Moving from Exclusion to Embrace in the Gender Conversation
My hope is that this work will become a resource and a way to respond, understanding very well that there’s still a whole lot more to unravel.
Asking the Right Questions About LGBTQ Youth Will Transform Youth Ministry Into Public Witness
Logistical questions cannot be answered out of context. Instead, we need to address the mindset Christian leaders need to have when we are considering how our ministries can build a safe world for LGBTQ youth, and what implications that inclusion has for our congregations the wider world.
Patriarchy and the Gender of God
This ought to disturb us on a theological level alone. Why are we using language about a non-gendered or gender-expansive God that makes us view God in accordance with deeply ingrained notions of binary gender?
The Evangelical Gaze
When those privileges are threatened, it means danger for those in the margins and anyone who chooses to stand with them. Perhaps someday you'll join me where it's dangerous.
Why “All Letters Matter” isn’t a Good Response to Red Letter Christians
Theoretically at least, a verse from Leviticus had as much weight as a command from Jesus. This kind of Bible reading has dangerous consequences.
Compassion Must Trump Conviction
Just because we use the Bible to make an argument does not mean the argument is loving or correct; just because we say we love someone does not mean we are actually engaged in loving them.
All Christians Should Celebrate the SCOTUS Ruling on LGBTQ+ Discrimination
When the focus is shifted to “okay, but how does this affect us?” it misses the whole point of who it truly affects.
A Starting Place for Relationship and Sex Education
We are living, sentient beings, full of life and wonder, and the way we treat each other should go some way
in to reflecting that wonder.
The Art of the Third Way
The kingdom of God is always on the other side of the fences we construct.
Mary’s Subversive Song
Let there be no mistake — Marian doxology invites revolution.