Faith in Motion, the Podcast

Rev. Kelsey Beebe
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Hosted by Rev. Kelsey Peterson Beebe, this show explores what it means to have an embodied faith - a faith that comes alive in how we live, move, and love. Together, we slow down, reconnect with God, and learn to practice faith in tangible ways. In this space, you are invited to experience God’s love within and around you, and gently called forward to embody that grace in the world. (Faith in Motion, the Podcast was formerly The Lady Preacher Podcast)

  1. 3D AGO

    Lectio Divina: John 14:25-31

    Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. - John 14:27 Lectio Divina is a spiritual practice that invites us to slow down, breathe, and spend a few quiet moments with God. Together, we’ll listen to scripture, reflect, and pray. You don’t need any prior experience or expertise; just a willingness to pause and listen for God’s love within and around you. Connect with us: Website: moveyourfaith.org Subscribe to our weekly devotional: Embody Faith Instagram: @faithinmotion.pod and @pastorkelseyb Support our ministry: moveyourfaith.org/give

    10 min

  2. 6D AGO

    What's Saving My Faith Right Now

    Every so often, I find it helpful to pause and name the things that are quietly holding me together—the small, ordinary practices that are keeping my faith alive. This episode is a version of that. These aren’t big, flashy spiritual habits. They’re simple things: bricking my phone, returning to prayer journaling (in a new way), reading more long-form writing, wearing color, leaning into creativity, and connecting with other moms. None of it looks particularly “religious" or "church-y." And yet, all of it has helped me connect more deeply to God, and to myself. So today, I’m just sharing my list. If it’s helpful, I invite you to take a few minutes to notice what’s saving your faith right now, too. Connect with us: Website: moveyourfaith.orgSubscribe to our weekly devotional: Embody FaithInstagram: @pastorkelseyb

    22 min
  3. Wonder: Helping Kids Fall in Love with Scripture

    MAR 23

    Wonder: Helping Kids Fall in Love with Scripture

    What if the goal of reading the Bible wasn’t to have all the right answers—but to fall in love with the story? In this episode, I sit down with Meredith Miller to chat about her new book, Wonder: 52 Conversations to Help Kids Fall in Love With Scripture. Her passion for sharing the Bible and its stories with young folks - and helping adults feel confident in their abilities to do the same - truly shines. We explore the idea that the Bible can be both deeply meaningful and playful. Meredith invites us to release the need to take everything so seriously and ask, What if delight, curiosity, and even laughter can be part of how we engage scripture? Together, we reflect on what kids actually need when it comes to faith formation—and what they don’t. (Spoiler: it’s probably not what many of us were taught growing up.) And yes—this absolutely applies to adults, too. This conversation is an invitation to loosen your grip, trust your curiosity, and rediscover scripture as a place of wonder. About Meredith: Meredith Miller is a pastor and a parent who has spent most of the past twenty years helping families follow Jesus. She has been involved with Fuller Youth Institute since 2007 and from 2014-2019 she was Curriculum Director for the children's ministry at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago, Illinois. Meredith holds a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, as well as a B.A. in Religious Studies and Spanish Language & Literature from Westmont College. She is pastor of Pomona Valley Church and calls Southern California home. You can find her on Instagram @MeredithAnneMiller and Substack where she writes about Kids and Faith, and you can order her book Wonder: 52 Conversations to Help Kids Fall in Love with Scripture wherever books are sold. Connect with us: Website: moveyourfaith.org Subscribe to our weekly devotional: Embody Faith Instagram: @pastorkelseyb

    50 min

  4. MAR 18

    Lectio Divina: Deuteronomy 6:4-9

    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. - Deuteronomy 6:4 Lectio Divina is a spiritual practice that invites us to slow down, breathe, and spend a few quiet moments with God. Together, we’ll listen to scripture, reflect, and pray. You don’t need any prior experience or expertise; just a willingness to pause and listen for God’s love within and around you. Connect with us: Website: moveyourfaith.org Subscribe to our weekly devotional: Embody Faith Instagram: @faithinmotion.pod and @pastorkelseyb Support our ministry: moveyourfaith.org/give

    8 min

  5. MAR 16

    Hidden Women of the Bible: Shiphrah, Puah, Rahab, and Phoebe

    When we think about the most important people in the Bible, most of us were taught the stories of men: Abraham, Moses, David, Peter, Paul. But women have always been part of God’s story. In this episode we highlight three women in scripture whose courage and leadership helped shape the story of God’s people—women whose stories are often overlooked or reduced to a single line. You’ll meet: Shiphrah and Puah, the Hebrew midwives who resisted Pharaoh’s command to kill Hebrew baby boys and helped make the Exodus story possible.Rahab, the courageous woman in Jericho who protected the Israelite spies and negotiated safety for her family.Phoebe, a deacon of the early church who likely carried—and may have been the first to interpret—Paul’s letter to the Romans.Together, these women remind us that God has always been working through women: through courage, resistance, leadership, and faith. In honor of International Women’s Day, this episode invites us to read scripture a little more closely and rediscover the women who were there all along. Scripture Referenced: Exodus 1:15–21Joshua 2Romans 16:1–2Matthew 1 (Genealogy of Jesus) Books for further reading: A Womanist Midrash and The Womanist Lectionary by Wilda C. Gafney — powerful retellings and interpretations of biblical stories through a womanist lens.Books by Claire K. McKeever-Burgett, including Blessed Are the Women and In the Beginning Were the Women which explore the stories and theological significance of women in scripture.Books by Alice Connor, including Brave and Fierce, which highlight bold women of the Bible and the ways their stories still inspire faith today. Connect with us: Website: moveyourfaith.orgSubscribe to our weekly devotional: Embody FaithInstagram: @faithinmotion.pod and @pastorkelseybSupport our ministry: moveyourfaith.org/give

