MEDIA

I spoke with Emily Belz of WORLD Magazine for her article breaking down what Q-Anon is and what to do when a loved one gets caught up in their web of conspiracies. 

“KELLY WOLFE had been dating her boyfriend since January, but it wasn’t until the pandemic hit that she found out he was deep into QAnon. The apocalyptic internet movement’s central tenet is that a secret Satanic cabal is running the world and using sex trafficking and other nefarious activities to preserve its power.

Wolfe’s boyfriend started talking to her about how 5G networks caused the coronavirus and how suspicious it was that Tom Hanks became a Greek citizen recently (QAnon followers allege he and many other celebrities are pedophiles). Wolfe sent him an article from the Gospel Coalition that states how harmful slander and gossip from QAnon is to the church. He broke up with her.”  Click button for full article.

I sat down with Ambereen Khan of Interfaith Voices podcast to discuss my experience of loving someone and then finding out they were caught up in & espousing Q-Anon conspiracy theories and other harmful and similar content. We talk about my experience, and broader themes of Q-Anon in the Church, and even a (sadly) prescient moment where I mentioned fearing for a peaceful transition of power from this president to the next as it seemed to me Q-Anon folks were more committed to this than just for online entertainment. Link below is to the website for the episode “Lost in a Web of Lies: How Q-Anon Changed Everything”. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

A really frank, grace-filled conversation with Aaron and Jenna DeWitt about purity culture, masturbation, sex, lust vs. desire, etc. We seek to add grace and liberation and nuance to a conversation that, in the church, often gets shut down with a “no” and a glare. This conversation is happening EVERY DAY privately among friends, in DMs with leaders, etc. and we bring it to a public space in hopes that  the dialogue may help inform your own frameworks and decisions. It is not prescriptive at all, but just a place where

nuance is allowed to breathe. 

 Please note: there are pretty explicit themes and words used in this conversation so you might either gird your loins or listen before any children are around.

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Kelly joined British podcaster James Prescott for a trans-atlantic interview discussing everything from the difference between lust and desire to embodiment to sexual ethics, masturbation, sexuality, singleness, and purity culture. 

  Please note: there are pretty explicit themes and words used in this conversation so you might either gird your loins or listen before any children are around.

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Kelly joins Bailey Jo Welch-Pomerantz for a discussion on the reality of the conversations and activities happening regarding sex, sexuality, bodies, masturbation, and embodiment in the church -- but which few will talk about publicly. We silo off conversations about these things because they are deemed improper, dirty, unacceptable to speak about in front of God, or fodder for judgment by others. Yet, these conversations are going on daily, weekly, regularly between people everywhere -- particularly focusing here on the Western church, evangelical and mainline alike. Kelly talks about the benefits of bringing these conversations to the community, to God, and to light. 

Please note: there are pretty explicit themes and words used in this conversation so you might either gird your loins or listen before any children are around.

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I was thankful to contribute my experience & thoughts to this story by Sara Moniuszko at USA Today. Therapy is SO important, and within relationships can be vital. I do want to add clarification that I mentioned the same concerns Morgan Beh mentions at the end of the article re: accessibility & affordability. Mental health + insurance + costs of therapy in the US are a minefield to navigate & I agree with Beh’s sentiment in that regard. BUT, one’s attitude toward therapy in terms of receptivity, openness, & respect for its massive benefits matters.