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Join Janice and her friend, former church planting pastor, Rich, for some honest talk about happiness, vulnerability, living the dream and then risking it all to fully live a real life as your whole self. Friend of the week: Rich // @iamrich_ny @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com

Join Janice and her friend, Faye, for some bodytalk. Get ready to exercise (and maybe exorcize?) some of the ways you think about the body in general and your body specifically. Friend of the week: Faye // @yourbodyisgood @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com

Join Janice for a feast of food for thought with her friend, Greg - one of her favorite thinkers. Get ready for a deep dive into Christianity as an institution and an exploration of how it functions. Friend of the week: Greg Osei // @gregosei @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com

Join Janice for a trip down under with her friend and fellow Hillsong College survivor, Elizabeth. Listen in as they reminisce about the lessons learned and revel in how much they have unlearned. @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com Friend of the week: Elizabeth // @sauceyfireislander

Join Janice for a conversation about friendship with her longtime acquaintance, Aramis (relationship maven and host of the podcast, Deliberdating). Follow along as they both dig into the importance of friendship and Aramis digs into... what? @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com Friends of the week: Aramis // @deliberdating

Join Janice for a bonus episode featuring one of her most popular past guests ( @ohwetalkintalkin ) and a guest appearance by some random character ( @deliberdating ) as they take on Christian Art during A Week Away. @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com Friends of the week: Sadiqa // @ohwetalkintalkin & Aramis // @deliberdating

Join Janice for a good, honest conversation with her friend Libby, as they talk trash (as trash) about the trash that is white supremacy and how to be better allies in spite of it all. Friend of the week: Libby // @elisabeth__joy Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com

Join Janice for a good chat with Adrian Gibbs (one of the Dirty Rotten Church Kids) as they go wide and get self-reflective to talk about the white supremacist terror targeting AAPI folx, tensions between Asian and Black communities, and garage vs. woods when running from the monster. Friend of the week: Adrian Gibbs // @adriangibbs_ // @dirtyrottenchurchkids Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com

Join Janice for the podcast’s first author interview (!!) as she talks “Jesus and John Wayne” with historian, scholar and author Kristin Du Mez. Come for the evangelical slander and stay for the empathy. Friend of the week: Kristin Kobes Du Mez // @kkdumez // kristindumez.com Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com

Join Janice and her friend (slash-better-stronger-bolder-version-of-her-Hillsong-self) Janay, as they discuss skinfolk, credentials, how to starve at a feast and the truth or fiction of one of Janice's least favorite catchphrases: "God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called." Friend of the week: Janay Salcedo-Kinsey // @janaysalcedokinsey Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com

Join Janice and the brilliant Jo Luehmann as they discuss the effects of parenting. How much does the way we were raised have to do with the religious spaces we end up in? Do parents always know best? And what do you do when the people who love you, don't like you? All the easy questions. Friend of the week: Jo Luehmann | @joluehmann | @joluehmann Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com

Join Janice and her long-standing friend, Ajanet, as they reminisce about the adventures of Rocketpack and Builda, from doing time in Sydney to doing time upstate, it may take longer than it should, but they always escape. Friend of the week: Ajanet Rountree // @ajatree Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com

Join Janice and the immensely talented Charis Vaughn as they talk worship, validation and how keeping it all righteous can lead to all kinds of wrongness. Friend of the week: Charis Vaughn // @charisvaughn // charisvaughn.com Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com

What do you need? Seriously. Join Janice as her friend Wes meets her in the middle of trying to make sense of the past for the sake of the future by being aware of what we need right now. (spoiler alert: you probably need to listen to this episode ASAP) Friend of the week: Wes Curtis // @wescurt Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com Support the show (https://patreon.com/janicelagata)

Elections, insurrections and impeachments, oh my! This wasn’t supposed to happen. 2021 was supposed to end 2020. Flipping the senate was supposed to fix it. January 6th was supposed to be purely ceremonial. And this podcast wasn’t supposed to be back until next week. And yet here we are. And yes, it’s a long episode, but our celebration time was cut short, so you will deal. Happy New Year? Friends of the week: ALICIA // @akriealicia CHARIS // @charisvaughn COLETTE // @the.coco.jones JESSICA RAY ...

Megachurches abuse the concepts of honor, leadership and servanthood to break a lot of people down, but no two rebuilds look the same. Join Janice and Tiffany for part two of a journey that started in faith and is now.... elsewhere? Friend of the week: TIFFANY PEREZ // @tiff.tiff246 Recommendations: @DOBETTERCHURCH Business Insider Article: Celebrity Church Hillsong Faces New Accusations of Racism, Exploitation and Discrimination... BALANCES (we didn’t do the reading, but there is a video… ) Hap...

After years of serving in the same church (in different areas), attending the same Bible college (at different times) and working with the same pastor (in different locations), Janice and Tiffany have finally landed on the same page. Join in for part one of a journey to the ends of the earth and a faith. Friend of the week: TIFFANY PEREZ // @tiff.tiff246 Recommendations: All caught up? Catch up with Janice on some other podcasts... CAFETERIA CHRISTIAN episode 105 THEREAFTER episode 005 CAT TETR...

It's the second half of the Jessica Ray two-parter and it's good. So buckle up and get ready for many thoughts on many things including (but not limited to) equality, Trumpvangelicals, Candace O and why Janice doesn't want to talk anymore. Friend of the week: JESSICA RAY // @jesskaris // jkaris.squarespace.com Recommended Reading: THE DIVIDE by Janice Lagata Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com

We're going going back back to Cali Cali (and Oklahoma!) to retrace the steps of Janice and Jessica Ray, to find out how their church histories helped shape their current unchurched her-stories. Friend of the week: JESSICA RAY // @jesskaris // jkaris.squarespace.com Recommended Reading: THE DIVIDE by Janice Lagata Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com

As COVID is ramping up again, Janice has her fingers crossed that the era of the megachurch is winding down. Join in as she sits down with Daniel, (the boy version of herself) to talk the structures, systems and sicknesses that make up megachurches. Friend of the week: DANIEL TAYTRO // @legendoftaytro // TAYTRO ON SPOTIFY RECOMMENDED PODCASTS: CAT TETRIS hosted by Daniel & Janice ALMOST HERETICAL (the podcast that ruined everything. THANK GOD.) Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotg...

While y'alls president still hasn't conceded his loss, five single women consider whether or not they're losing out on marriage. Join Janice as she sits down with her friends Alicia, Sadiqa, Joanna and Aramis** as they ramble and rant about marriage. Friends of the week: ALICIA // @akriealicia SADIQA // @ohwetalkintalkin // @s.smithford_designs JOANNA // @josiny Frenemy** of the week: ARAMIS // @deliberdating SISTER PODCASTS: OH WE TALKIN' TALKIN' hosted by Sadiqa DELIBERDATING hosted by Aramis ...

Started in connect group, now we here... in two different states, literally and metaphorically. Join Janice as she zooms up on her friend Emily to talk about the complications of Christian connections. Friend of the week: Emily // @kruller88 Note: Towards the end of the episode, when Janice refers to Emily as "one of my Belles" she is referencing a piece from her book of poetry "The Divide" Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com

Between the delayed results of the 2020 Presidential Election and the sudden dismissal of Pastor Carl Lentz from Hillsong, November 4th was a wild day. Even for 2020. So join Janice as she sits down with her friend Sadiqa as they talk about how their Hillsong history has affected their current church vibes. Friend of the week: Sadiqa Smith-Ford // ssmithford.com // @ohwetalkintalkin // @s.smithford_designs Regular degular links @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelaga...