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March 2017

March 20, 2017

Our wedding was not a great gay wedding…

On March 11, 2017 I married the love of my life in sight of God,...

January 2017

January 13, 2017

Look over there, it’s Elvis! I mean Jesus!!

Year A - Second Sunday after Epiphany January, 15 2017 Isaiah 49:10 Psalm 40:1-11 1...

January 10, 2017

This I Believe

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

January 07, 2017

Baptism of Jesus: Submerging & subverting the paradigm

A Lesbian's Lectionary Journey Baptism of Jesus: Submerging & subverting the paradigm First Sunday After...

January 04, 2017

Launching a lesbian’s lectionary journey

This week I’m beginning a project that, in the midst of planning a wedding, might...

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...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

How “Left Behind” prepares us for Trump’s America

For some time now, moderate and progressive Christians have been wondering aloud how evangelical Christians...

May 2016

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....

April 2016

April 10, 2016

Bruce ain’t goin’ to NC, but I am…and we’re both right.

Major corporations, film and television productions and even broadway musicals are boycotting North Carolina over...

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,...

December 2015

December 07, 2015

Advent Reflection in a Time of Terror: God is Waiting for US

Advent is the season between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day where Christians mark the days of darkness...

December 03, 2015

Franklin Graham is right, there is sin in the homosexual lifestyle

The other day Franklin Graham, in a self-righteous, power-coveting, ignorance-laced, fear-inducing rant on Facebook garnered over 147,000...

August 2015

August 04, 2015

My cup runneth over

If you've read my blog recently or happen to be one of the unfortunate souls...

May 2015

May 06, 2015

Thin places in liminal spaces

It seems that a lot of us spend a lifetime careening out of the last thing and crashing...

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

January 2015

January 14, 2015

Prayers from Matelot

On Sunday morning I woke at 6 a.m. to the distant but unmistakable sound of "Amazing Grace"...

January 05, 2015

Why this Christian will never celebrate gay celibacy

There is a poorly thought-out article in the Washington Post from December 2014 that, well this:...

October 2014

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 21, 2014

Good God, Gay is Good

This one is rolled especially for my LGBT sisters an brothers. Allies, sing along if...

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 30, 2014

Mamma, why you gotta be so gay on Facebook?

We had just lit a candle, said a blessing and were passing around the broken...

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...

May 2014

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 26, 2014

May the road rise to meet you

May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. ...

April 11, 2014

Leaving church to search for Christ

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