In this episode, Lola interviews ordained priest and writer Shannon Kearns.

Shannon TL Kearns is a transgender man who 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's the co-founder of QueerTheology.com and his first book, In the Margins: A Transgender Man's Journey with Scripture was published by Eerdmaan’s books. He was the founder and Artistic Director of Uprising Theatre Company in Minneapolis. Shannon is a recipient of the Playwrights’ Center Jerome Fellowship in 20/21 and he was a Lambda Literary Fellow for 2019 (in playwriting) and 2022 (screenwriting) and a Finnovation Fellow for 2019/2020. He is a sought after speaker on transgender issues and religion as well as a skilled facilitator of a variety of workshops. His work with Brian G. Murphy at QueerTheology.com has reached more than a million people all over the world through videos, articles, and online courses and community. 

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In this episode, the crew talks about how we can live more authentically as our true selves and some common obstacles to being who we really are.

Jason interviews author Karen Shock. Karen is the author of the brand-new book, Too Much and Not Enough: Sacred Thoughts Said Out Loud" which releases on April 18, 2023. You definitely do not want to miss this book! It's absolutely incredible! Be sure to be on the look-out for Karen's new podcast "Sacred Thoughts Said Out Loud" coming soon!

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You can find Lola on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok

You can find Kyle on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

You can find Jason on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (because he's way too old for TikTok).

Be sure to check out our Youtube channel.

Also, please join the conversation over on our Messy Conversations group on FB!

Thanks for listening! Please leave us a rating or review and subscribe or follow the show on your platform of choice!

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