From Conservative Presbyterian to Episcopal Priest (#125)

Religion on the Mind

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Spirituality

4.7 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Rev. Greg Farrand joins me to talk through his journey from high school burnout to PCA minister to Episcopal priest to his current gig as the executive director of Second Breath, an organization that promotes ancient Christian spiritual practice in a variety of contexts. Greg wanted an experiential faith, but found himself in a highly doctrine/reason-heavy tradition. His love for a wonderful lesbian couple and their intensely painful experience with him and his previous church also played a central role. We talk about the fruit of the spirit and how we discern truth using it as a guide.Second Breath Center: https://secondbreathcenter.com/Second Breath Open Zoom meeting Wednesdays at noon EST: https://zoom.us/j/2794690933?pwd=M3ZOUGFlb3dGbThSejhWcUlteHJMQT09SB Resources page: https://secondbreathcenter.com/resources/Dan's new music project Havana Swim Club on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6CzaYsf8RIrCHNDhFGSfgm?si=InuVGF2ESse9unLRXM3QJQhttps://open.spotify.com/track/6FNXLPqbXvIC9OZmHqy6cK?si=687fd1c987ee466eHavana Swim Club on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkhsQydzvcAHT2d70dWZvjAAlbum Spotify pre-save: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/havanaswimclub/havana-swim-clubFollow Dan on IG: https://www.instagram.com/dancoke/Or Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanKochFaith deconstruction resources: soyouredeconstructing.comEdited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia@gmail.com -- he is accepting more work!)Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankochEmail about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.comYHP Patron-only FB group: https://tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98Website: youhavepermissionpod.comJoin Dan's email list: dankochwords.comArtwork by http://sprungle.co/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
0:04.7	A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.
0:07.5	They think they're better than us.
0:08.5	Who do you think you are?
0:09.8	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:11.5	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.3	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:17.0	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:24.2	My name is Dan Koch.
0:26.1	Like many of you, I've been on a complicated faith journey for a number of years now.
0:31.0	And while I tend to find myself on the progressive side of Christianity, my goal is not to make liberal converts.
0:39.3	I want this show to be a resource for Christians to my right and to my left, as well as former Christians and non-religious
0:44.9	folks, anyone who finds themselves asking difficult questions about God, science, prayer, fate,
0:58.9	suffering, evangelism, and more. So many of us have been given bad answers to those good questions, often by people with pure intentions. I want to say that
1:05.4	you have permission to take both Christianity and the modern world very seriously.
1:11.8	And I hope to facilitate that by introducing you to people seeking God across the Christian
1:17.1	spectrum, engaging hard questions in a multitude of ways.
1:21.5	Thanks for listening.
1:27.4	Greg Ferrand, thank you so much, man, for joining me today.
1:31.1	I was alerted to you by a listener named Hannah who used to go to your old church,
1:37.2	which we're going to hear about what the old church was like in the new church,
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