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EP 230: We Were In a Cult? Sara and Lauren's Story
What's up y'all? In this episode of “We Were In a Cult?” I was able to speak with sisters Sarah and Lauren, who were both raised inside the ICOC. Growing up in the same home, under the same beliefs…
EP 229 Ten Extra Steps: A grocery store parking lot and the weight of small choices
There’s a moment most of us have experienced; standing in a parking lot, deciding whether to return a shopping cart or leave it behind. It’s small. Almost forgettable. But the more I’ve paid…
EP 228 Jesus Rode a Donkey (2026 Re-Release): Two parades entered Jerusalem, power from the west, peace from the east. We’re still choosing between them.
This is an episode I recorded about two years ago, and revisiting it now, I realized something, I was already asking questions back then that I’m still wrestling with today. Questions about power,…
EP 227 The Happiness I Don’t Believe In: On Chasing, Conditioning, and the Fear of What’s Already Here
In this episode, I sit with a passage from Thomas Merton that I can’t seem to shake and the uncomfortable realization it stirred in me: I don’t think I trust happiness that comes easily. We live in a…
Ep 226: We Were In a Cult? Katja's Story
In this episode of We Were in a Cult?, I sit down with Katja, who shares her experience of being introduced to the ICOC in Germany, not as someone born into it, but as someone searching. As a young…
EP 225 Legacy or Leverage: A Sunday morning, a second bucket, and the long shadow of how we learned to give
I went to a church back in December because it reminded me of something. Growing up in the ICOC, we had what were called Special Missions contributions, big Sundays centered around giving, sacrifice,…
EP 224 Yesterday’s Answers: How the past shapes us and how it sometimes limits us
Every generation inherits something from the one before it, wisdom that helped people survive and wounds that shaped how they saw the world. In this episode, I reflect on a quote from philosopher…
EP 223 Essence Isn’t the Same as Capacity: On Original Sin, Children, and the Cost of Starting with Shame
In this episode on Clemenz With a "Z", I reflect on the doctrine of original sin and the story we tell children about who they are at their core. Beginning with a quote from the book "Original Sin Is…
EP 222 Higher Ways? Rethinking Mystery, Justice, and the God We Inherited
In this episode, Higher Ways?, I wrestle with a question that’s been quietly sitting with me for a long time: What if some of what we call “deep theology” is simply human logic dressed up as divine…
EP 221 Scars Don’t Shout: On Integration, Memory, and the Hum of Healing
In this episode of Clemenz With a “Z,” I reflect on what happens on the other side of healing. We talk a lot about wounds and unraveling, about leaving and deconstructing, about anger and…
EP 220 Yard Signs: Purpose, Dignity, and the Paths We Call “Less”
On this episode of Clemenz With a “Z,” I’m stepping outside my usual conversations about church and control and into something that’s been quietly sitting with me for years: the way we define success…
EP 219: We Were In a Cult? Stef's Story
In this episode of We Were In a Cult?, I sit down with Stef, a fellow “Kingdom kid” who grew up inside the ICOC to explore what it was like to be born into a system where church wasn’t just something…
EP 218 Raised in the Kingdom: Growing Up Inside the Place and Learning to Trust Myself Again
What does it mean to grow up inside something that calls itself the Kingdom of God? In this episode, I reflect on what it was like to be a “Kingdom kid” born into the International Churches of…
EP 217: Gentle vs. Godly? Why Parenting Isn’t an Either/Or Choice
In this episode, I wrestle with a claim I’ve been seeing more and more in Christian spaces: that “gentle parenting” is not the same as “godly parenting” and that starting from empathy or believing…
EP 216 Critique Is Not Persecution: Why pushback isn’t proof you’re right
What's up y'all! In this episode, I explore the growing tendency within evangelical church culture to confuse critique with persecution and why that confusion can be so damaging. This conversation…
EP 215 Hot Wheels at 2am: Access, fear, and how children learn they belong
In this episode of Clemenz With a “Z,” I’m not talking about co-sleeping or parenting techniques as much as I’m talking about access: who gets it, when, and what we teach our kids about belonging…
EP 214 Asking the Wrong Questions: Why our debates keep dividing us and how Jesus kept redirecting the conversation
Lately, I’ve been struck by how many of our religious conversations seem to turn into debates that leave us more divided, more entrenched, and more certain, but not more understanding. In this…
EP 213 Let It Breathe: Choosing silence in a world that never stops talking
We live in a world of constant noise and increasingly, our churches mirror it. In this episode, I reflect on what happens when worship never pauses, when silence feels unwelcome, and when space is…
EP 212 Boxes, Beginnings, and Becoming
I'm Back! After an intentional pause, this episode is a return, a re-orientation, and an honest reflection on why this podcast exists and where it’s going. What began years ago as conversations about…
Ep 211 Every Hero Has a Conflict: What Katt Williams, Donald Miller, and the Hero’s Journey taught me about resilience.
Sometimes the hardest seasons are the ones that make us. In this episode, I share a story I’ve never told publicly, the moment everything I’d worked for almost came undone during my student teaching.…
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