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April 2017

April 18, 2017

Done being Gay and Christian in America

Some of y’all may know that in July I will be moving with my new...

January 2017

January 10, 2017

This I Believe

Seems like most churches that have websites include a page where they post a list of...

January 01, 2017

Freaking out and making plans – welcome 2017

Happy New Year my friends, family, neighbors and dearest ne'er-do-wells! Take a deep breath...what's that...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

Gay Christians, You Have WAY Better Options: A Review of “Us vs. Us” by Andrew Marin

Deborah Arca, my friend and Patheos editor, invited me to the Andrew Marin book club this...

May 2016

May 16, 2016

An Open letter to the United Methodist Church: Repent of your sin

Dear United Methodist Church, I am writing to you today as a sister in ministry,...

May 13, 2016

The Rainbow Flag on Main Street: Guest blogger Jonathan Chapman

Friends, it is my honor to share this post from friend and seminary colleague, Rev....

March 2016

March 10, 2016

Homophobia in the doctor’s office

Over two years ago I posted about the fear I carry when visiting the doctor,...

February 2016

February 09, 2016

A queer quandary for Ash Wednesday

So, this coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday and oddly enough for this Baptist raised, UCC livin', progressive/process/liberation/feminist/queer theological mutt,...

January 2016

January 11, 2016

Why this Christian lesbian was not at the Gay Christian Network Conference

I am hearing truly wonderful news of love and warmth and transformative experiences coming from...

October 2015

October 16, 2015

ALL are welcome – and by all we mean some

The other day on the vast, rolling sea that is Facebook, I saw and reshared...

June 2015

June 09, 2015

Regarding Evangelical Tony Campolo’s “acceptance” of gay, Christian couples

Today, Dr. Tony Campolo, an evangelical speaker and author (well known to the evangelical crowd)...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

You’re invited to dinner

Extravagance UCC Dinner Church Sunday, March 29, 2015 6 p.m. EST/5 p.m. CST/4 p.m. MST

February 2015

February 02, 2015

Equal rights for LGBT people are not last rites for Christians

This week I've seen three news pieces and read scads of comments regurgitating the crazy notion that...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

The church is killing her gay children

It happens every day, "good Christians" pierce the hearts, minds and souls of the children...

October 23, 2014

There is a Third Way but it’s not what you think – Jesus’ third way for gays

Christians of every ilk seem to have something to say about the mythical "Third Way" for faithful...

October 17, 2014

I’m not your rainbow doormat

For as long as I've been tending the weedy garden of this blog I have...

October 01, 2014

Baptist theology is so queer, y’all.

I was just 13 when I stepped out of my ratty flip flops and down...

September 2014

September 14, 2014

Christian, Post-Christian – A book I think you’ll like

Sometime this past April I told you that I can no longer comfortably call myself...

September 04, 2014

The blasphemy of a homophobic Jesus

Well my goodness, it would seem that yet another "pastor" in yet another "Christian" church has...

August 2014

August 18, 2014

A Recipe for Spiritual But Not Religious

This evening I am introducing a new series - my contribution to the "Meet the...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Bible Character Bingo!

So one of those inane "which type of underwear are you?" quizzes floated across my...

July 22, 2014

10 Ways MY religious freedom is under attack

My religious freedom to love my neighbor is under attack by your religious freedom to...

June 2014

June 14, 2014

Fundies just love the gays to death

Matthew Paul Turner wrote this kick-ass post rounding up all the shards from the evanglisphere...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

That Holy Spirit, She so Cray-Cray

Once upon a time in Las Vegas I learned the hard way that roller coasters...

May 15, 2014

Refusing to discriminate against the gays is NOT discrimination!

Sooooo, last night I read a funny little diddy where some "Christians" in Mississippi are all in...

May 11, 2014

God and the Gay [Evangelical] Christian

Deborah Arca, who I lovingly (and maybe and maybe a bit delusionally) call my editor...

May 07, 2014

Ramblings of a Pub Theologian: Beer & Hymns in Atlanta

A friend of mine, Karen Stephenson Slappey, reached out to me the other day to ask...

May 02, 2014

Searching for a balance

My lived experiences, combined with a wide open soul, create in me conflicting responses to...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

United Church of Christ files lawsuit challenging North Carolina marriage laws

One of the most important reasons I am struggling with shedding the label Christian is...

April 11, 2014

Leaving church to search for Christ

Sometime near the end of what I now call World Vision Week I had a...