FreedHearts
Freeing hearts to love and be loved! Love. Inclusion. Affirmation. Susan Cottrell is the Mom of two LGBTQ+ children; the founder of FreedHearts; an international speaker with a viral TEDx talk; a pastor and theologian; an acclaimed author; and a fierce advocate and ally. In her unique tender, relatable style, Susan is a prominent voice of unconditional love and lavish inclusion. Powerful, authentic, and relevant in today’s society, Susan has a lot to say. The Advocate calls her their “Favorite Affirming Matriarch.” OutSmart magazine calls her "The Mother of all MamaBears!" Reverend Ashley Harness from Auburn Seminary says, “Susan has this fierce, loving, don’t mess with me, Mom vibe.” If you have been excluded, or if someone close to you has been excluded because of who they are or who they love - or maybe you have been the one doing the excluding - the FreedHearts podcast is for you. Join Susan, along with her husband Rob, on the journey. You are not alone. Welcome home!
FreedHearts
Contempt for God's Love, Joy, Freedom
We have started to ask the question: Who is God?
It’s certainly NOT the old white man in the sky, with all the feminine aspects ripped out.
Something has been stolen from us. Our sacred interior has been ransacked and we have lost the understanding of God who loves us, delights in us.
This is vital because when we know God feels this way about us — we are free to feel this way about ourselves — and we were meant to feel this way about ourselves!
Religion has stolen that God and replaced it with a god who is volatile, masculine, transactional, and abusive.
Whatever bristling feeling you may have when you think about God is because you have been robbed of this full-on love fest!
Beloved, it’s time to fix that.
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