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🎙️ 2. Lindsay & Tommy Airey (Post-Evangelical) – Testimonies of Liberation, Deconstruction, and Holy Resistance

Alexis sits down with longtime friends and spiritual companions Lindsay and Tommy Airey to talk about reclaiming faith, resisting empire, and rediscovering a gospel rooted in justice and liberation.

Raised in evangelical culture shaped by mission trips, purity pledges, and rapture-ready theology, Lindsay and Tommy trace their journey from fear-based fundamentalism to liberating spirituality. They explore spiritual trauma, activism, ancestral connection, and decolonization—and why the gospel still matters.

This episode is for those deconstructing, grieving, organizing, and dreaming of a faith that builds a freer world.

💡 Key Takeaways
• Evangelicalism taught us to distrust our gut—liberation theology helps us reclaim it
• Deconstruction is not the end—it’s the beginning of healing
• We must move from personal repentance to collective liberation
• Black and Indigenous traditions offer roadmaps for resisting empire
• Lectio Divina, ancestor work, and embodied faith transform theology
• Jesus shows up in protests, rituals, and resistance—not just churches

⛪ About Our Guests
Lindsay and Tommy Airey (@soulaccompaniment) are writers, spiritual companions, and co-leaders of Kardia Kaiomenē — https://kardiakaiomene.blogspot.com — a ministry in Detroit cultivating liberatory spiritual practice.
Tommy is author of Descending Like a Dove — https://www.amazon.com/dp/1725274133 — and writes at https://soulaccompaniment.substack.com.
They’re also part of the Radical Discipleship Network — https://radicaldiscipleship.net — and organizers with Christians for a Free Palestine — https://christiansforafreepalestine.com.

📚 Resources & Voices Mentioned
• The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
• Dr. Wil Gafney — https://www.wilgafney.com (@drgafney)
• Black Womanist Ethics by Delores Williams
• Sabbath as Resistance by Walter Brueggemann
• The Powers That Be by Walter Wink
• Ched Myers — https://chedmyers.org (@chedmyers)
• Jim Perkinson
• Bill Wylie-Kellermann

Go in peace, friends. May you find sacred ground wherever your questions lead, and may the fruit of the Spirit guide you this week. If you’re longing for community, may you be encouraged to find one that embraces your full, questioning, beautiful selves.

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