YOB ConvoCast 097: Tom & Daniel Debrief the 2024 YOBBERS Retreat!

We’re back! Daniel joins Tom to recap this year’s YOBBERS Retreat. As a newer member of YOB leadership, how did Daniel enjoy this retreat compared to others? We reflect on this distinction of leadership and participation with our retreat, including the challenge of not just serving a role or a function all weekend long. We also dive into our retreat’s first-time art piece — a locked birdcage with one sparrow inside and two sparrows outside — and how this piece led to some interesting reflections from the YOBBERS. Finally, we introduce the YOB universe to our newest mascot and other brother who debuted at the retreat: Eunick.

LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE

• Tom’s 2024 YOBBERS Retreat blog
• “Yahweh (Psalm 84)” by Shane and Shane
• YOB’s “Heart of a Brother” playlist on Spotify and YouTube
• The “Lifehouse skit” (interpretive dance)

COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE

Did you attend our YOBBERS Retreat this year? What did YOU see in the birdcage art piece?

About the Author

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We are Your Other Brothers: a storytelling tribe navigating issues of faith, homosexuality, and masculinity. Together.

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Tom

I’m YOB’s cofounder and editor, and I also host our two podcasts. I’ve written a couple books as Thomas Mark Zuniga, including a 2013 memoir in which I first came out. Once upon another universe I anonymously blogged about my faith and sexuality under the Xanga username, twoBeckonings. I’m an INFJ, Enneagram 4w5, and my spirit animal is the buffalo. I love to travel, and my favorite place in the world is the one where coffee and vulnerability meet. When I’m not wandering, I live in Asheville, North Carolina – the Jewel of the Blue Ridge.

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