Why Are Southern Baptists So Afraid of LGBTQ Inclusion?
It is my sincere prayer that the love that is the very essence and nature of God would break through the fear that enslaves the hearts of the leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Five Reasons Churches Need to “Come Out” on LGBTQ Rights
JUNE 26, 2014 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- Our entire family, including my wife, Rev. Amy Piatt, and my two kids, took part in the Portland Gay Pride parade...
We’ve Really Messed Up On This One: Evangelicals and the LGBTQ Community
FEB 27, 2014 | BY: BRANDAN ROBERTSON -- Over the past few weeks a lot has been happening around our world...
Queer People Have More to Offer the World than What We Are Not
JUNE 5, 2013 | BY: BRIAN G. MURPHY -- Queer people… there is something liberating and life-saving about the Gospel. Jesus hung...
Pastor Worley and the Slippery Slope of “Speaking the Truth in Love”
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Every time I blog about homosexuality and the church, I get at least one email or comment that says that I am either wasting my time or sowing dissent. As a straight, married, Asian Ame...
Let Them Eat Cake
That's what she said.
It wasn't out of malice or even hard-heartedness that Marie Antoinette supposedly uttered these now infamous words, but out of a barnacled ignorance that grows and eventually blinds all ...
My Thoughts on Sojourners, Coalition Building, and LGBTQ Rights
On my personal blog, I traced my journey on the issue of homosexuality and explored the challenges of coalition-building. It’s from this place that I’ve been reading about the recent critique of Sojourners o...