Leaving the Church to Find Jesus
The Refined Collective Podcast
Kat Harris
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
I’m really nervous for you to listen to this episode. This week, I’m sharing my story of how and why I kinda accidentally left the church during the pandemic, and why I haven’t chosen to go back. I share with you what I have learned and am learning from my separation from the church, why I believe God is really with me in this place, the 3 main reasons I’m not a part of the church right now, and what church and community is actually looking like for me these days.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Refine Collective Podcast. I'm your host, Cat Harris. |
| 0:12.1 | This podcast is designed to hold space for honest conversations. From purity culture to faith, |
| 0:19.6 | sexuality, relationships, identity, culture, deconstruction, and more. My hope is to look |
| 0:27.6 | out in the face, be curious, seek God, and ask meaningful questions to address any elephant |
| 0:34.3 | in the room with openness, nuance, and grace. I won't pretend to be an expert and definitely |
| 0:41.6 | don't have all the answers. And though it may feel easier and more comfortable to exist |
| 0:46.1 | in the black and white, I invite you to discover God with me in the gray and unexpected spaces. |
| 0:53.7 | So whoever you are, whatever you do or don't believe, you are welcome here and have a seat |
| 0:59.0 | at this table. Make sure you're subscribed to the Refine Collective Podcast on iTunes, |
| 1:05.6 | so each week when a new episode drops, it'll download straight to those devices. And while |
| 1:11.4 | you're at it, if you feel so inclined, leave us a five star rating and written review. |
| 1:16.2 | It would be so helpful to get our message out there. |
| 1:19.8 | All right, let's go ahead and get to it. |
| 1:26.4 | Welcome to the Refine Collective Podcast. I am your host, Kat Harris, and a special |
| 1:31.1 | shout out and thank you to Newstand Studio at One Rock Center. Thank you for producing and |
| 1:36.6 | sponsoring this episode of my podcast. You can follow along with Rock Center on Twitter, |
| 1:43.0 | at Rock Center NYC, or over on the Instagrams at Rockefeller Center. Next, I want to take a minute |
| 1:50.2 | and thank my Patreon community. We had quite a few people join last month and listen, |
| 1:57.4 | I am so grateful for the community that we have. And I am grateful that you believe in the vision |
| 2:02.4 | of the Refine Collective and want to support what we're up to. So I just want to give a specific |
| 2:08.2 | thank you to Joshua C. Eric P. Cara M. Susanna J. Anna T. Grace W. Kelly E. Kaley M. Heidi F. |
| 2:20.5 | Jennifer M. Bittia B. Rachel L. Kristen L. Chelsea D. And Rachel. I honestly feel like I am |
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