    27 min
  6. Faith & Feminism with Rev. Delaney Schlake-Kruse

    MAR 9

    Faith & Feminism with Rev. Delaney Schlake-Kruse

    In this episode, Pastor Kelsey sits down with Rev. Delaney Schlake-Kruse to explore the intersection of faith, feminism, and leadership in the church. Together they discuss why the word feminism still raises resistance in many faith communities and how patriarchal assumptions have shaped expectations of leadership in ministry. Delaney invites us to reimagine leadership by looking closely at how Jesus leads—not through domination, hierarchy, or control, but through relationality, mutuality, and power shared with others. Through a feminist lens, we explore what it might mean to cultivate leadership styles in the church that reflect the way of Christ, rather than the patriarchy. About Delaney Rev. Delaney Schlake-Kruse (she/her) is the rector at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in St. Louis, Missouri. Delaney recently completed her Doctor of Ministry, focusing on feminist pastoral leadership and congregational discernment. She lives in St. Louis with her family and enjoys gardening, taking walks, and drinking coffee. Recommendations for further reading from Rev. Delaney: Gender Disrupted: Jesus as a “Man” in the Fourfold Gospel, by Brittany E. WilsonTheology for Skeptics: Reflections on God, by Dorothee SoelleSexism and God-Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology, by Rosemary Radford RuetherThe Man with the Flow of Power: Porous Bodies in Mark 5:25–34, by Candida R. MossBehold the Man: Jesus and Greco-Roman Masculinity, by Colleen M. ConwayConnect with us: Website: moveyourfaith.orgSubscribe to our weekly devotional: Embody FaithInstagram: @pastorkelseyb & @faithinmotion.pod

    45 min

  7. MAR 5

    Lectio Divina: Proverbs 8:22-29, 32-35

    For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord. - Proverbs 8:35 Lectio Divina is a spiritual practice that invites us to slow down, breathe, and spend a few quiet moments with God. Together, we’ll listen to scripture, reflect, and pray. You don’t need any prior experience or expertise; just a willingness to pause and listen for God’s love within and around you. Connect with us: Website: dancingpastor.org Subscribe to our weekly devotional: Embody Faith Instagram: @pastorkelseyb Support our ministry: dancingpastor.org/give

    11 min
  8. The Fierce, Brave Women of the Bible with Rev. Alice Connor (REPLAY)

    MAR 2

    The Fierce, Brave Women of the Bible with Rev. Alice Connor (REPLAY)

    Women play an integral part in history, including in biblical history. In many contexts, they are seen as mere side characters, and often aren’t even recognized with a name. However, we know that women are not just sidebars: they are main characters. They love, they birth, they lead, they prophesy, they teach, they heal, they wage war, and they testify. Author and Episcopal priest Rev. Alice Connor is here to share some of these women’s stories with us today. She recently wrote the book, Fierce: Women of the Bible and Their Stories of Violence, Mercy, Bravery, Wisdom, Sex, and Salvation, which is a follow up to her book Brave: Women of the Bible and Their Stories of Grief, Mercy, Folly, Joy, Sex, and Redemption. Alice talks about how the Bible is R-rated because it is real, and our real lives (not the ones we post on social media for all to see) are definitely R-rated. When we read these women’s stories within the Bible for what they truly are: raw, honest, full-bodied, and whole-hearted, we not only see them for who they are, but we see ourselves as well. About Alice: Rev. Alice Connor is an Episcopal priest and a chaplain on a college campus. She wrote Fierce: Women of the Bible and Their Stories of Violence, Mercy, Bravery, Wisdom, Sex, and Salvation, How to Human: An Incomplete Manual for Living in a Messed-Up World, and Brave: Women of the Bible and their Stories of Grief, Mercy, Folly, Joy, Sex, and Redemption. She co-wrote an article for the Journal for the Study of the New Testament called “Mantic Mary? The Virgin Mother as Prophet in Luke 1:26-56 and the Early Church.” That’s academic-speak for “Hey, maybe Mary the mother of Jesus was more than a mom and actually had a word of challenge to speak to us? Just sayin’.” Alice is also a certified enneagram teacher and a stellar pie-maker. She lives for challenging conversations and has a high tolerance for awkwardness. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband, two kids, a dog, and no cats. Connect with us: Website: moveyourfaith.orgSubscribe to our weekly devotional: Embody FaithInstagram: @pastorkelseyb

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Hosted by Rev. Kelsey Peterson Beebe, this show explores what it means to have an embodied faith - a faith that comes alive in how we live, move, and love. Together, we slow down, reconnect with God, and learn to practice faith in tangible ways. In this space, you are invited to experience God’s love within and around you, and gently called forward to embody that grace in the world. (Faith in Motion, the Podcast was formerly The Lady Preacher Podcast)

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  • Creator
    Rev. Kelsey Beebe
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    307
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Faith in Motion, the Podcast
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