The Autistic Mystic Jeff Baker

Today I am talking to the wonderful Reverend Brooke Scott, who, I owe an apology to. Because this episode was recorded so long ago she was not yet a rev. And now she is the pastor of a whole ass church called Church on Main, she has had articles written about how radically inclusive she is, she’s amazing and super smart. You may recognize her from her appearances on the TLDR Bible show podcast where she says really smart things and I learned a lot from listening to her. I also learned a lot from this conversation. We talk about Brooke’s call to ministry, what it’s like coming out of evangelical spaces into a more queer inclusive faith, we bond a little bit over our mutually deceased parents, and why cheap Christian platitudes are not helpful for grieving or healing. There’s a lot in this episode so we might as well get right into it. So sit back, grab your noise cancelling headphones, and prepare for this weeks info dump. Here’s “Listening to Marginalized Voices” with Brooke Scott
You can find Brooke Scott on twitter @brooke_scott95, and on Instagram @brooke_alexandria630 you can find her church, Church on Main on twitter @churchonmainde or you can go to their website at churchonmainde.com
You can find Jeff on tiktok and instagram @RevJeffTheArtist and on twitter @RevJeffArt
you can find Jeff's Church, Chosen Family Church on Instagram @ChosenFamilyChurch_ or at their website chosenfamilychurch.com
You can find all of Jeff's other projects at theautisticmystic.ca

Rev. Elle Dowd sits down with Pastor Jeff to talk about the themes in her new book, Baptized in Tear Gas. If you want to follow Elle you can find her on Twitter and Instagram @hownowbrowndowd and on TikTok @elledowdministry. You can also check out her website www.elledowd.com
If you want to follow Pastor Jeff, you can find them at their new social media handles, @RevJeffTheArtist on TikTok and Instagram and @RevJeffArt on Twitter. You can also check out Jeff's church, Chosen Family Church at www.chosenfamilychurch.com or on Instagram @ChosenFamilyChurch_

My guest today is Nav the poet, Nav is a spoken word artist and poet who speaks on all sorts of things but also does a lot of educational content on Sikhi, or the Sikh religion, of which he is a member. Nav is incredibly gracious and patient and speaks beautifully about his faith, and about social issues, and also about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He was gracious enough to sit down with me as we did a compare and contrast between Sikhi and Christianity and learned more about each others faiths.
If you want to find Nav online you can find him at @NavThePoet on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter. Definitely worth the follow. If you want to find Rev. Jeff online he's @CFC_PastorJeff on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter, if you want to check out Chosen Family Church head to www.chosenfamilychurch.com, if you want to join one of the biweekly zoom services click “join a zoom service” at the top of the page, fill out the form and the hospitality team will send you the link to the next service. You can find this podcast and Jeff's other projects at theautisticmystic.ca. If you like this podcast please take a moment to rate and review us on whatever podcast platform you use. Ratings and reviews help us get discovered by more people and increase the likelihood that we will be able to keep doing what we’re doing.

Welcome to the Autistic Mystic, my name is Jeff, I am the autistic mystic, apologies on the front end for the delay in getting new episodes out, I put out an update the other day about my computer troubles but I will be posting 2 episodes a week for the next few weeks to catch up. Today I am joined by the unstoppable Tori Jameson, Tori is a pastor in St. Louis and the founder of Lot’s Wife Trans and Queer Chaplaincy where they minister to the oft overlooked and extra marginalized letters of the LGBTQ2PIA+ community. Tori is an activist and community organizer and if there is social activism happening they are right there in the thick of it using their voice and privilege to give space and a platform for those marginalized communities. In this conversation we talk about the progressive clergy movement, tone policing, the meaning behind the name Lots Wife trans and queer chaplaincy and how churches can better care for and serve the trans community. A quick note, my son woke up twice during this recording, I’ve edited the interruptions out, but because we were live on tiktok while recording Tori had some really good conversations with the people watching. I’m including one of those conversations at the end of the episode so if you want to hear that keep listening after the outro. Okay, I’m gonna stop talking so we can get right into it, so sit back, grab your noise cancelling headphones, and strap yourself in for this week’s info dump. Here’s How to Bear Witness with Tori Jameson
If you want to find them online they are @salty_chaplain on tiktok and Instagram, and you can follow Lots wife trans and queer chaplaincy on Twitter @lotswifechapSTL and if you have the means to support their work financially you can become a lord wife trans and queer chaplaincy patron on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/lotswife. If you want to find me on the web I’m CFC_PastorJeff everywhere, if you want to check out the church where I pastor you can find us at chose family church.com, our services are all online so if you want to join a zoom service hit the “join a zoom service” link at the top of the page, fill out the form, and we’ll send you a link to our next service. You can find this podcast as well as my other projects online at theautisticmystic.ca

Quick update on why I haven’t posted an episode lately

Jeff is joined by pastor, writer, social justice activist, speaker, and community leader, Derek Terry to talk about coming out while in ministry, racial injustice, oppressive systems, making yourself grow by being uncomfortable, and so much more. You can find Derek Terry everywhere online @RevDerekTerry. You can find Jeff everywhere online @CFC_PastorJeff, you can find Chosen Family Church online at www.chosenfamilychurch.com and you can join the CFC_PastorJeff Discord server here: https://discord.gg/VkCbrKkFYk