I am a queer autistic theology enthusiast with no formal training. In my podcast episodes I will sit down with future pastors and present to them the theological theories that have formed from accumulated knowledge. personal experiences and pop culture, all filtered through the prism of my mysterious, trauma-informed autistic brain. I will ask my guests wether my ideas are boring mainstream opinions, radical groundbreaking new theology or just plain heresy.
Should be fun! :-)
In this episode my guest Paul is talking about his specialist subject: Teresa de Cartagena, a Spanish nun from the 15th century. Her deafness informed her disability theology that includes many very modern ideas.
24 Jun 2026
Orthorexia - Food for Thought and Saying Grace
Laura welcomes AuDHD pastor and professor Rev. Dr. Taylor Denyer to discuss neurodivergent fixations around “ethical” eating. How do we move from individualistic blame and personal shame into grace, community support, and effective action against systemic injustice?
Content warning for OCD, scrupulosity, paranoia, disordered eating, food
Links:
Laura’s email: laurasommer1@gmx.de (mailto:laurasommer1@gmx.de)
Laura’s OCD cartoons (https://wibbleywobbleyminds.wordpress.com/ocd/)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-Kashrut (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-Kashrut)
Timestamps
00:00 Introducing Taylor
03:49 Autism and various food struggles
08:22 Orthorexia — “Am I ethically allowed to eat this?” — Taylor’s experiences
13:23 Grocery store overwhelm
17:50 Describing OCD — the brain seeking reasons & control in a chaotic world
31:00 “Instead of getting help, I got scholarships” — OCD behavior rewarded
35:15 Scrupulosity/Religious OCD and learning theology that helps
39:41 Neurodivergence in Church History
45:22 Bringing in the Bible — moral traps, Luke 5’s anti-empire, economic lens
62:00 That which makes unclean — Matthew 15 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2015%20&version=CEB) / Mark 7 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%207&version=CEB); focusing on systemic issues, not the individual
70:08 Grace for self, communal resistance, creating rituals
27 Feb 2026
Yes, No, Maybe...
I have been looking forward to recording this episode for a long time. Jonas, one of my oldest friends, joins me as we discuss the impulses to over-commit, disagree compulsively and/or both at the same time. We look at these patterns in biblical figures and stories and ourselves.
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