Archive for June 2019
Bonus episode – Dr. Juli Slattery interviews Angie on recent abortion laws and the movie “Unplanned”
Dr. Juli Slattery, founder of Authentic Intimacy and host of the Java with Juli podcast, interviews Angie on current events. We talk about the recent abortion laws, both pro-life and pro-choice, wrestling through how much of our Christian response to abortion has been political. We also talk about the movie, “Unplanned.” Join the conversation…
Read More#11 – Talking about sexuality so we can talk about abortion
Dr. Juli Slattery is founder of Authentic Intimacy and host of the Java with Juli podcast. Angie asks her the tough questions around why we are mostly silent on sexuality in the church – until a woman faces an unintended pregnancy. Juli has such a rich perspective on grace, God’s intentionality for sex, and how we…
Read More#10 – Brian Kruckenberg & JJ Spreitzer on their journey to have new conversations at New City Church
Brian Kruckenberg is Lead Pastor and JJ Spreitzer is Family Ministries Director at New City Church in Phoenix. They are on a journey of asking questions, listening, helping their congregation process the abortion issue, and changing the conversation in their church. We talk about grace, mistakes, labels and God’s transformational journey for all of us.…
Read More#9 – Lacey Mason on how understanding a pregnant woman’s reality changes our abortion conversations
Lacey Mason is a qualitative researcher and strategic consultant. She has conducted 6 research projects with women facing unintended pregnancy, even though she initially dreaded diving into the topic because of the political tension. Based on this research, she helps us process and more deeply understand a woman’s reality. Understanding leads to empathy, and empathy…
Read More#8 – Breaking down stereotypes so pro-life and pro-choice people can talk to each other (a 2nd conversation with Laura McAlpine)
This is the second part of our conversation with Laura McAlpine, where we talk about how we can shatter the pro-life and pro-choice stereotypes that keep us from talking to people who have differing views on abortion. This is the journey we all have been on, so we know others can go on it, too!…
Read More# 7 – Our journey with Laura McAlpine shows that if we can find common ground, anyone can!
Laura is Principal of McAlpine Consulting for Growth in Chicago. We met her 8 years ago, when we were leading a Christian pregnancy organization. We quickly found out she was strongly pro-choice, disagreed with the practices of our organization, and had even tried to shut down our organization years before. Whaat?! With a lot of…
Read More#6 – Tyler Johnson and Dennae Pierre on humanizing the abortion issue in our churches
Dennae is Executive Director of Surge Network, Tyler is Lead Pastor of Redemption AZ, and they partner together to help pastors lead healthy churches. We talk about why they want to have a new conversation in Arizona churches – one where we humanize the abortion issue by interacting with people who have different views and/or…
Read More# 5 – Chris Whitford on the real human need revealed by the New York abortion law, and how Christians can respond
Chris is the CEO of Avail, an organization supporting women facing unintended pregnancy in New York City. We talk about her reaction to the abortion law passed in New York, and what it tells us about real human needs in our culture. And how Jesus responded when He encountered people in need. Join the…
Read More#4 – Scott Mehl and Talitha Phillips on how removing political language breaks the silence and increases compassion
Talitha Phillips is CEO of Claris Health LA (an organization that equips and cares for individuals and families before, during and after pregnancy or sexual-health choices), and Scott Mehl is Lead Pastor of Cornerstone Church West LA – and they have an amazing partnership. Scott has realized he can’t stay silent and assume people will…
Read More# 3 – Katelyn Beaty on how Christians can value the woman as much as the child
Katelyn Beaty is a writer, a book author and an editor at Brazos Press. We met several years ago when she was the managing editor at Christianity Today (youngest and first female to have that position!). Katelyn describes herself as committed to women’s rights and pro-life at the same time, and we explore how we…
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