Sanctified

Sanctified boldly centers the stories of Black women for whom the spiritual status quo is no longer enough. Sanctified makes space for women to interrogate, lament, resist, and triumph over the church’s double standards that have deeply impacted them. Through stories and conversations, Sanctified is a pathway to communal reflection and healing for women who are churched, unchurched, or find themselves somewhere in-between. From the pulpit, to the pew, to the parking lot, this show amplifies the thoughts, trials, and triumphs of women figuring out their faith authentically. Nothing is taboo. Shame is unwelcome. And grace abounds.

Episodes

Pleasing, Me, Myself, and I

November 30, 2022 • 49 mins

It's the pleasure principle oh-oh! This episode uplifts the beauty of pleasure as it relates to sex and just enjoying our everyday lives. If the Bible discusses pleasure, why are we conditioned not to? Christian sexologist and founder of The Intimacy Firm Brittany Broaddus-Smith blesses us with her testimony of how she is spreading the good news of Jesus Christ through the medium of sexual health education. It's giving saved, sanct...

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Is There Room For The Ancestors at the Altar?

November 23, 2022 • 49 mins

Fasten your spiritual seatbelts, we’re talking about dead people today. We're diving into the definition of ancestor veneration and all the ways we honor our ancestors without even realizing it. (Shout out to the funeral programs we collect and the picture of Dr. King hanging in Granny’s living room.) On this episode, we get to hear a heart-warming testimony from A Little Juju Podcast host Juju Bae, a healer and hoodoo who offers e...

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Just Pray About It

November 16, 2022 • 47 mins

If prayer alone doesn’t seem like the right solution to life’s challenges, then you’ve stumbled upon the right episode of Sanctified. We're tackling the quiet questions: Which situations do we bring to God in prayer? Which circumstances do we pray AND act on in faith? How do we live with prayers not being answered the way we hoped? Therapist and mortician Tori Dixon’s testimony of how her prayer life led to her vocations offers bea...

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Finding Boaz in the Building or the Parking Lot

November 9, 2022 • 46 mins

We’ve been bamboozled, y’all. There are some things about Ruth and Boaz (and love and marriage) that pastors left out of their Sunday sermons. So we're seeking clarity. In this episode, Deborah Joy and Lyvonne ask the questions: What does it mean to be equally yoked? And does it matter where you meet your partner? DJ and Lyvonne navigate the answers with candor as they share their own stories of finding love and partnership. Podcas...

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Purity Culture is a Scam

November 9, 2022 • 48 mins

On the first episode of Sanctified, Deborah Joy and Lyvonne discuss purity culture’s chokehold on the Black church and its impact on Black women and girls. Ya'll, we may be deconstructing all of this for years to come. (Fix it, Black Jesus!) Thankfully, there are folks like educator, facilitator, and storyteller Jameelah Jones to model what liberation looks like in the face of this scam. Jameelah delivers a powerful testimony and s...

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Welcome to Sanctified

November 7, 2022 • 1 min

Hosts Deborah Joy Winans and Lyvonne Briggs take us to a whole new kind of church every week. Anchored by transparent testimonies, Sanctified centers the real, raw questions and conversations Black women have about faith and spirituality. Whether you’re churched, unchurched or church adjacent, Sanctified is the safe sacred space where nothing is taboo. Sanctified is a Spotify Original Series, produced in partnership with Jemele Hil...

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Sanctified

Episodes

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Just Pray About It

Finding Boaz in the Building or the Parking Lot

Purity Culture is a Scam

Welcome to Sanctified

Popular Podcasts

Pleasing, Me, Myself, and I

Is There Room For The Ancestors at the Altar?