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Welcome to Jonah & the Peacock, a podcast about poison, healing, and the Bible. Have the Christian scriptures been weaponized against too many people to be truly redeemed? Join host Jonah Overton, a queer and trans pastor, as they and their guests break down the toxic theology and poisoned stories of the Bible that have been used to cause harm. Together, through storytelling from their own marginalized identities, they will transform the telling of these texts and reclaim them for a more inclusive, justice-oriented, & trauma-informed faith.
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Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Jay & the Holy Wrestling Match
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Jay Williams III is pastor of Union Church in Boston, which has the distinction go being the first historically Black United Methodist congregation ever to become officially LGBTQ affirming. As a queer Black man himself, Jay shares how the support of his family and congregation has given him both the support and the responsibility to help build a transformed church where future generations can all share in the freedom to explore who God created them to be. To do so, Jay argues that we must not gloss over the complexities of the scriptures, but wrestle with them to receive the true gifts of the scripture, which is true liberation for all.
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