Season 1, Episode 8 - "Bringing Our Whole Self." On this episode, Siobhan and Ben welcome José Rosario, founder of The Phoenix Empowered and a doctoral candidate at Clark University for a discussion on mental health, faith, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

You can find The Phoenix Empowered online at www.thephoenixempowered.org on on social media @thephoenixempowered across platforms.

"Season 1, Episode 12 - Refrigerator Rights" with the Rev. Dr. Joelle Henneman. Today Siobhan and Ben are joined by Rev. Dr. Joelle for a conversation being Queer, Trans, and Christian as well as building communities and doing life together with people diverse backgrounds. When are you in community with someone to the point that you have refrigerator rights in their home?

You can find Rev. Dr. Joelle on social media, her website, and her SubStack at the links below.

• Instagram - @TransPreacher
• Facebook -
• Blue Sky
• Website - www.transpreacher.com
• SubStack - www.transpreacher.substack.com

"Season 1, Episode 11 - The Communities We Build" - Today Siobhan and Ben welcome noted author, pastor, and public theologian, the Rev. Brandan Robertson, Their conversation focuses largely on the communities we create and the communities which support and uphold us.

You can learn more about Brandan at https://www.brandanrobertson.com/ and on social media at @brandanrobertson.

Queerie of the Day - "Is there a Queer character or Queer representation on TV that you particularly resonate with?"

"Season 1, Episode 10 - We've Got the Choir Members and the Preachers" - Today Siobhan and Ben welcome Bishop Tim Wolfe, the Midwest Regional Bishop for The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries (TFAM). In their wide ranging discussion of ministry, music, and social justice, Bishop Tim talks about coming out to Pentecostal clergy parents deeply engaged in social justice work and find affirmation among multicultural and Black congregations and the Gospel music for which they're known.

You can learn more about TFAM at www.radiciallyinclusive.org.

Queerie of the Day - "What piece of the Black church experience and Gospel music have you held on to?"

"Season 1, Episode 9 - Evangelical Refugees" - Today Siobhan and Ben welcome Pastor Hank Osmundson, a former Southern Baptist and Evangelical who is now a progressive and openly LGBTQIA+ pastor.

You can find Pastor Hank on social media as swearbear1974 and you can check out his congregation, St. John's UCC, at https://www.stjohnschurchcolumbus.org/.

Queerie of the Day - "Is there a word or phrase from your earlier church life which you've reclaimed?"

"Season 1, Episode 8 - Carrying the Weight of Coming Out" - Today Siobhan and Ben welcome Becca*, an activist, ally, advocate, and the mother of a Transgender daughter for a conversation about navigating a child's coming out as a parent.

Becca mentions Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians by Austen Hartke (Available from Bookshop.org at https://bookshop.org/a/83357/9780664267865).

Queerie of the Day - "What is one of your initial or best memories of allyship?"

*For the privacy of Becca's daughter and the safety of her family, we are not using Becca's real name or other identifiable information.

Welcome to "Coming Out Christian," a podcast from LOVEboldly hosted by Siobhan Boyd-Nelson and the Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp, exploring the tensions of being Queer, Christian, and Progressive in the 21st century. Fun, faithful, and sometimes irreverent, the podcast seeks to uplift the often silenced voices of people who find tension being Queer in Christian spaces and Christian in Queer spaces, while representing the radical teachings of Jesus.

"Season 1, Episode 7 - Happy Pride" - Today on "Coming Out Christian," Siobhan and Ben welcome Br. Ian Boden, OLF, a recent graduate of Trinity Lutheran Seminary and a life professed sibling of the Order of Lutheran Franciscans.

You can find Br. Ian on Instagram at @ian.boden1 and learn more about the organizations he mentioned at the links below:

• The Order of Lutheran Franciscans - https://www.lutheranfranciscans.org
• Trinity Lutheran Seminary - https://www.trinity.capital.edu
• The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) - https://www.elca.org

During Br. Ian's "Moment in Queer Christian History" he told us about St. Aelred of Rievaulx.

Queerie of the Day - “When did you know you needed to be out and could be out?"

Music written and produced by Shay Nelson (@shaytheserialhobbyist).

For more information on LOVEboldly, visit www.loveboldly.net.

Welcome to "Coming Out Christian," a podcast from LOVEboldly hosted by Siobhan Boyd-Nelson and the Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp, exploring the tensions of being Queer, Christian, and Progressive in the 21st century. Fun, faithful, and sometimes irreverent, the podcast seeks to uplift the often silenced voices of people who find tension being Queer in Christian spaces and Christian in Queer spaces, while representing the radical teachings of Jesus.

"Season 1, Episode 6 - Coming Out as a Black Queer Christian" discusses the experiences of Black Queer Christians from the perspective of Mark Wesley (he/they) who has been involved with the church in a variety of capacities throughout his life. Mark discusses how he's always felt apart of the church and felt the church in him.

Queerie of the Day - What food do you have to have for a cookout/BBQ to be a cookout?

You can find out more about LOVEboldly at www.loveboldly.net and on social media

• Facebook and TikTok - @2loveboldly
• Instagram - @loveboldly

You can find Mark on Instagram at @fullheartmachine and on Bluesky at @heartplus.bsky.social

Music written and produced by Shay Nelson (@shaytheserialhobbyist).