I was a YWAMer in the late 90’s 2000’s. I NEVER heard this side of the story! I’ve heard Loren tell the story of later days ministry from HIS point of view! This is mind blowing! I’m looking forward to listening to the episodes on YWAM. I can see all of the disfunction now. It still felt comparatively better than most of my other experiences with Christian organizations. 🤦‍♀️

I discovered the podcast recently and largely appreciated the first couple episodes, but I was extremely disappointed to hear recent guest Zachary Wagner repeatedly refer to “the transgenderism question,” which neither of the hosts challenged or corrected. “Transgenderism” is outdated, problematic language that stigmatizes the trans and gender nonconforming community. Framing acceptance of trans people as a “question” further enforces that we are somehow less than or other. That is the language of purity culture in 2024. That is the conservative language of exclusion and othering and bigotry. Yall, I FELT those words in my body. I FELT this podcast shift from safe to unsafe. I’m giving you this feedback because I think you’re open minded enough to potentially learn from this. I hope you will and that others can benefit from that in the future, but this trans listener will be moving on.

Julia and Jeremiah are having such valuable, informative, and healing conversations. I'm grateful for the gentleness with which they approach "the sex education the church didn't want you to have."