If you grew up hearing that the gifts of the Spirit ended with the book of Acts, this episode asks what happened in between.

Dr. Karen Murphy, who teaches at Fuller Seminary and was raised Pentecostal, tells us where to look: the monasteries, convents, and margins where women kept exercising these gifts. We meet Brigid of Kildare, Hildegard of Bingen, who had visions and called popes to account, and Julian of Norwich, who insisted “all shall be well” in the middle of the plague.

Karen also traces the roots of modern Pentecostalism to William Seymour and the 1906 Azusa Street revival, and we talk about who is hurt most when we tell people the gifts have ceased.

Then we bring the story forward to women living it now. Maria Adkins shares how she found her own overwhelming encounter with the Spirit described in a book about the revivalist Maria Woodworth-Etter, and Pauline describes the quiet, informal prayer ministry she leads.

We close with what Scripture warns happens when a generation stops telling the stories of God’s goodness (Psalm 78, Judges 2, Deuteronomy 4), and why the next few episodes are full of stories from women using their gifts today.

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In the first episode of Weird Women, we start in a prayer room in St. Louis and with worship leader Chante Rivers, who tells the story of singing “How Great Is Our God” in the middle of the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. From there we go back to the first recorded worship leader in Scripture: Miriam, the prophetess who led Israel in song at the Red Sea. Dr. Christopher Hays of Fuller Theological Seminary walks us through the female prophets of the Hebrew Bible, including a scholarly case that Miriam’s song may be older than Moses’.

Then we widen the lens and look at the whole of scripture. Dr. Beth Felker Jones of Northern Seminary affirms that the gifts of the Spirit never ceased, and Dr. Craig Keener traces the promise of Joel 2 — “your sons and your daughters will prophesy” — through Luke’s Gospel and the day of Pentecost. He also shares an eyewitness account of the 2023 Asbury revival. Over the next six weeks, we’ll be sharing the stories of real women using the gifts Scripture promises for the blessing of the church.

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Today we are sharing the recording from Theology Girls Live on October 2nd with Tara Beth Leach. Tara Beth and Katy discuss what it’s like to be a female pastor, what women’s leadership looked like in scripture and where the church has lost their way. They also discuss challenges female leaders face and Tara Beth offers encouragement for women who feel called to lead.

*In this episode, Tara Beth mentions Galatians 5 while talking about household codes but she meant to say Ephesians 5

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Links Mentioned in Episode:

“Junia Was Not Alone” by Scot McNight

https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/junia-not-alone/

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Today we’re sharing a special conversation with author, theologian, professor, and podcaster, Nijay Gupta. Nijay is the author of many books, including, “Tell Her Story” which released in 2023, as well as upcoming books “Fierce and Faithful” that he wrote with Carmen Joy Imes that launches on October 27th, as well as “God Spoke Through Her” which will be released in the spring. Katy and Nijay chat about his authorship, what it was like to write a book for children as well as lesser known female Bible characters, why soft complementarianism is sometimes counterintuitive and the special call women have on their lives in our current cultural moment.

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Weird Women is coming.

Starting October 13th in the Theology Girls podcast feed, join Katy Goldstein and Wendy Schulz for a six-episode series exploring the gifts of the Holy Spirit through the women who've carried them — from Miriam leading Israel in song at the Red Sea, to Hildegard of Bingen correcting popes, to a gospel choir in Kentucky, to ordinary women praying, prophesying, and healing in ordinary rooms today.

Told through interviews and monologue, in the tradition of the documentary podcasts you already love, this series makes the case that the Spirit never stopped moving through women — and that you don't need a title, a platform, or permission to be one of them. You just need to be available.

New episodes drop weekly starting on 10/13, only on the Theology Girls feed.

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Today we are sharing a conversation with podcaster, musician, and new author, Savannah Locke. Last year Savannah co-hosted the All the Buried Women Podcast with Beth Allison Barr and now hosts “The Subtext” with Lee C. Camp. Savannah also has a new book releasing in March of 2027 called, “Every Question Jesus Asked”. In this episode Katy and Savannah discuss the research she and Beth Barr did for the All the Buried Women series, the Southern Baptist Church, the powerful questions Jesus asked and how she avoids cynicism.

Make sure you stick around for our bonus episode on Substack for our Second Service community members where Katy asks Savannah whether or not she thinks the Southern Baptist can ever actually change. Don’t forget, you can join Second Service for just $12 a month to get access to all our exclusive content and get your first 7 days for free when you click the link below.

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Today we are sharing a conversation with new author, Monica Ritchie, to discuss her new book, “Fashioned by Faith,” and all things spiritual disciplines — what they are, how to fit one or two into an already full life, and what to do if you have an aversion to the word discipline altogether. Katy and Monica also discuss how hard it is to find a healthy church, especially as a woman who has theological training and Monica shares openly about her own journey struggling to find community.

Make sure you stick around for our bonus episode with Monica only available for Second Service members on Substack where Katy asks Monica how she balances manages to make meaningful, authentic content about her faith without being performative. Don’t forget, you can join Second Service for just $12 a month to get access to all our exclusive content and get your first 7 days for free when you click the link below.

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Today we are sharing a bonus Friday episode with poet and author, Kathleen Kilcup, to discuss her new memoir, “Between the Light and Me: A Memoir of Beauty and Violence.” Kathleen and Katy discuss her time in the military, her struggles with disordered eating and alcoholism, God’s unrelenting mercy, as well as motherhood and creating meaningful things in small pockets of time.

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