Anna Gazmarian ”Devout: A Memoir of Doubt” pt. 2

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:religion, Judaism, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Islam, Religion, Hinduism, Buddhism

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🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Guest/Bio:This week we welcome back Anna Gazmarian! Anna holds an MFA in creative writing from the Bennington Writing Seminars. Her essays have been published in The Rumpus, Longreads, The Sun, and The Guardian. We talk all about her brand new book, “Devout: A Memoir of Doubt” and her struggle with mental illness while growing up evangelical.Guest (Selected) Works:Devout: A Memoir of DoubtGuest Links:https://www.annagazmarian.com/X: https://x.com/anna_gazmarianIG: https://www.instagram.com/agazmarian/Special Theme Music:Forrest ClayX: @clay_kInstagram: @forrestclaymusicYouTube: www.youtube.com/claykmusicEnjoy the music?Songs used on this episode were from the Recover EPYou can find Clay’s music on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere good music can be found!This episode of The Deconstructionists Podcast was edited, mixed, and produced by John WilliamsonStay on top of all the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com Go there to check out our blog, snag a pint glass, or follow us on social media! We now have a brand new webstore with faster shipping, new products, new designs, and international shipping!Join our Patreon family here: www.patreon.com/deconstructionstsWebsite by Ryan BattlesAll photos by Jared HevronLogos & Designs are all created by Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, Colin Rigsby, and Jason TurnerSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Deconstructed these walls and I found a bit.
0:12.0	Welcome to the Deconstructionist podcast. I'm your host John Williamson. This week we are back with part two with my guest, Anna Gasmian uh if you haven't listened to part one yet pause
0:21.5	this one go back listen to part and then come back and listen to this part if you've already heard
0:26.3	the first part then awesome you're in the right place uh before we get to the episode though uh again
0:31.9	as we mentioned last week uh aware of the website is uh is um well i think it's been hacked. I think it's safe to say. So we are working on
0:39.6	getting that back up and running for those of you who like streaming directly from the website.
0:44.6	For everyone else, we are still available on all the social media platforms and all the major
0:49.7	podcast platforms as well. In fact, we have a brand new web store that offers fast shipping. In
0:56.4	fact, for the first time, we have international shipping available and tons of new designs and
1:01.4	options. So getting back to the guest, though, Anna Gasmarian, her new book, Devout,
1:06.6	A Memoir of Doubt, is an incredible book and deeply personal about her journey through an evangelical
1:12.8	upbringing and her struggle with mental health that I think a lot of us listening can identify
1:17.8	with. So check out the book. But in the meanwhile, enjoy part two with Anna freaking Gasmarian. Because that was another thing.
1:37.4	Because that was another thing.
1:41.0	All my thoughts were supposed to be centered on God and all my thoughts were centered on being alive.
1:42.2	And so I felt really selfish.
1:43.8	And I felt like I was doing the
1:46.2	opposite of what I should be doing. And I isolated myself a lot because I just felt like I'm not a good
1:51.9	spiritual influence on these people and that they deserve better. But in reality, it's like,
1:58.1	if we, if we learned, if we've learned anything about the Bible as a whole,
2:02.6	it's like, it's messy and it's intentional in the fact that it, it shows people who are not
2:09.0	perfect, far from, you know, and, and yet, yeah, there's an element where we feel like we have to
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