Holy Ghosted: The Struggle of Attending, Embodying, and Resisting the Church

This Is Life with Heather & Cornelius

YEA MEDIA GROUP

Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Parenting, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we dive into the messy, often contradictory experience of church life—what it means to attend, to embody faith, and to find yourself in conflict with the very institution meant to nurture your spirit. From the beauty of community to the wounds left by religious dogma, we explore what happens when the place that once felt like home starts to feel like a battleground. Is it possible to reconcile faith with frustration? Are you a Christian or a moralist? Can you still “be the church” when the church no longer feels like yours? Let’s unpack the tension, the heartbreak, and the hope of a complicated spiritual journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	yay media group what's up everybody?
0:38.4	It's your boy Cornelia.
0:39.1	Welcome to another episode of This Is Life.
0:41.8	Yo, it's talk about it.
0:42.7	Tuesdays.
0:43.2	You've got to talk about it.
0:44.1	I got a very special guest in here with me today.
0:48.5	Yo, friendship of, man, I was thinking about this.
0:50.7	I think it's been over 17. Is it 17 years? It's a long time I got evidence.
0:58.5	Well, he looks up the evidence, yo. This is, this is my boy. This is my friend,
1:02.9	Antoine Jackson. So throughout the podcast, you're probably
1:07.1	hear me refers to him as Bishop. He is probably the only person in this world that I actually honor with a title.
1:14.7	Hey,
1:16.1	Mama,
1:16.5	I made it.
1:17.0	I call him Bishop.
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1:19.4	And he is every bit of Bishop.
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