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Jackie Always UnpluggedHey You’re Physically Beautiful: Desire & AbleismI've sat with many married women who have this ache to be desired by their husbands, not just sexually but in all kinds of ways. And I've heard it from my single friends and my aging friends, who worry that they will become invisible in my kid's lives and my own life and marriage. And we've all experienced it in our friendships, this wanting to be wanted. The longing to be chosen, to belong.PLUSI have some thoughts about ableism. If you don't know what that is, welcome to...2021-07-2940 min
Jackie Always UnpluggedWhat Exactly Does Your Body, Image?I’m not against thin, sexy, young, or having babies. But that story isn’t big enough, complex enough to capture what it means to walk around in our bodies. I by no means have all the answers. What I do have are more important questions. Questions that go beyond, “Are my legs long, thin, or tan enough?” Trust me; your body needs to hear this.2021-07-1449 min
Jackie Always UnpluggedBody Image - Part One: I Don’t Want My Daughter To Hate Her Body.I think it's time we discuss our bodies. Yeah, I know a very painful subject. The pandemic hasn't helped. There's been zoom calls and covid pounds and bathing suit weather is around the corner. And no, this isn't a push for you to join some beach body program. What I want us to do is talk about why we hate our bodies and how we might start to live confidently in our skin, yes, even with Zoom chins and covid pounds.Over the next five episodes, we will work our way through 1) how our family and culture talk...2021-04-2141 min
Jackie Always Unplugged"The Ideal Biblical Woman" Part OneToday we are talking with Dr. Beth Barr, author of The Making of Biblical Womanhood, which implies she is not God-designed but rather a human-idea. One of the things we pick up in evangelicalism is that Biblical womanhood is God's design. "It's right there in the bible," plain and simple. But in fact, it's just patriarchy in disguise. Patriarchy is present in our culture, and it was also present in Biblical times. As Carolyn Custis James reminds us, patriarchy is the background of the bible, but it's not the message.2021-03-2456 min
Jackie Always UnpluggedGod’s voice. It’s Risky Business! w/Tania HarrisWhen I went back into counseling, I shared with my counselor that I struggled with how I was taught to see the Scriptures. I learned to read the bible through a particular lens, but that lens was no longer working. It was a lens that had developed from patriarchal and racist roots. My counselor said, why don't' you go back to what you did before you knew so much. Listen to the Spirit. Join me as we discuss hearing God's voice with Tania Harris.2021-03-1052 min
Jackie Always UnpluggedBody & Voice a Discussion with Cami BrubakerToday we discuss women's voices with Cami Brubaker, Adjunct Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew. Cami is a mom to 4 kids, a professor at a conservative evangelical bible college, and working on her Ph.D. That's a lot. Cami and I share common angst in what it's like when you don't fit the ideal biblical woman. Today we talk about why women hold back their voices, what's at play, and what external and internal barriers do we think keep us from finding and using our voices?2021-02-2454 min
Jackie Always UnpluggedAre You Silencing, You?Today we are continuing our three-part series on women’s voices. And as I spoke of in my last podcast, the truth is, as girls grow up to be women, they learn to talk less, they discover they are less listened to than their male counterparts. And over the years of pastoring, I’ve noticed that women even self silence. Let me give you an example of what I mean by that. I remember a woman sharing how she was mad at her husband because he’d spend his weekends playing golf. She felt like he didn’t consider...2021-02-1046 minJackie Always UnpluggedCan You Hear Me Now?Recently I was with extended family. We were talking about something, and one of the family members said to me, "We know you'll speak your voice." I can't even remember what he was referencing, and I'm not sure he meant it as a compliment, but I took it as one. I enthusiastically responded, "Yup, I got a voice." You know why it's painful when our voice isn't allowed or heard, because voice is, among other things, about relationship, about being known. Think of it this way, we are custodians of these two worlds, our inner life, and the...2021-01-2744 minJackie Always UnpluggedThe In-Between Place w/Kat ArmstrongLiminality is the in-between space when the old is no longer, and the new is not clear yet. It’s betwixt and between – where we, by definition – are not in control. It’s this foggy, confusing space. Sound Familiar?Start your year with our discussion with Kat Armstrong, author of The In-Between Space.2021-01-1351 min
Jackie Always UnpluggedYour Thanksgiving Table, From Explosive to RestorativeIt’s Thanksgiving. This year’s a bit strange cause none of us have celebrated Thanksgiving during a pandemic in the middle of a contentious election cycle. And many of you have shared your angst about what could happen around the table. There’s potential for explosive conversations that could harm relationships. Or maybe for some of you, the time around the table is just, well, boring. No one ever really says anything, just a lot of small talk, and you usually leave feeling like it was a waste of time. So I thought, what if this year we got...2020-11-2524 min
Jackie Always UnpluggedA Word From God, We Need It!It has been a week since the US Presidential Election. A long week. We might need to step away from all the madness and get a word from God, Not a word about the election, the pandemic, or politics --- just a word. Something God might want to say to you personally. So on today's' podcast, I've asked my daughter to read to you, and through that reading, I pray the Spirit speaks. A word. A word for you.2020-11-1115 min
Jackie Always UnpluggedMother Mary For ...Mother Mary for Pres... because I imagine she had to figure out how to bring peace between her and Josephs's family due to their unexpected pregnancy. The guts she had to have to leave behind her home, travel, and live like a refugee. She would bring such insights to our immigration problem. Her having to bring peace among Jesus and his brothers (who didn't buy Jesus' claims). Maybe she could help us become bipartisan again. She must have known what it was like to survive as a widow. She might have something to say about wealth and poverty in America...2020-10-2842 min