God Has Not Given

Join Janice for a trip down under with her friend and fellow Hillsong College survivor, Elizabeth. Listen in as they reminisce about the lessons learned and revel in how much they have unlearned.

Join Janice for a conversation about friendship with her longtime acquaintance, Aramis (relationship maven and host of the podcast, Deliberdating). Follow along as they both dig into the importance of friendship and Aramis digs into... what?

Join Janice for a good, honest conversation with her friend Libby, as they talk trash (as trash) about the trash that is white supremacy and how to be better allies in spite of it all.

Join Janice for a good chat with Adrian Gibbs (one of the Dirty Rotten Church Kids) as they go wide and get self-reflective to talk about the white supremacist terror targeting AAPI folx, tensions between Asian and Black communities, and garage vs. woods when running from the monster. 

Join Janice for the podcast’s first author interview (!!) as she talks “Jesus and John Wayne” with historian, scholar and author Kristin Du Mez. Come for the evangelical slander and stay for the empathy.

Join Janice and her friend (slash-better-stronger-bolder-version-of-her-Hillsong-self) Janay, as they discuss skinfolk, credentials, how to starve at a feast and the truth or fiction of one of Janice's least favorite catchphrases: "God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called." 

Join Janice and the brilliant Jo Luehmann as they discuss the effects of parenting. How much does the way we were raised have to do with the religious spaces we end up in? Do parents always know best? And what do you do when the people who love you, don't like you? All the easy questions.

Join Janice and the immensely talented Charis Vaughn as they talk worship, validation and how keeping it all righteous can lead to all kinds of wrongness.

New season, who dis? And what do you need? Seriously. Join Janice as her friend Wes meets her in the middle of trying to make sense of the past for the sake of the future by being aware of what we need right now. (spoiler alert: you probably need to listen to this episode ASAP)

Elections, insurrections and impeachments, oh my! This wasn’t supposed to happen. 2021 was supposed to end 2020. Flipping the senate was supposed to fix it. January 6th was supposed to be purely ceremonial. And this podcast wasn’t supposed to be back until next week. And yet here we are. And yes, it’s a long episode, but our celebration time was cut short, so you will deal. Happy New Year?

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Megachurches abuse the concepts of honor, leadership and servanthood to break a lot of people down, but no two rebuilds look the same.  Join Janice and Tiffany for part two of a journey that started in faith and is now.... elsewhere?

After years of serving in the same church (in different areas), attending the same Bible college (at different times) and working with the same pastor (in different locations), Janice and Tiffany have finally landed on the same page.  Join in for part one of a journey to the ends of the earth and a faith.

It's the second half of the Jessica Ray two-parter and it's good. So buckle up and get ready for many thoughts on many things including (but not limited to) equality, Trumpvangelicals, Candace O and why Janice doesn't want to talk anymore.

We're going going back back to Cali Cali (and Oklahoma!) to retrace the steps of Janice and Jessica Ray, to find out how their church histories helped shape their current unchurched her-stories.

As COVID is ramping up again, Janice has her fingers crossed that the era of the megachurch is winding down. Join in as she sits down with Daniel, (the boy version of herself) to talk the structures, systems and sicknesses that make up megachurches. 

While y'alls president still hasn't conceded his loss, five single women consider whether or not they're losing out on marriage. Join Janice as she sits down with her friends Alicia, Sadiqa, Joanna and Aramis** as they ramble and rant about marriage. 

Started in connect group, now we here... in two different states, literally and metaphorically. Join Janice as she zooms up on her friend Emily to talk about the complications of Christian connections.

Between the delayed results of the 2020 Presidential Election and the sudden dismissal of Pastor Carl Lentz from Hillsong, November 4th was a wild day. Even for 2020. So join Janice as she sits down with her friend Sadiqa as they talk about how their Hillsong history has affected their current church vibes. 

This is just an intro. I am Janice Lagata and this is a story about how and why I can't tell you the story of how I got here.