Trauma-Informed Church Kid

Purity Culture: Then and Now

Season 2 Episode 24 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexuality and purity culture This is part 2 of an episode on purity and impurity. We know now that purity is (not) a dirty word, and that it is not necessarily about morality or being "good". Why then is there such a misunderstanding about purity and morality? What would a culture focused around purity look like? This week, we take a look at "purity culture" -- both ancient and modern. We will look at the case studies we find in Leviticus and examine whether this means that female bodies are gross/disgusting or somehow "wrong". We will ponder how the more precious a thing is, the more impurity it causes. We will explore the artifacts and effects of evangelical "purity culture", and repent of both its failures and its faults. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to consider changing our relationship to "purity", toward one that encompasses every area of our lives and not just our exposed skin I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod [https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod] ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES: https://www.restorativefaith.org/post/a-history-of-purity-culture [https://www.restorativefaith.org/post/a-history-of-purity-culture] https://baremarriage.com/2026/03/podcast-did-purity-culture-cause-developmental-trauma/ [https://baremarriage.com/2026/03/podcast-did-purity-culture-cause-developmental-trauma/] https://firstthings.com/a-new-purity-culture/ [https://firstthings.com/a-new-purity-culture/] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13558358.2024.2332976 [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13558358.2024.2332976] https://www.puritycultureresearchcollective.com/ [https://www.puritycultureresearchcollective.com/] https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/purity-ball-photos_n_5255904 [https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/purity-ball-photos_n_5255904] https://www.academia.edu/67682166/Are_You_a_Trashable_Styrofoam_Cup_Harm_and_Damage_Rhetoric_in_the_Contemporary_American_Sexual_Purity_Movement [https://www.academia.edu/67682166/Are_You_a_Trashable_Styrofoam_Cup_Harm_and_Damage_Rhetoric_in_the_Contemporary_American_Sexual_Purity_Movement] https://www.academia.edu/145667818/Book_Review_Rape_Culture_Purity_Culture_and_Coercive_Control_in_Teen_Girl_Bibles?rhid=38599354247&swp=rr-rw-wc-67682166&nav_from=9e341fba-e657-48f0-bd93-79aa2889a5e3 [https://www.academia.edu/145667818/Book_Review_Rape_Culture_Purity_Culture_and_Coercive_Control_in_Teen_Girl_Bibles?rhid=38599354247&swp=rr-rw-wc-67682166&nav_from=9e341fba-e657-48f0-bd93-79aa2889a5e3] https://academic.oup.com/jsm/article/22/Supplement_1/qdaf068.049/8119612 [https://academic.oup.com/jsm/article/22/Supplement_1/qdaf068.049/8119612] https://a.co/d/06zzH8hQ [https://a.co/d/06zzH8hQ] https://a.co/d/0h47SFGR [https://a.co/d/0h47SFGR] https://a.co/d/0ajExROy [https://a.co/d/0ajExROy]   SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim?si=07515a488206497d [https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim?si=07515a488206497d] Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trauma-informed-church-kid/id1760390486 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trauma-informed-church-kid/id1760390486] Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ [https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/] X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/]

Purity Is (Not) a Dirty Word

Season 2 Episode 23 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast   Having chosen the harder path -- the divine Presence in their midst -- the family of Abraham must now navigate that holy path safely. What does it mean for them to be "pure" or "clean", and is that what God requires of all humans? Is being "pure" about being moral? This week, we unpack what purity (and impurity) means. We will look at the distinction between "pure" and "impure" and examine what either (or both) have to do with morality. We will explore what it means for created things to be "out of place", and what relation this has to the "forces of death". We will ponder the connection between purity and Eden, and if it is a bad thing to be "impure". We will examine the two kinds or "species" of impurity, and discover what it takes to remove both kinds from the person, the sacred space, and the land. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to repent by "turning away" from the life subject to death and decay, and to "comfort" ourselves with the hope of a life freed from that slavery. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod [https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod] ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://cojs.org/cult_and_sacrifice-_purity_and_holiness_in_leviticus_and_numbers-_christine_hayes-_open_yale_courses_-transcription-_2006/ [https://cojs.org/cult_and_sacrifice-_purity_and_holiness_in_leviticus_and_numbers-_christine_hayes-_open_yale_courses_-transcription-_2006/] https://monoskop.org/images/7/7d/Douglas_Mary_Purity_and_Danger_An_Analysis_of_Concepts_of_Pollution_and_Taboo_2001.pdf [https://monoskop.org/images/7/7d/Douglas_Mary_Purity_and_Danger_An_Analysis_of_Concepts_of_Pollution_and_Taboo_2001.pdf] SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim?si=07515a488206497d [https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim?si=07515a488206497d] Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trauma-informed-church-kid/id1760390486 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trauma-informed-church-kid/id1760390486] Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ [https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/] X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/]

