Living Out Podcast
Many Christians love their LGBT friends and want to engage well with issues of sexuality and identity, but aren’t sure how to do it. Join the Living Out team and guests as they tackle some of the most frequently asked questions and seek to navigate the choppy cultural waters with compassion and clarity. If you’re interested in a Christian perspective on sexuality, singleness, trans and identity and want to hear real stories from same-sex attracted Christians, this is the podcast for you. Hosted by Andrew Bunt, Ashleigh Hull, Andy Robinson, Ed Shaw and Anne Witton. Produced by Anne Witton and Dan Reid.
Episodes
120 episodes
Series 13 Trailer: Exploring the Intimacy Deficit
Ed's recent book, The Intimacy Deficit, helps us to think about our connection with God, ourselves, others, and creation. In this series we want to expand on the ideas in Ed’...
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Season 13
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1:33
Your Questions on Evangelism (Your Questions #6)
Adam is joined by Katherine Brown from the Evangelical Alliance and Ben Thomas from OCCA. Katherine and Ben were both part of the LGBT community when they responded to the gospel, and in their roles now they engage in conversations with non Chr...
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Season 12
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Episode 6
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33:30
Your Questions on Parenting 11-18 Year-Olds (Your Questions #5)
Jennifer Kvamme and Robin Barfield are both parents and authors of books that help us engage with our teens in conversations about sexuality. In this episode they join Andrew to answer your questions on parenting teenagers. How can we love and ...
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Season 12
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Episode 5
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37:44
Your Questions on Parenting 0-11 Year-Olds (Your Questions #4)
We’re joined by Rachel Gilson – author of Parenting Without Panic in an LGBT Affirming World – to answer your questions on parenting younger children. What are some easy ways into conversations about sex, sexuality and what God says? H...
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Season 12
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Episode 4
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34:07
Special: Polyamory and Consensual Non-Monogamy
7-13 July is the week of visibility for non-monogamy, so we’ve got a special episode for you diving into polyamory and consensual non-monogamy. What do these kinds of relationships look like? What are the trends that are leading to them being n...
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30:07
Your Questions on Friendship (Your Questions #3)
How do we as same-sex attracted people navigate close friendships with the same sex? How about opposite-sex friendships? How can you best love a sibling who is in a same-sex relationship? And how do you keep a healthy relationship with those yo...
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Season 12
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Episode 3
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31:44
Your Questions on Church (Your Questions #2)
In this episode, we’re answering your questions on church, covering topics such as: unhelpful messages churches transmit and more positive alternatives; welcoming and including people while sticking to a biblical sexual ethic; supporting those ...
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Season 12
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Episode 2
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33:22
Your Questions on Experiencing Same-Sex Attraction (Your Questions #1)
In the first of our series answering the questions our listeners have submitted, we’re thinking about experiencing same-sex attraction. How do we handle sexual temptation? How do keep trusting God if we have a deep but unfulfilled desire to be ...
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Season 12
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Episode 1
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32:45
Series 12 Trailer: Your Questions
We're back with a new series, and this time we're answering YOUR questions. You submitted so many good questions when we asked for them recently, that they've filled a whole series! We'll be chatting about everything from experiencing same-sex ...
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Season 12
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0:46
Welcome to the Living Out Podcast!
Welcome to the Living Out Podcast - helping people, churches and society talk about faith and sexuality. Join us to hear about life as a same-sex attracted or gay Christian, and God's good news on sexuality for every single one of us.
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Talking with Friends (Some More) (Friendship #7)
Let’s get practical: what does all this friendship stuff look like in real life? We’ve heard all sorts of wisdom from our guests in this series, on everything from how Jesus models friendship, to the need for vulnerability, and navigating chang...
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Season 11
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Episode 7
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31:45
Challenges to Friendship (Friendship #6)
Friendships bring with them all kinds of blessings, but how do we handle the challenges that also come with them? How should we respond to changes in circumstances, for example when friends move away? Being vulnerable is so important for buildi...
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Season 11
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Episode 6
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32:52
Strengthening Friendships (Friendship #5)
For our very special 100th podcast episode, we’re joined by John Wyatt – author of Transforming Friendship – to talk about how we can foster healthy intergenerational friendships, what friendship looks like at different stages of life,...
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Season 11
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Episode 5
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42:47
Talking with Friends (Friendship #4)
So far in this series we’ve talked about why we need friendships and the difference Jesus makes to them, but what does that look like in reality? Adam and Ashleigh each sit down with a friend to talk about how their friendship has brought them ...
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Season 11
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Episode 4
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32:29
Friendship and Intimacy (Friendship #3)
Isn’t intimacy all about sex? How and why should we pursue intimacy in our friendships? We’re joined by Katherine (Kaleidoscope contributor and part of the Being Human team at the Evangelical Alliance) for a conversation about different kinds o...
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Season 11
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Episode 3
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33:53
Friendship and Jesus (Friendship #2)
How does being friends with Jesus change the way we do friendship, with Christians and non-Christians? What are the most encouraging and challenging things about the friendship Jesus offers us? And how do we practically go about addressing the ...
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Season 11
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Episode 2
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31:55
Designed for Friendship (Friendship #1)
How can we be friends with God? What does that actually look like in daily life? Does being friends with God mean we don't need human friends? With Phil Knox - evangelist, missiologist and author of 'The Best of Friends' - we're ki...
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Season 11
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Episode 1
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34:16
Series 11 Trailer: Friendship
Friendship. We all need it, and it's especially valuable in making the single life plausible. But how do we do it well? How can we foster healthy intimacy in friendship? What example does Jesus give us? All this and more to come in our new podc...
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Season 11
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0:56
Christmas Special 2024!
Who’s the Tiny Tim of the Living Out staff team? And the Scrooge? How can we keep going as single people over Christmas and New Year, and look out for the single people around us? All this and more in our (slightly chaotic) podcast...
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27:19
Youth Pilot & Church Leaders (Kaleidoscope Specials #3)
James, a youth leader and Kaleidoscope contributor, shares his experience of trying out the series with some of his youth group, including what they particularly enjoyed about the series. We also hear from Eleanor, who tells her st...
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Episode 3
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30:19
Hearing from Parents (Kaleidoscope Specials #2)
We speak to two parents, Jo and Claire, about the world their children are growing up in and their experience of talking to them about sexuality, gender and faith. They share how their churches have tackled these issues so far, and why they’re ...
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Episode 2
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29:31
What & Why? (Kaleidoscope Specials #1)
What is Kaleidoscope? Why have we made it? Andrew and Ashleigh, our Emerging Generations team, share their hopes for the series, and catch up with two of the people who contributed to it. Katherine tells us what conversations about...
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Episode 1
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35:14
Nat and Matt: Mixed-Orientation Marriage (Different Stories #9)
As a teenager, Nat was fascinated by God and got confirmed. But when she came out as a lesbian at 16, she was met with rejection from her peers and a Christian school teacher. At university, she joined the LGBT society and remained angry at God...
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Season 10
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Episode 9
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33:15
Robert: Real Love (Different Stories #8)
This episode contains discussion of childhood sexual abuse, depression, and suicidal thoughts.Sometimes God breaks into our lives in the most unlikely circumstances. Robert was sexually abused by a teacher at school, forced into...
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Season 10
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Episode 8
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34:06
David: Radical Celibacy (Different Stories #7)
As a gay teenager, David felt rejected by the Church and couldn’t see a plausible way for him to be a Christian. He became an activist set on destroying Christianity and opposing it at every turn. But his time at university found him looking fo...
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Season 10
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Episode 7
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32:38
