S2.04 - Why Every Christian Needs to Learn to Disciple Themselves

S2.04 - Why Every Christian Needs to Learn to Disciple Themselves

Author: Laura Farhy August 23, 2026 Duration: 21:38
How many years have you been going to church and are you actually different? It's the question nobody wants to answer honestly. Because the truth is, a lot of us have been showing up, sitting down, receiving, going home, and calling it a relationship with God. And when that system breaks down, when the pastor falls, when the church hurts you, when Sunday stops being enough...we're left with nothing. Because we built our entire faith inside someone else's house. In this episode, Laura makes the case for self-discipleship: taking radical personal ownership of your spiritual life, not because church is bad, but because no one else can do this for you. She traces how Moses, David, Paul, and even Jesus himself built their most significant spiritual breakthroughs not inside religious institutions, but in deserts, caves, and quiet places far from the crowd. You'll learn what self-discipleship actually looks like in real life (no theology degree required), why spiritual stagnation is silent until it isn't, how to build one small daily habit that will do more for your faith than another year of Sundays, and the 30-second morning question that turned Laura's entire ordinary life into a spiritual practice. Your faith should be able to survive a Monday. This episode helps you build one that can. #progressivechristianity #deconstructingchristianity #christianpodcast #christianfaith #christianfaith #christianityexplained #deconstructingfaith #deconstructedchristian #exvangelical #leavingchurch#reconstructingfaith #christianityexplored #faithcrisis #faithhabits #faithquestions #christianyoutube #christianyoutuber 

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: 50

Spiritually Homesteading | How to Lose Your Religion & Keep Your Jesus
Podcast Episodes
S2.06 - Religious Trauma Is Real: What Harvard Says About Healing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:48
Back in April, I had the privilege of sitting in on a Religious Trauma Symposium hosted at Harvard Divinity School. Chaplains. Professors. Survivors. Researchers. All in the same room, talking about something that most c…
S2.05 - Colonialism and Christianity: The History Your Church Skipped [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:38
What if you didn't walk away from God — you walked away from empire? This episode asks the question that deconstruction often misses: who handed you your faith, and why? Full description ↓ Colonialism didn't just steal l…
S2.03 - Is Jealousy a Sign From God? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:00
The church told you jealousy is a sin to be confessed and buried. But what if it's actually one of the most honest prayers you'll ever pray? Jealousy doesn't lie. It tells you exactly what you want, and exactly what you…
S1.52 - After Deconstruction, Only 3 Things Remained [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:56
After years of deconstructing my faith, I stopped asking what I should add and started asking what I could let go of. What I was left with was simple: Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Bible as a tool — not a rulebook, not…
S1.51 - Why You Should Write Your Own Bible (No, Really!) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:27
Your Story With God Deserves to Be Written Down... so let's record it and make it count. We often forget that God exists outside the Bible and inside your life. LET's talk about that.
S1.50 - How to Reconstruct Your Faith After Deconstruction [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:46
After a decade of a deconstruction, I finally rebuilt my faith and this is what I did to do it. The best part is... my faith is more secure than it was before. I want to do the same for you.
S1.49 - Should You Quit the Bible? Here's Why I Changed My Mind [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:17
There maybe a season in your journey where you aren't sure if you can trust the Bible anymore...or if you should ever read it again. I have been in this place and it is both frustrating and scary. Frustrating because eve…