How to Not Butcher Leviticus (Phil Bray) -- EXPERT-TEAS

Season 2 Episode 22 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast In this Expert-Teas episode, I sit down for "tea" with Phil Bray to discuss a wide variety of topics. We take a look at holiness and "wholeness"; we explore what "contagious holiness" means; we discuss clean and unclean (and pure and impure), and if this is a moral issue or not. We also examine sacrifices, trying to understand the role that death and blood play in the sacrificial system -- are sacrifices acts of appeasement, or something else? In the end, we dive deep into what the meaning of the Tabernacle is, how the Presence of Adonai in the midst of Israel was an image of the Garden of Eden, and how we can both get back to that now and look forward to it for the end of the ages. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod [https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod] ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES www.ubiquitouslevitcus.com [http://www.ubiquitouslevitcus.com]  @Leviticus_is_fun  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC42xP0cgYU4I2vk5z9EGkGQ] https://a.co/d/04JyFESB [https://a.co/d/04JyFESB] SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim?si=437f412486214efc [https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim?si=437f412486214efc] Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trauma-informed-church-kid/id1760390486 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trauma-informed-church-kid/id1760390486] Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ [https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/] X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Dzy8HxXke/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Dzy8HxXke/]

Be Holy, As I Am Holy

Season 2 Episode 21 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast Having chosen the harder path -- the divine Presence in their midst -- the family of Abraham must now navigate that path safely. What does it mean for them to "be holy", and what does it mean for God himself to "be holy"? Is that even possible for humans? This week, we unpack what holiness means. We will look at the distinction between "holy" and "common" and examine what either (or both) have to do with morality. We will explore what it means for a created thing (object, person, time) to be filled with the life of God, and what effects this consecration has on creation. We will ponder the claims of "ownership" that God places on his creation (objects, persons, times), and what it means to "serve" this "master". We will examine the notion of created things being "not-whole" or "incomplete", and if it is "bad" for them to be in this "common" condition. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to see the sacred and the holy all around us -- in nature, in places, in things, and in people -- even (perhaps especially) when they seem nothing but "common". I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod [https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod] ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://cojs.org/cult_and_sacrifice-_purity_and_holiness_in_leviticus_and_numbers-_christine_hayes-_open_yale_courses_-transcription-_2006/ [https://cojs.org/cult_and_sacrifice-_purity_and_holiness_in_leviticus_and_numbers-_christine_hayes-_open_yale_courses_-transcription-_2006/] https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/holiness-is-life/ [https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/holiness-is-life/] Thumbnail image credit (left-hand side): https://www.wolfbanebooks.com/products/the-story-of-god-with-us, [https://www.wolfbanebooks.com/products/the-story-of-god-with-us,] illustration by Aeden Peterson SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcT.... [https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcT....] Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma... [https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma...] Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ [https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/] X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/]

The Face of God

Season 2 Episode 20 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast The family of Abraham have committed a grave sin. Moses, as the mediator, is up in the divine Presence, activating the heart of Adonai to be merciful and gracious to these people. Then, he asks with boldness for something shocking: show me your glory. Will Adonai grant this request? Is that even possible, or wise? This week, we unpack what it means to see the face of God. We will look at the distinction between his “face” and his “back,” and examine how this has played out in the history of interpretation of this passage. We will explore the offer that Adonai gives to Moses to take the easier path – without His Presence in their midst – and why Moses refuses this. We will ponder the enigmatic figure of the Angel of the Presence, and how this relates to God the Son revealed in Christ. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to shift our understanding of the hiddenness of God: perhaps, this can be seen as a mercy and not him withholding something good from us. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod [https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod] ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://prri.org/spotlight/unveiling-the-exodus-americans-reasons-for-leaving-religious-traditions/ [https://prri.org/spotlight/unveiling-the-exodus-americans-reasons-for-leaving-religious-traditions/] https://youtu.be/R4Y0JBZtrRM?si=5kbhY7aunMnsA8dZ [https://youtu.be/R4Y0JBZtrRM?si=5kbhY7aunMnsA8dZ] https://ischristtrue.com/ancient-views/essence-energies/ [https://ischristtrue.com/ancient-views/essence-energies/] https://ia600409.us.archive.org/3/items/TwoPowersInHeavenEarlyRabSegal/Two%20Powers%20in%20Heaven_%20Early%20Rab%20-%20Segal.pdf [https://ia600409.us.archive.org/3/items/TwoPowersInHeavenEarlyRabSegal/Two%20Powers%20in%20Heaven_%20Early%20Rab%20-%20Segal.pdf] Image Credit: https://asking-him.com/did-moses-really-see-god-the-only-human-to-glimpse-his-glory-explained/ [https://asking-him.com/did-moses-really-see-god-the-only-human-to-glimpse-his-glory-explained/] SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcT.... [https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcT....] Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma... [https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma...] Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ [https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/] X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/]