The Sacred Slope

Where the slippery slope becomes sacred ground.

For the spiritually tender — those searching for healthier expressions of our global Christian faith and deconstructing harmful theology.

Listen to conversations with pastors, priests, reverends, scholars, artists, and public voices from multiple denominations, cultures, backgrounds, and genders.

Come to be challenged, healed, and begin again.

Podcasting since 2025 • 100 episodes

The Sacred Slope

Latest Episodes

64. Healing After Evangelicalism & Finding a Beautiful Faith | Diana Butler Bass (Methodist → Evangelical → Episcopal)

64. Healing After Evangelicalism & Finding a Beautiful Faith | Diana Butler Bass (Methodist → Evangelical → Episcopal)What if the Christianity you were taught was never the only Christianity that existed?What if leaving...

October 08, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 64 • 1:38:20

63. The Vote is Sacred: Faith, Christian Nationalism & the Fight for Democracy | Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

63. The Vote is Sacred: Faith, Christian Nationalism & the Fight for Democracy | Rev. Paul Brandeis RaushenbushWhat happens when a form of Christianity is used to decide who belongs in America?Christian nationalism. Rel...

October 05, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 63 • 52:43

62. Kathy Baldock (Evangelical) | The 1946 Bible Mistranslation Behind Anti-Gay Theology

62. Kathy Baldock (Evangelical) | The 1946 Bible Mistranslation Behind Anti-Gay TheologyWhat if one of Christianity’s most consequential teachings about LGBTQ people was built on a translation mistake?Plant sex. A bizarre U...

October 01, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 62 • 1:27:15

61. Lisa Sharon Harper (Episcopal) | White Supremacy, Evangelicalism & Decolonizing Christianity

61. Lisa Sharon Harper (Episcopal) | White Supremacy, Evangelicalism & Decolonizing ChristianityWhat if the Christianity many Americans are deconstructing isn’t Christianity itself-but a version shaped by whiteness, empire, an...

September 28, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 61 • 1:03:54

60. Raised Pentecostal vs. United Methodist | Deconstruction, Doubt & Finding God Again with Colten Barnaby & Rev. Dr. S.C. Williams

60. Raised Pentecostal vs. United Methodist | Deconstruction, Doubt & Finding God Again with Colten Barnaby & Rev. Dr. S.C. WilliamsWhat happens when two Christians grow up in almost completely different versions of Christ...

September 25, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 60 • 1:29:30

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