church'd podcast

society, culture, religion, spirituality · EN

Faith & spirituality for everyday people. Penelope French (they/she/he) a spiritualist, theologian, ethicist, and cultural community organizer, but around here, I'm just your people. I was raised Full Gospel Baptist. First family, so I was born into building and maintaining the tradition. I knew the altar, the oil, the tongues, the tambourine. And I honored it. And then, like so many of us, I outgrew ther version of God handed to me. Not out of rebellion, but revelation. These days, I don’t claim any one tradition. I claim truth. I claim freedom. I claim spirit in its many forms. A space to make it make sense especially for those of us in the in-between or spiritual transition. No longer at home in the church we came from, not quite sure where we're going next. For those who are wrestling, remembering, and rebuilding. It’s for the ones who’ve left the building but still hear the echo of the choir. The ones trying to make sense of what they