# Amy Butler

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Start Here: Ethical Storytelling

In the season’s third episode, Jonathan, Katie and Annie explore how storytelling is inherent in human nature and crucial in faith contexts. They stress the importance of understanding and respecting boundaries, being reliable, owning mistakes, and sharing only one's own stories.  Resources for th…

Start Here: Rediscovering Scripture

In the season’s second episode, Jonathan, Katie and Annie share how their childhood experiences with Scripture, particularly biblical literalism, shaped their faith. They also explore more liberating ways of reading the Bible through lenses like feminist, queer and liberation theology. About the p…

Meet the Rejects

In the season’s first episode, you’ll meet the Sunday School Rejects: Jonathan Greer, Katie Valenzuela and Annie Wilde. Hear about their formative church experiences, journeys of deconstruction, and what you can expect from the rest of the season. About the podcast: The first season of “Sunday Sc…

Our Purity Culture Stories

In the season’s fifth episode, Jonathan, Katie and Annie share their personal experiences with purity culture, including signing "True Love Waits" cards and wearing purity rings. They explore the psychological effects of purity culture, such as shame and fear, and the lack of proper sex education. …

Sacred Assets, Tough Decisions

Many of us were taught an unspoken deal: live faithfully, do the right things, and life will work out. In this episode, Amber and Tom gently - but firmly - challenge that transactional model of faith and money with Amy Butler, a pastor, author, and founder of Invested Faith. Amy shares how her own…

Is the Bible Still Relevant? With Jeremy Williams

In the season’s sixth episode, Jonathan, Katie and Annie ask some hard questions about what the Bible really is. Annie then interviews New Testament scholar Jeremy Williams about the Bible and power. Jeremy L. Williams is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Director of the Center for Theology…

To Preserve or to Repurpose?

After their conversation with Amy Butler, Amber and Tom turn to an emotionally charged question facing many faith communities today: Is it more faithful to preserve a dying congregation – or to repurpose its financial assets for new life? They explore what’s really at stake when institutions decli…

How Do We Think About God? With Matthew Paul Turner

In the season’s seventh episode, Jonathan, Katie and Annie try to make some sense of the writings attributed to Apostle Paul. Jonathan then interviews picture book author Matthew Paul Turner about what’s required to pass along a faith that your children don’t have to recover from. Matthew Paul Tur…

What Did Purity Culture Take From Us? With Amy Butler

In the season’s eighth episode, Jonathan, Katie and Annie put the “submission” language of “household codes” in Ephesians 5 into context. Katie then interviews pastor and author Amy Butler for a focused conversation about purity culture and its effects. Amy Butler is the senior pastor at Community…

Wrap Up and Listener Stories

In the season’s ninth and final episode, Jonathan, Katie and Annie reflect on the season, “get biblical” one more time, share stories of the podcast’s impact, and assign a few more gold stars. About the podcast: The first season of “Sunday School Rejects” delivers nine episodes on the topic of pu…