The conversation this week centered around foster care and the desperate need for the church's involvement in leading the movement around system reform, championing reunification, and prioritizing relational care and support for families that are working towards reunification.

Holly shared the book The Invisible Child, by Andrea Elliott.

We also talked at length about the Family Connection Program that Christie and Holly co-founded in 2018 to provide a safe space and relational support for families working towards reunification.

Trigger Warning: This conversation talks about issues of foster care, family separation, adoption, aging out of care, and mental illness.

We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join.

We shared a conversation this week around neurodiversity in the church.


Christie named the book, On the Spectrum, by Daniel Bowman Jr.

Holly shard the Pixar short, Loop.

And Rue shared some instagram accounts they followed to interact with the teenagers they connected with through Cooperative Youth Group.
-Behrad, ADHD Meme Therapy
-This is your brain ADHD
-Autie.frog
-Audhd_therapist
-That Autistic Joy
-Fidgets and Stims
-Neurodivergent Researcher

We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join.

We honored Earth Month with a conversation around the church's disconnection to the natural, wild world.

We were honored to have our dear friend, Sarah Lockenvitz, join us for this podcast.

Linked are a few of the books and podcasts talked about in this week's episode!


Cole Arthur Riley - has authored two books, This Here Flesh and Black Liturgies

Holy Smokes Podcast

Bear Hug (children's book)

Quote by Jane Goodall:

"The forest is for me a temple, a cathedral of tree canopies and dancing light."

We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join.