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August 2015

August 01, 2015

Borderless: A Conversation on the Return Home from a Queer Immersion

*This is a conversation that took place on July 30, 2015 between Kristin Kelly,...

August 01, 2015

The Juxtaposition of Our Borders: A Queer Conversation on the Way to Immersion

*This is a conversation that took place on July 27, 2015 between Kristin Kelly,...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

The Revelation in the Desert

When I was a child, I never thought my parents would leave me. I...

July 27, 2015

Jesus’ Flight from Peru

*This is a story used with permission and based on the experiences of an...

July 27, 2015

The God Beyond Borders: A Prayer at the Start of a Queer Immersion

* A prayer at the beginning of an immersion on the border of the...

July 23, 2015

Speak Their Names!

I struggled to garner the courage to write this piece. I am a part...

July 21, 2015

The Apocalypse

Growing up, our church loved to talk about the end of the world. From...

July 16, 2015

The Intern Monologues: Eden

J: Do you remember a place called Eden? C: Growing up in a...

July 13, 2015

Dr. Robert Jeffress Deports Jesus: A Cautionary Tale

Miracles weren't supposed to happen on nights like that. Gunshots filled the air. Violence...

July 13, 2015

Raw Theology at Be Loved

The Be Loved Community is full of surprisingly raw theology. Rev. Amy Cantrell founded...

July 06, 2015

The Intern Monologues: Communion

J: What do you think happens during communion? C: Communion is the place...

June 2015

June 21, 2015

Forecasting the Future: Repenting of Racism and Daring to Go in Love

*Preached at Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Dallas on 6/21/15 Less than a week...

June 20, 2015

“I Forgive You” : Words from the Dallas Mother Emanuel AME Church Vigil

*Living Faith Covenant Church on 6/19/15 Many years ago, I received a phone...

June 18, 2015

On the Tragedy at Mother Emanuel AME Church

"Tragedy amplifies our desperate desire to hear a word from God. In the midst...

June 09, 2015

Our Magician: The Holy Spirit

*This is the fourth installment of my weekly theological conversations with my summer intern, Christian...

June 09, 2015

The Competent Soul Understands Racism

I don't trust people or institutions to connect me to God. I believe that...

June 07, 2015

Back to the Future: A Call for Queerness

*Delivered at Metropolitan Community Church of the Rockies in Denver, Colorado on June 7,...

June 02, 2015

The Premeditated Murder of Lester Bower

Does God care about those we execute? While I think we all know the...

May 2015

May 31, 2015

The Magic of Our Moment

*Derived from a sermon delivered at Tupelo Unitarian Universalist Congregation on May 31, 2015 ...

May 28, 2015

The Self-Righteousness of Christians

Injustices that make us feel righteous are always our favorites. Last week, I watched Christians...

May 25, 2015

On the Nature of God

*The 2nd in a Series of Conversations between my summer intern Christian Parks and I....

May 21, 2015

A Letter for Jeff & Phillip on your 3rd Birthday

Jeff & Phillip. My sons. God formed you to be perfect in the queerness...

May 19, 2015

Welcoming Christian Parks and Conversing the Queer

*This is a conversation between my newly arrived summer intern Christian Parks and I. Christian...

May 16, 2015

Noise in the Silence: Poetry from Southwestern University

The Quiet noise noise noise i feel it i read it i...

May 15, 2015

Is it Safe?

“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought...

May 03, 2015

When did Jesus Become God?

If Jesus got down from the cross, would we still call him God? Does...

May 02, 2015

The Color of Evil

Scared, Jesus ran away. When evil was on top of him, Jesus refused to fight...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

The Blood of a Black Man in Dallas

Over a hundred times, the family of Jason Harrison reached out to Dallas police...

April 21, 2015

A Systematic Theology of Love

GOD is LOVE & LOVE is GOD. Love created us in Love's...

April 17, 2015

From the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to Queer

"What man doesn't wonder about what it would be like to have sex with...