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September 2015

September 19, 2015

The Danger of Dallas Pride

"It's not for them." The words fester in my ears. When I asked about...

September 12, 2015

“Beyond Identity: The Image of a Queer God”

-Preached at Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) in St. Louis, MO on Sept. 7, 2015...

August 2015

August 17, 2015

Joseph Hutcheson and a Failure of Identity Politics

“Why???” The tearful words of James Hutcheson echoed loudly against the jail. Throughout last...

August 16, 2015

We Forgot Ms. Shade.

Less than a hundred feet from residences, local authorities discovered the badly decomposed body...

August 12, 2015

The Brutality We Ignore

Under the auspices of enforcing the law, they came to the door. Grabbing the...

August 07, 2015

The Intern Monologues: Last Things with a Spiritual Son

*This is the last intentional conversation of Christian Parks' summer internship. J: Christian,...

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,...

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 29, 2015

Our Borders Can’t Shutdown Communion

The terrain looked fuzzy. Heat has a way of altering our perceptions. The wall...

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

The Intern Monologues: Injustice

J: What is injustice? C: Injustice is oppression. Oppression is violence created to...

July 22, 2015

Healing: A Visit and Conversation with the Rev. Dr. Garth Baker-Fletcher

* This interaction is derived from a recent conversation that I had with the...

July 21, 2015

The Intern Monologues: Death

C: What is death? J: Death is a lie. The resurrection of Jesus...

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...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

The Irrelevance of Denominations and the Relevance of the Church in the Ongoing Struggle for Marriage Equality in the South

Raised in Georgia, educated in four southern states and presently living in Texas, I...

June 28, 2015

The Intern Monologues: Baptism

*This is the sixth installment of theological conversation between my intern Christian Parks and...

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 16, 2015

The Southern Baptist Convention is So Gay

Conversations around southern dinner tables are always colorful. One Sunday, I remember sitting with my...

June 16, 2015

Daring to Love Strangers

The lifeless body hung by a rope. Tears streamed down my face. I couldn't...

June 09, 2015

Our Magician: The Holy Spirit

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

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

On Jesus…

*a theological conversation between Christian and I on the lake in North Georgia ...

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 29, 2015

My Confession: I’m an Evangelical

"I believe Jesus rose from the dead and inhabits my being right now." When...

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...