Unlearning Empire Part 8: Fig Tuesday

Holy Tuesday. Jesus curses a fig tree for having leaves but no fruit and it withers. At first glance it's one of the strangest things he ever does. But when you look closer, it's one of the most personal. We talk about what it costs to perform faith instead of having it, why so many of us were trained to produce leaves, and what it might mean to let the pretense end so something true can finally grow.

This episode is for anyone carrying religious trauma around performance and belonging. You don't have to perform here.

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References in this episode: Walter Brueggemann, Brené Brown.