Welcome to the Refine Collective Podcast. I'm your host, Cat Harris.

This podcast is designed to hold space for honest conversations, from purity culture to

faith, sexuality, relationships, identity, culture, deconstruction, and more.

My hope is to look doubt in the face, be curious, seek God, and ask meaningful questions

to address any elephant in the room with openness, nuance, and grace.

I won't pretend to be an expert and definitely don't have all the answers.

And though it may feel easier and more comfortable to exist in the black and white, I invite you

to discover God with me in the gray and unexpected spaces.

So whoever you are, whatever you do or don't believe, you are welcome here and have a seat

at this table.

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All right, let's go ahead and get to it.

Though I'm not a fashion blogger anymore, you're going to have to listen to episode 184 for that story.

There is one thing that I firmly believe to this day.

There is simply nothing better than a well-made and comfortable leather shoe.

I recently discovered Bedstew and fell in love with their leather shoes.

Bedstew's mission is to create quality products that are made to last using only the most natural ingredients.

Bedstew takes pride in their four hours, recycle, reduce, reuse, and renewable.

They use recycled materials, reduce landfill waste, source their materials from naturally renewable resources,

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