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Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

MaryB. Safrit

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1 week ago

Mary B is joined by Kat Armas to discuss her new book, Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World. This episode begins with Armas offering an invocation — as she does at the start of each chapter of her latest book. Her invocation is aptly a liturgy for resisting empire. Armas focuses on the important of community as resistance because as she says, “friendship… is the death of empire.” It is in community where one finds new ways to resist a...

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Mary B is joined by Kat Armas to discuss her new book, Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World. This episode begins with Armas offering an invocation — as she does at the start of each chapter of her latest book. Her invocation is aptly a liturgy for resisting empire. Armas focuses on the important of community as resistance because as she says, “friendship… is the death of empire.” It is in community where one finds new ways to resist a...

Show more...

Religion & Spirituality,

Society & Culture,

Self-Improvement

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Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

How Belonging Helps Us Resist Empire (feat. Kat Armas)

Mary B is joined by Kat Armas to discuss her new book, Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World. This episode begins with Armas offering an invocation — as she does at the start of each chapter of her latest book. Her invocation is aptly a liturgy for resisting empire. Armas focuses on the important of community as resistance because as she says, “friendship… is the death of empire.” It is in community where one finds new ways to resist a...

1 week ago

43 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Purity Culture, Mythology, and White Womanhood (feat. Dr. Sara Moslener)

CW: abortion Mary B is joined by Dr. Sara Moslener to discuss her new book After Purity: Race, Sex, and Religion in White Christian America. Moslener traces her journey from a high school defender of purity culture to a scholar with a nuanced understanding of how the myth of purity has helped mask elements of white supremacy as Christian values. She reflects on the power of myth as a storytelling tool that — depending on its intent — can yield positive or harmful results. Mary B relates this ...

2 weeks ago

40 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

How DO We Break Free From Patriarchy? (feat. Angela J. Herrington)

This week Mary B welcomes Angela Herrington to discuss her new book Embracing the Old Witch in the Woods: Liberating Feminine Wisdom from Christian Patriarchy. What begins as a discussion about favorite witches develops into a nuanced conversation about what it means to give oneself the same nurturing that women so often give to those they mother. In other words, we must learn how to mother ourselves. Herrington questions what baggage—rooted in Christian patriarchy—we’ve been carrying around ...

1 month ago

52 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Creating Sacred Space for Trans Belonging (feat. Elizabeth Delgado Black and Logan Morrison)

This week Mary B is joined by her dear friends Elizabeth Delgado Black, the Co-founder & CEO of Kaleidoscope Ministries, and Logan Morrison, Kaleidoscope’s Community Outreach Coordinator & Trans Ministry Specialist. Being part of one another’s found family themselves, Elizabeth and Logan share some of the joy of the family life they’ve forged together, as well as the lessons learned. In this episode they chat with Mary B about Kaleidescope’s upcoming Trans Prayer March which wil...

1 month ago

53 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Finding Community Through Stories (feat. Kaitlin Curtice)

Today, Kaitlin Curtice and I talk about getting to the root of what we believe. Kaitlin B. Curtice is an Indigenous poet-storyteller, a public speaker, and the award-winning author of Native and Living Resistance. She has written for Sojourners, Religion News Service, On Being, Oprah Daily, and The Liminality Journal, and her work has been featured on CBS and in USA Today. A citizen of the Potawatomi nation, Kaitlin speaks on topics such as colonialism in faith communities, interfaith r...

2 months ago

43 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

How Polyamory Is Good for Our Faith (feat. Brian G. Murphy)

Today, Brian G. Murphy and I talk about how queerness can enrich everyone's faith. Brian G. Murphy is an organizer, author, and certified relationship coach helping LGBTQ+ and polyamorous people build thriving relationships on their own terms without shame or "shoulds." As co-founder of QueerTheology.com, the longest-running LGBTQ+ spirituality podcast and the first explicitly queer online community, Brian supports LGBTQ+ spiritual seekers in integrating sex, gender, and spirit to rebui...

2 months ago

49 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Reclaiming Scripture That Was Used Against Us (feat. Jaye Brix)

Today, Jaye Brix and I talk about their journey from evangelical pastor to tattoo artist. Jaye Brix (they/she) is a tattoo artist, songwriter, and content creator whose work explores the intersections of creativity, identity, and healing. A former evangelical pastor who came out as Nonbinary in her 30s, Jaye now uses her platforms to speak candidly about deconstruction, queer joy, and reclaiming faith beyond the boundaries that once confined them. You can follow Jaye on Instagram and Ti...

2 months ago

56 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Want to Decolonize Your Faith? Start Here (feat. Joash Thomas)

Today, Joash Thomas is back on Found Family, and we're talking about how Jesus’ story starts in the margins—and why that matters for us today. Rev. Joash P. Thomas (MACL, MACS, Dallas Theological Seminary; MPS, The George Washington University) is a public theologian and a highly sought-after international speaker. Born and raised in India, he ran a political consulting and lobbying firm in the United States before working as an international human rights leader. He is an ordained minis...

3 months ago

54 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Finding Freedom From Conditional Belonging (feat. Lauren Smallcomb)

Today's guest and I discuss the nuance of relationships and spaces where love and harm coexist. Lauren Smallcomb is a certified Mind-Body Practitioner whose journey as a healer began at 20 when she became a registered nurse, dedicating a decade to caring for patients in the ER. She later expanded her expertise to become a birth doula and, eventually, a nutritional therapist. In 2020, after making the difficult decision to walk away from a dysfunctional family system, Lauren embarked on ...

