S1.08 - God Is Love, But Not for Everyone? Unpacking Homophobia in the Church

S1.08 - God Is Love, But Not for Everyone? Unpacking Homophobia in the Church

Author: Laura Farhy July 25, 2025 Duration: 7:43
In this episode, we confront the painful reality of how many LGBTQ+ individuals have been treated by the church. We unpack the hypocrisy of preaching love while practicing exclusion, and ask hard questions about what it truly means to follow Jesus. If you've ever felt rejected, conflicted, or disillusioned by the church’s stance on sexuality, this conversation offers space for honesty, healing, and hope.

In a landscape where many feel spiritually uprooted, Spiritually Homesteading | How to Lose Your Religion & Keep Your Jesus offers a different path. Hosted by Laura Farhy, this podcast moves beyond the familiar terrain of deconstruction to focus on the practical, often messy work of rebuilding a personal faith. It’s built on the metaphor of homesteading-the idea that a deep, sustainable spiritual life requires getting your hands dirty, planting seeds of curiosity, and tending to your own beliefs with intention. This space is specifically for those who feel disillusioned or wounded by institutional religion yet still feel a pull toward the essence of Jesus. Each episode is a conversation for the spiritually curious and hopeful, exploring how to separate cultural dogma from core spiritual truth. When you listen to this podcast, you’ll find honest discussions about navigating doubt, reclaiming personal agency in faith, and discovering what it means to cultivate a belief system that is genuinely your own. It’s about empowerment and ownership, creating a spiritual home from the ground up.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 47

Spiritually Homesteading | How to Lose Your Religion & Keep Your Jesus
Podcast Episodes
S1.03 - Why Your Faith Can Survive Church Trauma [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:10
Whether it’s harmful theology, hypocrisy, or outright abuse, church hurt is real. And I get it—when a place that was supposed to offer healing ends up being the source of pain--the natural response is to walk away. But I…
S1.01 -  Leaving Church, Not God: My Faith Crisis Explained [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:35
This episode talks about how my faith fell a part and how I was able to build it up stronger than ever before. There is a catalyst to every faith deconstruction story. What is yours? laurafarhy.com
Introduction to Spiritually Homesteading - Our Mission & Focus [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:30
This podcast exists for the spiritually curious, the disillusioned, and the hopeful. If you’ve been hurt by the church but haven’t lost your hunger for Jesus, this space is for you. For more resources and information hea…