Andrew returns to dive deeper into his blog, “A Straight Man Won’t Fix You.” What led him to write this post, and long did he ponder it? Join Tom and Andrew for a discussion on the idolization of friendships with straight men, theorizing why some men in Side B spaces get drawn into the "mythical" realm of straight men. We also briefly recap the third season of “Heartstopper” and lament Andrew’s lack of attendance – and also his felt presence – at this year’s YOB retreat.

How have you sought healing or "fixing" from a straight man? What happened?

• YOB Convocast 101

• Andrew's blog: "A Straight Man Won't Fix You"

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• Tom's blogs
• Andrew's blogs | podcasts

• Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009
• Email Tom: tom@yourotherbrothers.com
• Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

• General giving (for non-members)
• Giving toward membership in YOB
• Giving toward membership in YOS

• YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram
• YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok
• YOS: Facebook | Instagram

• "Feel it All" by sød ven; 100% clearance through Musicbed

you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

After a couple years of discussions, spreadsheets, form submissions, and more legal fees than you could imagine, Your Other Family is now a government-recognized nonprofit organization! The IRS approved our nonprofit, and all membership dues and donations to our ministry are officially tax-deductible, including all amounts given retroactively on our new giving platform. We still have a journey yet ahead of us to close our remaining funding gaps, but this is a huge step forward.

Tom recounts our recently held YOB retreat, which focused on God’s call for Abram to “go” – and so, we too are going. Will you pray with us for God's provision, also taking action wherever He prompts?

200 + 200 = LIFE

• YOF General Giving
• YOB Membership
• YOS Membership
• YOF Newsletter Signup
• Tom's email: tom@yourotherbrothers.com

you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

What draws us to the beauty of men? Do we engage it or run far from it? Join Tom, Ryan, and Matt for a discussion on masculine beauty! Learn why this topic has become something of Ryan’s “brand,” including a perspective shift that’s helped many members of our YOB community. We talk about navigating the tension between admiration and lust, gratitude and envy, and participation and insecurity in our interactions with the beautiful men around us. How do we direct our observations of masculine beauty back to the Creator?

What do you find beautiful about men? What's difficult about the beauty of men?

• YOBcast 109: Masculine Beauty

• From The Christian Post: "Forrest Frank calls out fellow artists for mocking his accident..."

• Tom's blog: "The Masculine Uncertainty of Being Uncircumcised"

• Apple Podcasts

• Tom's posts
• Ryan's posts
• Matt's posts

• Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009
• Email Tom: tom@yourotherbrothers.com
• Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

• General giving (for non-members)
• Giving toward membership in YOB
• Giving toward membership in YOS

• YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram
• YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok
• YOS: Facebook | Instagram

• Intro/outro theme: “Borderland” by John Mark McMillan
• Benediction theme: "Feel it All" by sød ven
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Welcome to our debut episode of the YOScast! Johana-Marie and Ashley join Erin to discuss the Life on Side B podcast episode on women's inclusion in Side B spaces (S3Ep14). As listeners, Erin and Johana-Marie talk about our big takeaways from this conversation, and Ashley recalls her experience co-hosting this episode. It’s been four years since it aired, so what has changed? Has anything stayed the same? We reflect on what gaps we still see in the Side B world, discuss how YOB has impacted us as women, and build up excitement for what Your Other Sisters will add to our movement.

• Life on Side B's podcast: Johanna on Female Inclusion in Side B (w/ Ashley and Sarah)
• Janelle's blog: "Can I Be Real for a Second?"

What ways have you been impacted by women’s contributions to Side B spaces or the Church in general? What topics would you like to hear discussed from a woman’s perspective?

• YOScast 001: YOS is a Thing!

• Apple Podcasts

• Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009
• Email Erin: erinbrookephelps@gmail.com
• Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

• General giving (for non-members)
• Giving toward membership in YOS
• Giving toward membership in YOB

• YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram
• YOS: Facebook | Instagram
• YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok

• Ashley's blog: "Standing in the Doorway"
• Johana-Marie's personal website
• Johana-Marie's pieces on A Side B Collective
• Learn more about our YOS contributors!