3 months ago

55 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

From Thoughts and Prayers to Prayer in Action (feat. Rev. Liz Theoharis and Charon Hribar)

Today, I have TWO guests for y'all, and we discuss love and prayer as calls to action, not just nice ideas. Rev. Liz Theoharis and Charon Hribar are both anti-poverty activists. Liz is the founder and director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice and co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign. She has been arrested for praying on the steps of the Supreme Court as part of a series of protests against poverty and racism. Charon also serves at the Kairos Center and th...

3 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Better Ways to Read the Bible (feat. Zach W. Lambert)

Today, Zach W. Lambert and I talk about embracing an expansive Christianity. Zach W. Lambert (he/him) is the lead pastor and founder of Restore, a church in Austin, Texas. Under his leadership, Restore has grown from a launch team of five people in 2015 to more than one thousand members today. He holds a master of theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and is pursuing his doctorate at Duke Divinity School. Zach is the cofounder of the Post Evangelical Collective and serves on the boa...

6 months ago

47 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Reconstructing Faith and Belonging in Queer Community (feat. Pastor Ray Low)

Today, Ray Low and I talk about welcoming diverse perspectives on the Bible. Pastor Ray graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree and is currently serving in New York City as Director of Community Engagement and Spiritual Formation at Kaleidoscope, a local and multiethnic ministry that exists to bridge the gap between the Church and the LGBTQ+ community through missional and pastoral care. Support Kaleidoscope's Jesus at Pride campaign by becoming ...

6 months ago

1 hour

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

What Does Hope Look Like Right Now? (feat. Nia. Chiaramonte)

Today, Nia Chiatamonte is back on Found Family to talk about her new memoir, I Hardly Knew Me: Following Love, Faith, and Skittles to a Transgender Awakening. Nia Chiaramonte (she/her), with her wife Katie J. Chiaramonte, is the co-founder of Love in the Face and co-author of Embracing Queer Family. Nia and Katie work to support other transgender and LGBTQIA+ individuals and their families on their journeys of self-discovery. She and Katie were featured in the Hulu documentary We Live H...

6 months ago

56 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Centering Our Most Vulnerable Neighbors (feat. Karen González)

Today, Karen González and I talk about practicing generosity without a savior complex. Karen González (she/her) is a speaker, writer, storyteller, and immigrant advocate, who herself immigrated from Guatemala as a child. Karen is a former public school teacher and attended Fuller Theological Seminary, where she studied theology and missiology. For the last 17 years, she has been a non-profit professional. She wrote a book about her own immigration story and some of the immigrants found in t...

7 months ago

48 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Contemplative Spirituality for Queer People (feat. Matt Nightingale)

Today, Matt Nightingale and I talk about why we need queer only spaces for spiritual conversations. Matt Nightingale is a pastor, musician, speaker, writer, and spiritual director from San Francisco’s North Bay Area. He is the founder and executive director of Common Sanctuary, and co-pastor of a progressive American Baptist church called The Quest. As a gay Christian, Matt is passionate about the intersection of sexuality and spirituality, and he works to create safe, sacred spaces for...

7 months ago

50 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Reimagining Church (feat. Eugene Kim)

Today, Eugene Kim and I talk about practicing mutuality in church communities. Eugene is an ordained minister with over 25 years of experience in local church ministry. However, recognizing the need to rethink traditional models, he discerned the need to step beyond the familiar in order to reimagine how we do “church” from the ground up. So, Eugene left his pastoral role in 2020 and founded New Wine Collective—a church innovation think tank and R&D lab. Eugene’s passion...

7 months ago

44 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Releasing Certainty and Embracing Mystery (feat. Cara Meredith)

Today, Cara Meredith and I talk about what church camp gets right (and wrong) about community. Cara Meredith is the author of Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation (Broadleaf Books, 2025). She is also a sought-after speaker, public theologian, and development director who found home at a church camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains. After serving in various roles, she continued as a speaker for two decades at camps up and down the West Coast. With a ...

8 months ago

38 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Decolonizing Our Way Toward Holistic Belonging (feat. Rohadi Nagassar)

Today, Rohadi Nagassar and I talk about the challenges of creating the belonging we crave. Rohadi is a writer predominantly engaging the topics of decolonizing and deconstructing Christianity. Discover Rohadi’s latest book, “When We Belong. Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins.” His podcast on decolonizing Christianity is called: Faith in a Fresh Vibe. Season 11 is now available entitled, “Farewell Evangelicalism”. Rohadi has planted three churches including an online church he ...

8 months ago

53 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Losing Our Good Christian Reputations and Finding Ourselves (feat. Aimee Byrd)

CW: spiritual abuse Today, Aimee Byrd and I talk about finding the courage to admit we were wrong. Aimee (she/her) is an author, speaker, blogger, podcaster and former coffee shop owner. Aimee is the author of several books, including Saving Face, The Hope in Our Scars, Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and Sexual Reformation. Her articles have appeared in First Things, Table Talk, Modern Reformation, By Faith, New Horizons, Ordained Servant, Harvest USA, and Credo Magazine...

8 months ago

49 minutes

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

How Stories Shape Our Gender and Identity (feat. Shannon TL Kearns)

Today, Shannon TL Kearns and I talk about the complex journey to understand masculinity A former fundamentalist who became the first openly transgender man ordained to the Old Catholic priesthood, Shannon TL Kearns believes in the transformative power of story. As an ordained priest, a playwright, a theologian, and a writer, all of his work revolves around making meaning through story. He is the co-founder of QueerTheology.com. His first book is In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey Wit...

9 months ago

56 minutes