This week’s guest is Derek Webb, musician, song writer and public deconstructor. For 10 years, Derek was a member of the Christian rock band, Caedmon’s Call. He then went on to a solo career where he focused on self reflection in his art. During that time, Derek began to desconstruct. He did so publicly in his music and on social media.
For Derek’s Fingers Crossed album, “the tale of two divorces,” Derek made himself available to his audience for criticism. He and his team turned this into the podcast, The Airing of Grief. What could have been a public expression of anger and hostility at Derek’s change of heart, wound up being people describing their own deconstruction. It was a poignant reminder that we are not alone in this process.
Derek’s next album, Targets, is a joyous and rebellious rock celebration of deconstruction. Derek’s current project, The Jesus Hypothesis, takes a second look at his former theological beliefs. For this project, Derek has made himself even more available to his audience by live streaming the writing and recording process for his Patreon supporters.
Derek is the perfect guest for the podcast as his art, music and personal style exemplify an both honesty contest and Secular Grace.
Links
Derek’s Website
https://www.derekwebb.com/
The Airing Of Grief
https://www.theairingofgrief.com/
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/derekwebb/
Patreon
https://patreon.com/derekwebb
Interact
Full show notes
https://gracefulatheist.com/2022/01/02/derek-webb-the-jesus-hypothesis/
Is it just that I had the wrong image of god?
https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/11/17/is-it-just-that-i-had-the-wrong-image-of-god/
The Bubble
https://gracefulatheist.com/2018/01/15/the-bubble/
Deconversion
https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/
Secular Grace
https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/
Attribution
Transition music by Derek Webb from the Fingers Crossed album
"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
https://makaihbeats.net/

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