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b'We\\u2019re on summer vacation! The Queer Theology podcast has been \\u201con air\\u201d for 4 years and over 200 episodes. All summer long, we\\u2019re releasing a throwback episode that looks at the upcoming week\\u2019s lectionary.\\nStay connected with us on\\xa0Facebook,\\xa0Twitter,\\xa0Instagram,\\xa0YouTube, and inside of\\xa0Sanctuary Collective. We\\u2019ll see you with new episodes in September!\\nIn this week\\u2019s passage Brian and Fr. Shay talk about admitting that you\\u2019re not okay and what it means to take care of yourself. What does self care look like? What are the messages we\\u2019ve been taught in our churches about mental health and depression? All that and more in this week\\u2019s podcast.\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\n1 Kings 19:4-8\\nHe himself went farther on into the desert a day\\u2019s journey. He finally sat down under a solitary broom bush. He longed for his own death: \\u201cIt\\u2019s more than enough, Lord! Take my life because I\\u2019m no better than my ancestors.\\u201d He lay down and slept under the solitary broom bush.\\nThen suddenly a messenger tapped him and said to him, \\u201cGet up! Eat something!\\u201d Elijah opened his eyes and saw flatbread baked on glowing coals and a jar of water right by his head. He ate and drank, and then went back to sleep. The Lord\\u2019s messenger returned a second time and tapped him. \\u201cGet up!\\u201d the messenger said. \\u201cEat something, because you have a difficult road ahead of you.\\u201d Elijah got up, ate and drank, and went refreshed by that food for forty days and nights until he arrived at Horeb, God\\u2019s mountain.\\nThe post It\\u2019s Okay to Not be Okay \\u2013 1 Kings 19:4-8 #throwback appeared first on Queer Theology.'