🎙️ EPISODE 11: “Church Girl, R&B Soul” – When Faith Meets the Heartbreak Playlist What happens when the church girl in you starts vibing more with SZA, Jazmine Sullivan, and Summer Walker than Sunday morning hymns?

This week, Dr. Malesia Britt, Brittany Armstrong, and special guest Sabrina hold sacred space for the real ones—the church girls with playlists full of psalms and pain. We dive deep into the sacred tension between heartbreak and holiness, praise breaks and playlists, theology and therapy.

We ask: 🎶 Can a church girl still love Jesus… and still blast “Lost One” on repeat? 💔 Why don’t churches make space for women’s grief, heartbreak, or desire? 🎤 Could R&B love songs actually be modern-day psalms of lament? 👑 What does it mean to reclaim your voice when the church taught you to suffer in silence?

📖 Scripture Anchor: Psalm 34:18 “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

💡 Segments include: The Cypher – A vulnerable, church-girl convo about heartbreak, healing, and where God shows up between the beats. Church Chronicles – Soundtrack to My Sermon game: What would biblical stories sound like if scored by R&B queens? (Let’s just say, David had Beyoncé energy in Psalm 51 😅) Faith in Motion – Brittany leads a raw and real convo on holding faith and heartbreak in the same hands. Ask the Cypher – A listener writes in: “Can I still be saved if secular songs speak more to my pain than praise and worship?” The Benediction – A reminder that your tears are not too worldly to be seen. That God hears even the lyrics you didn’t write. And that healing might sound like both gospel and grief.

📚 Mentioned in this episode: The Black Church by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall Psalm 34:18 – The God of the heartbroken Toni Braxton, Summer Walker, Beyoncé, Jazmine Sullivan – Sacred soundtracks to survival

🎧 Tap in, bring your Kleenex and your aux cord. Because sometimes, the altar isn’t in the sanctuary— It’s in the song that finally said what your spirit’s been screaming.

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