When I first posted this podcast, it had a clicky metronome sound on it. It’s fixed now.

Bec Cranford is a pastor, spiritual director-in-training, and homeless advocate. We met when I lived in Atlanta over a decade ago. We both grew up in a Pentecostal style of Christianity, and here we talk about the craziness of charismatics, what was good about church and what was not, meeting Jesus on psychedelics, burning out on social justice work, praying to saints as a Christian form of ancestral veneration, healing trauma, the fine line between spiritual perception and mental illness, and more.

One thing I wish I had asked Bec more about was her teenage experience of gender (she shares that briefly identified as a boy), given its relevance today.

I mentioned the link between West African spiritual practices and Pentecostalism. Here’s a fantastic essay that explores this in more depth.

Lastly, here’s where you can find out more about Bec and her work.

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