Lady Grey Podcast

Ep: 21 - White Coat Syndrome

Dale and Jonalyn talk about their experience with COVID. They share their experience being shamed for not getting vaccinated. And they talk about how bankrupt public trust has become in the current medical community. Favorite line: "Doctors have become the DJs of medical research. 'Let me play what’s popular and what I’m told you need to hear'."
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Ep: 22 - What is Worm Theology?

The Finchers discuss the problems with thinking humans are worthless. Dale gives a timely definition of sin as pollution. Jonalyn talks about how easy it is think you’re confessing when you’re actually groveling. They explain how confession is supposed to work. Favorite line: "Lost things are wanted things. And humans are lost, therefore, all humans are wanted."
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Ep: 23 - The Abusive Political System

The Finchers explain how our personal stories are directly connected to why we trust abusive political leaders. Dale defines abuse, politics, rights and his personal test for a political philosophy. You won’t want to miss the Finchers sharing their individual stories of identifying and healing from abuse. Favorite line: “Saying I’m wounded is not the same as healing.”
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Ep: 18 - Who Do We Trust?

From dating to marriage, from church leaders to politicians, what is the criteria we use to hand over our trust to them? Dale offers some questions we should all be asking in this post-Covid world. Jonalyn shares the practical examples too about political yard signs. 
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Ep: 20 - Our Prejudices and the Bible

Are racism and rape really the worst kinds of sin? The culture of our church, background, family and political party can re-prioritize which sins matter most. Dale shares a recent Bible passage from Genesis on the story of Judah, Tamar and Onan. Listen to the many prejudices we bring to reading this story as we try to get at what the author is actually saying.
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Ep: 17 - The Forks in the Road

Where is the hope today? With so much dark clouds of bad news around us, the Finchers share how they look for the unanticipated "forks in the road." They call it “God’s irony.” Favorite line: "What has happened in the past is no guarantee of what will happen in the future." 
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Ep: 19 - Untangling from Gender

Dale and Jonalyn talk about what’s driving all the confusion today about and gender. They explain why LGBTQ has come to offer belonging and why belonging matters more than reality for many people. Favorite line: “An appetite is not an identity.” Jump to minute 25 if you want our working definitions. 
SHOW NOTES: 
Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, My Brothers Keeper: What the Social Sciences Do (and Don't) Tell You About Masculinity .
Matt Walsh debating/discussing transgender identity on Dr. Phil.
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Ep 16: The Trendy Trap

Dale and Jonalyn discuss some possible reasons wealthy people are so devoted to the fashionable, both in business and goverment policy. And why trends seduce us. Favorite line: “We will devastate ourselves to fit in. We are not ourselves.”