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  • The New Evangelicals

    Amplifying diverse voices committed to rejecting Christian Nationalism, advocating for systemic change and reclaiming the Christian Faith.

  • Bekah Graham

    I write, I read, I bake, I go to therapy. I also discuss my 30 years within Evangelicalism, the clergy abuse I experienced for nearly a decade, and everything I've been learning on this side of things.

  • Linda Hoenigsberg

    I am a proud mom, grandma, great-grandma, and a psychotherapist and artist. I live with my husband in the Rocky Mountains of Montana now, but grew up in Los Angeles, California.

  • Elena Trueba

    Writing about how fundamentalist Christianity shapes our lives. LADIES IN WAITING coming spring 2028 from Brazos. Take the stay-at-home daughter survey: https://forms.gle/MtJDkSYGcShZZKtz7

  • Laura Zielke

    Author, Speaker, Bible Teacher, Certified Life Coach, Successful Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Advocate, Penguinista

  • Jim Palmer

    Founder, Center for Non-Religious Spirituality. Defining existential health for a post-religious world.

  • Kristen Cesario Irving

    A former evangelical translator, armchair historian, systems thinker, and director/producer of True Believer documentary film.

  • Chuck DeGroat

    Licensed Therapist, Prof and Exec Director of the Clinical Counseling Program @westernsem | Founder of the Soul Care Collaborative | 5 Day Intensives | PhD Psychology | Ordained Minister

  • Megan Verno, MS, CMHC

    Mormon Recovery Therapist; Writer on religion, politics, systems, & feminism; novonexus- deconstruction support

  • Brandy Mitchell

    Liberation Anthropological Theologian. I study how worldviews shape justice, power, and embodied life.

  • Drew Anderson

    No more strings, no more hoops, just love. Be good because you can.

  • Eric Paoletti

    44 year old father, fiance, paralegal, bodybuilder, kayaker from upstate NY. I keep my circle small and my heart big. \ud83d\udcaa⚓️❤️ Im politically left and a spiritual naturalist. I don't belive in the supernatural, the natural is super enough for me \ud83d\ude01

  • Dr. Heather England

    I'm done with all of the performance BS. I'm sharing my truth and clinical knowledge about relationships, sex, and creating a better life.

  • EDJ

    EDJ loves to write about spirituality & sexuality. She has a degree in Christian Theology and a particular interest in the Evangelical Deconstruction Journey (EDJ) so many Christians are undertaking, herself included.

  • E. M. Wozniak

    Deconstructing politics and religion

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