Episode 148: Reframing Christian Faith and the Lifestyle
We Gotta Thing - Exploring Non-Monogamy
wegottathing
4.7 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Do you struggle with your understanding of how non-monogamy reconciles with a life of faith? Join us for a thought provoking conversation with Dr Mitch G, the newest member of the Expansive Connection coaching team. His training, experience, and specialization in religion and theology provides a helpful framework and understanding for those with religious backgrounds who find themselves struggling with their belief systems or plagued by shame, guilt, and fear over what they've been taught or once believed.
Dr Mitch's Education and Certifications
- B.A in Religion
- Master's degree in Theology
- Doctoral degree in Holistic Health
- Postive Psychology & Well-being Coaching Certification
Resources supporting this episode:
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Embracing Prodigals by John Sanders (Cascade Books, 2020)
How the Bible Actually Works by Peter Enns, PhD (Harper One, 2019)
Inspired by Rachel Held Evans (Nelson Books, 2018)
Better Ways to Read the Bible by Zack W. Lambert (Brazos Press, 2025)
"Why You Don't Want a Biblical Marriage" with Jennifer Bird, PhD (Podcast - The New Evangelicals)
Marriage in the Bible - What Do the Texts Say? by Jennifer G. Bird, PhD (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
Sex, God & the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy by Tina Schermer Sellers, PhD (Routledge, 2017)
Let's Talk About Sex - Challenging the Church's Stance on Sexual Morality by Glen Farell (Love Done Right, 2024) or their podcast "But is it Biblical" with Glen & Lydia Farell
Shameless - A Sexual Reformation by Nadia Bolz-Weber (Convergent, 2019)
Beyond Shame - Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms by Matthias Roberts (Fortress Press, 2020)
The Wisdom of Your Body - Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living by Hillary McBride, PhD (Brazos Press, 2021)
NG Podcast - "Reconciling Religion & Non-monogamy" 9/10/2024
Casual Swinger Podcast - "Shame on you! - Love God" 12/16/2019
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast contains explicit language and content and is for mature audiences only. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey, you teenagers out there, if you're under 18, this show is more for your parents. |
| 0:11.0 | So now that you have that mental picture stuck in your head, put some music on and get back to doing your homework. |
| 0:17.0 | We are a long-time married couple who's decided to chronicle our personal adventures |
| 0:21.6 | and share our sex-positive discussions as we navigate our way through the swinging lifestyle. |
| 0:27.1 | Care to join us? Hello, everyone. I'm Mr. Jones. |
| 0:48.4 | And I'm Mrs. Jones. |
| 0:49.6 | And I'm Mitch with Expansive Connection. |
| 0:51.8 | And we want to welcome you to episode 148 of the We Got a Thing podcast. |
| 0:55.8 | I think we threw everybody a curveball because we haven't heard Mitch from expansive connection yet. |
| 1:01.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:01.8 | We are so used to Mishay and Kel and Catherine and Jason. |
| 1:06.8 | We're happy to introduce in just a second, another cast from the team of Expansive Connection. |
| 1:15.8 | And what we're going to talk about today, maybe a little bit of PTSD for the two of us. |
| 1:23.1 | But we'll get it. |
| 1:24.1 | It's been a few years. |
| 1:25.4 | Yeah, it's been a few years. |
| 1:26.6 | So, yeah, Mitch, welcome. |
| 1:28.7 | And we're happy to have you. |
| 1:30.2 | We're going to turn this over to you. |
| 1:31.7 | So you can do a little bit more of an introduction. |
| 1:35.3 | Thank you. |
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