entered the Bible Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

What if the church didn't just fail to stop white supremacy,  it helped build it? In part one of this two-part series, Rachael takes you back to the very beginning. Not the Civil War. Not Jim Crow. 1493. The year the church wrote the theological permission slip for conquest, colonization, and the dehumanization of entire peoples. This episode breaks down three things most Christians were never taught. The Doctrine of Discovery. The papal bulls that gave European Christian nations divine permission to claim any land inhabited by non-Christians. This wasn't fringe theology. It shaped everything that came after. The Curse of Ham. One misread passage in Genesis became the theological engine for chattel slavery. What the text actually says required ignoring the Bible entirely to make the distortion work. The Pro-Slavery Church. Respected, credentialed, mainstream pastors and entire denominations built a sophisticated Bible-based case for slavery. One denomination was founded in 1845 specifically to protect the right of slaveholders. It is still one of the largest in America today. This is not a story about bad people doing bad things. This is about a theological system that was carefully constructed, widely taught, and built into the institutions many of us grew up in. If you enjoyed this episode be sure to watch:  Episode 66: Feeling it All: Faith, Fury & The Call to Love  Episode 55: Decolonizing the Church w/ Joash Thomas Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast

What if the healing ministry of Jesus was never meant to stop with Him? In this special bonus episode, we sit back down with Charlie Goldsmith, world-renowned energy healer and star of The Healer, for a conversation that started after the cameras stopped rolling and turned into one of the most personally meaningful exchanges we have ever had on this show. Jaisa opens up about her son's tumor disappearing in seven days, the physical sensations she experienced during that time, and how this conversation finally gave her language for something she has carried for years. Together we explore the idea that what Jesus demonstrated was not exclusive to Him but a blueprint for human potential that the church may have unintentionally buried over centuries. Charlie also offers a fascinating reframe of forgiveness, original sin, and what Jesus was actually communicating through His healing ministry that cuts through centuries of religious interpretation and lands somewhere surprisingly freeing. In this episode, we explore: Why the healing ministry of Jesus was meant to be a blueprint, not a one-time eventHow Jaisa experienced an unexplained healing with her son and what that might meanThe connection between energy healing, human potential, and Christian mysticismWhy putting Jesus on a pedestal may have disempowered the very people He was trying to inspireWhat "the kingdom of God is within you" might actually mean for how we approach healing todayThis is a conversation that will expand your understanding of Jesus, of healing, and of the extraordinary potential that may already be living inside you. Order Charlie's Book Human Medicine on Amazon. To learn more about Charie, his work, television series, events and app - visit his Website. 🎧 Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who is ready to see Jesus through a brand new lens. If you like this episode, be sure to check out: Episode 19: The Power of Intention - Part I Episode 20: The Power of Intention - Part 2 Support the show Join the Spirit 360! Online Community Spirit Outspoken Website for Events, Resources, and More Info   Follow Spirit Outspoken on Instagram   Follow Spirit Outspoken on TikTok   Watch Episodes on YouTube  Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Apple Podcast   Subscribe to Spirit Outspoken Spotify Podcast