Today's guest is one you're familiar with by now. It's my friend, partner, and husband, John Freeman. Aside from being my biggest cheerleader, John is also a pastor. He served for 12 years in two different churches as a youth pastor, until 11 years ago when he walked out of the room of official church ministry and walked into the room of our actual home, where he worked for several years as a stay-at-home dad.
For the last few years, he's been running his own nonprofit called Grace Discipleship, offering soul care and spiritual direction for couples, pastors, and Gen Z high school and college students. Now that How to Walk into a Room is out in the world, John and I wanted to host a conversation about the book, specifically our own personal reflections on this side of sharing certain parts of our story. I hope you'll listen in.
LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:
--- [Grace Discipleship ] (https://www.gracegreensboro.org/)
--- [Find John on Instagram] (http://www.instagram.com/freemanjohn)
--- [LGBTQ resources for parents] (https://emilypfreeman.com/resources/)
---<a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-quieter-middle/id1591278118?i=1000539204863" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Gushee on the Making Things Right podcast</a>
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---Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room <a href= "https://emilypfreeman.com/how-to-walk-into-a-room-book/">by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"</a>
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