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June 2013

June 10, 2013

Our Voices: “Little Lady”

This summer, I’ll be sharing a series of short personal stories from the Our Voices,...

June 01, 2013

Lutheran Pride

June is LGBT Pride Month and so it’s a particularly good time to celebrate the...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

Pentecost Happened

This Sunday, Christians celebrate Pentecost. As a liturgical moment, it marks the arrival of the...

May 10, 2013

Mama’s Day & “The Balance of Justice”

The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations describes the Mama’s Day movement and it’s connection to...

May 02, 2013

Open Letter to a Bishop

“If you could have me read one article, what would it be? ... Basically, what...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Macklemore’s Theology of “Same Love”

Of course, by the time I got around to watching Macklemore’s Same Love video at...

April 19, 2013

Who Needs A Day of Silence?

Today is the National Day of Silence, “a day of action in which students across...

April 02, 2013

Red Logo Resistance: Homonationalism & the HRC

I did it. You probably did it. Everyone was doing it. Changing their profile picture...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

Even If He’s Not Your Son, He’s Still Human

It shouldn’t take a gay son to convince a senator to support marriage equality. Like...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

“Our Multiple, Messy, In-Process Selves”

I first met Darcy Baxter several years ago at a Faith and Feminism conference at...

February 14, 2013

A Merry Feminist Valentine’s Day

Ms. Magazine offered this round-up of suggestions if you want to mark Valentine's Day with...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Seneca Falls. Selma. Stonewall :: The Basics

Unless you’ve actively studied the gay rights movement in the U.S., it might be possible...

January 17, 2013

Imagining a Different Inaugural Benediction

You may or may not have been following the controversy around President Obama’s first choice...

January 16, 2013

Progress, Faith & Reproductive Justice as Roe Turns 40

For the past year I have been privileged to be part of the Faith and...

January 11, 2013

Marriage Equality in the Nation’s Cathedral

As noted this week on the website for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation,...

January 03, 2013

I Am Not A Hostage

Joumana Haddad wrote a provocative piece for NOW News last week titled “Islamic Feminism: Stockholm...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Honorable Mention: Maddow Drops Mic

Just because this is quite possibly the best summary of the mad mad mad mad...

December 13, 2012

Political Bishops

Earlier this week I wrote about and shared the video of the Bishop of the...

December 11, 2012

Honorable Mention: Bishop Gene & Hope

The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, Gene Robinson, was on The Daily...

December 10, 2012

Getting Theological: Sin

I’m getting back to my series of posts in which I “Get Theological” with the...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Support the Goddess Mural

I’ve had the privilege of worshipping and speaking at herchurch in San Francisco a couple...

November 29, 2012

Hindus Buddhists & Bisexuals ~ Oh My!

In the interview that Sally Steenland, Director of the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at...

November 26, 2012

Can a Story Make You Believe in God?

So, can a story make you believe in God? Note: In this post, I take...

November 21, 2012

Transgender Awareness Week 2012

Last week, at the annual meeting of Lutheran Women in Theological and Religious Studies at...

November 07, 2012

Get Your Faitheist Now!

A few weeks ago I wrote a longer review of Chris Stedman’s captivating new book,...

November 03, 2012

Reproductive Justice & Prayer. Just The Beginning

This is the last in my series of posts on prayers centered around reproductive justice...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Barack Obama, Once More

For whom will you vote for President, and why? I intend to vote for Barack...

October 28, 2012

Pro-Choice & Pro-Prayer

This resource is provided again this week for all those women and men out there...

October 21, 2012

Reproductive Justice & Prayer

As the election comes closer, and as voting is underway in many places, I...

October 17, 2012

The Many Gifts of Faitheist

Chris Stedman has written the book I didn’t know I needed to read after finishing...