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FreedHearts
Freeing hearts to love and be loved! Love. Inclusion. Affirmation. Susan Cottrell is the Mom of two LGBTQ+ children; the founder of FreedHearts; an international speaker with a viral TEDx talk; a pastor and theologian; an acclaimed author; and a fierce advocate and ally. In her unique tender, relatable style, Susan is a prominent voice of unconditional love and lavish inclusion. Powerful, authentic, and relevant in today’s society, Susan has a lot to say. The Advocate calls her their “Favorite Affirming Matriarch.” OutSmart magazine calls her "The Mother of all MamaBears!" Reverend Ashley Harness from Auburn Seminary says, “Susan has this fierce, loving, don’t mess with me, Mom vibe.” If you have been excluded, or if someone close to you has been excluded because of who they are or who they love - or maybe you have been the one doing the excluding - the FreedHearts podcast is for you. Join Susan, along with her husband Rob, on the journey. You are not alone. Welcome home!
FreedHearts
Sex, Patriarchy, Misogyny & the Church. This should be fun!
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Okay, let’s talk about SEX. 😏
Because apparently, the Church has had a LOT to say about what happens in our bedrooms.
Did you know that the biblical idea of “unnatural sex” has historically been understood in ways that included sex that wasn’t procreative? Yep. Sex just for pleasure could be a problem. WTF?!
But once we started pulling on that thread, something much bigger began to unravel.
Sex. Patriarchy. Misogyny. Power. Control.
And underneath it all, we began to see a disturbing pattern that ultimately helped drive our deconstruction:
Protect the institution. Protect the theology. Protect the power. Even when it harms—or destroys—the people inside it.
Once you see that pattern, you start seeing it EVERYWHERE.
So today, we’re going there: sex, patriarchy, misogyny, the Church—and the damage done when preserving a religious system matters more than protecting human beings.
This should be fun. 😉🔥
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