equality – Red Letter Christians

Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric Is On The Rise: How Should We Respond?

June 28, 2022

In a strange way, I am glad Pastor Awes preached what he did so clearly, because he is revealing the truth that most other evangelicals don’t want to acknowledge- their theology related to the LGBTQ+ community is a theology of death.

It’s What Didn’t Happen that Matters: On the Trial of the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

Mandy Thompson

December 17, 2021

Practical Justice, Race

And because of this, they trusted Dunikoski with a kind of trust that is often only extended to those closest to us—family—and called her Auntie to prove it.

Single and Ready to…Rethink Church, Family, and What It Means to Belong

Sarah Urlacher

November 9, 2021

Church Life, Family and Parenting, General

It can be less lonely simply not going to church than going and trying to be a part of something that largely was not designed for you.

Bad Theology Promotes Sexual Abuse

Russell Meek

December 15, 2020

Church Life, Theology, Women

Genesis 1:27 is significant for those of us who once were blissfully unaware of the depths of abuse in our churches, for it secures our understanding of who and what people are. Despite any theology or ideology or actions to the contrary, people are people. They are not objects.

Patriarchy and the Gender of God

Jon Mathieu

December 7, 2020

LGBTQ+, Theology, Women

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?

On Gender Equality: We Have Made Great Strides & We Are Not There Yet

Lee Ann Pomrenke

September 22, 2020

Church Life, Family and Parenting, Women

There is a difference between being “allowed” a vote and being listened to. There is a difference between being tolerated in a position, and being valued for the unique contributions to leadership only you bring.

We Go There: Abortion

Lisa Sharon Harper

August 27, 2020

Politics, Theology, Women

I theorized maybe this is not so much about being pro-life. If this is the only thing that is guiding your vote, maybe there is something deeper, a kind of a scapegoat mechanism happening.

Compassion Must Trump Conviction

Jon Mathieu

August 20, 2020

Church Life, LGBTQ+, Theology

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.