Welcome to the Nothing Is Wasted Podcast, where we believe that no matter what you've

gone through in life, God is inviting you to partner with Him to take back your story.

On this podcast, we have inspiring conversations with people who are doing just that.

And now, your hosts, Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Samson.

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Nothing Is Wasted Podcast. I am Aubrey, one of your hosts.

And I'm Davey and we are so excited to have you joining us today because we have an incredible

conversation with none other than Jackie Hill Perry.

Jackie Hill Perry. Can I interrupt you one second, Davey? Because I feel like I want to

be a person with three, like Chad, Michael Murray, Jackie Hill Perry. Like, we have three

names. You're a legend. You're a legend. You're a legend.

Either three names are one, right? Yes, solid. You supersede all of the rest of us that

have only two names, but you've got to have one name or three names. And yeah, absolutely.

No, Jackie Hill Perry is just, and you can't even say, like, you can't say it other than

Jackie Hill Perry. You can't, you can't say Jackie. You have to say Jackie Hill Perry.

Jackie Perry. You say Jackie Hill Perry. She's an author, a poet, a Bible teacher, a hip-hop

artist who, she's released albums such as Crescendo, The Art of Joy, as well as some incredible

books. I think the one most notable that you guys would probably recognize is Gay Girl Good God.

And aside from just an incredible recording artist career, she has an incredible story.

I think the Lord is really using that story right now to catapult her into spaces where she can

bring healing to so many people. And I'm excited for you guys to hear her story today. It is

marvelous and wonderful. We dig into some really deep, difficult matters in this story. And so,

yeah, she, I mean, I also think, and we'll talk about this more when we return, but I,

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