• "Be More" by Linden Hope, used with permission.

Tom here, and it's my monthly "State of the Sparrow" for Your Other Family! It feels good to say I am now executive director of this new ministry. This month we finally made the switch away from Patreon to our new ministry giving platform. I actually got emotional deactivating our old way of supporting YOB. But I'm excited for what's to come as I update y'all on the resumption of regular blog/podcast content, as well as our next YOB+YOS membership call and our 7th YOB retreat this month in Pennsylvania.

I'll share more about the numbers in my next update pod, but we would love to gain some additional support from outside our existing YOB+YOS membership. If you've been following our content and/or partaking in our community for a while, would you please prayerfully ponder this?

Is there a married couple, parent, sibling, friend, elder, pastor, or even church who knows your story, and maybe even knows about your involvement in YOB or YOS, who you might consider asking to support YOF?

200 + 200 = LIFE

• YOF General Giving
• YOB Membership
• YOS Membership
• YOF Home
• Tom's email: tom@yourotherbrothers.com

After 2+ years, we’re back with a new YOBcast! OGs Tom and Ryan welcome new YOBcast regular Matt as we catch up on the last couple years of our nonprofit journey. Fittingly, with the formation of Your Other Sisters alongside YOB under our nonprofit ministry of Your Other Family, we discuss the topic of WOMEN. How well have we connected with women from childhood to today? Did we genuinely experience adolescent crushes on girls or even try dating women? How has our sexuality impacted our friendships with women in adulthood, and how have we honestly felt about the formation of this Your Other Sisters community?

Tell us a story about your relationship with girls in childhood or women in adulthood. Where have relationships with the opposite sex been easy, life-giving, and/or difficult?

• YOBcast 108: Women

• Guys calling their male friends to say "good night"
• "Gay Men, Heterosexual Women and the Pain of Platonic Intimacy"

• Apple Podcasts

• Tom's posts
• Ryan's posts
• Matt's posts

• Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009
• Email Tom: tom@yourotherbrothers.com
• Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

• General giving (for non-members)
• Giving toward membership in YOB
• Giving toward membership in YOS

• YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram
• YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok
• YOS: Facebook | Instagram

• Intro/outro theme: “Borderland” by John Mark McMillan
• Benediction theme: "Feel it All" by sød ven

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Introducing our new Your Other Family Podcast Network: a podcast channel for all YOF, YOB, and YOS podcast productions.

In our first YOF Update pod, Tom shares the latest organizational updates about Your Other Brothers and Your Other Sisters under our new pending nonprofit ministry of Your Other Family! Tom shares the tentative upcoming podcast schedule, along with the financial situation as we pivot away from YOB’s Patreon page to our new giving platform with YOF.

In short: we need your help to launch successfully with Tom and Erin on staff next month. Would you consider supporting our efforts?

• GIVE NOW to our general fund.

• INQUIRE NOW for membership in YOB or YOS.

To close the episode, Tom shares about this week’s Revoice conference in Seattle and our first officially-as-YOF hangout time! We’d love to see you there.

And finally, CHECK OUT our shiny new websites:

YOF | https://yourotherfamily.org

YOB | https://yourotherbrothers.org

YOS | https://yourothersisters.org

Ryan returns! We catch up on his life over the last couple years, including his VERY COOL new earring. We also celebrate our 100th ConvoCast by dusting off the oft-neglected “YOBcast Topics” spreadsheet to talk about what we WOULD talk about if we were talking about it (but we're not). Do you follow? Potential YOBcast topics like robosexuality, nudity, cuddling, arousal, and much, much more.

Thanks friends for 100 conversations!

What topics should we discuss on the YOBcast? What stands out from the options mentioned on this episode, and what other ideas do you have?

• YOB Convocast 100

• Ryan's Enneagram Nine ConvoCast

• Apple Podcasts

• Tom's posts
• Ryan's posts

• Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009
• Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com
• Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

• Pledge and join our Patreon community!
• Shop the YOB store!
• Give a one-time gift!

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