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2017-10-30T15:53:35+04:00

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Unconscionable, unAmerican and unChristian

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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Have you seen this headline? Texas Judge Forbids Lesbian Woman From Living With Her Partner Have you read the story (quoted in full below) written by By Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress? Carolyn Compton is in a three year-old relationship with a woman. According to Compton’s partner Page Price, Compton’s ex-husband rarely sees their two children and was also once charged with stalking Compton, a felony, although he eventually plead to a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespassing. And yet, thanks to a Texas judge, Compton... Read more

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Openly straight headlines?

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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Openly straight pastor officiates big ole straight wedding Openly straight pastor steals money from congregation Openly straight cop killed intervening in a domestic violence call Open straight cop accepts cash to look the other way on drug buy Openly straight baseball player funds local community center Openly straight baseball player caught in bed with mistress Openly straight city council woman votes for public servant raises Openly straight city council woman arrested for drunk driving Openly straight... Read more

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Holy Aberration

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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When I was a little girl growing up just a minute south of downtown Atlanta, I could while away a southern spring day sitting all itchy and engrossed in a sprawling, weedy bed of clover looking for that four-leaf foliage assured to grant me good luck. What a sweet moment of wide-eyed joy when my little eye would spy the green gold peeking and dancing in the April breeze amongst her average three-leaf sisters. Recently I’ve found myself slowin’ down... Read more

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Stolen Words

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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I am a writer. I use my words. I try real hard to use my words for good. On April 28 I lost some of my words. Some of those words that I lost comprised two book proposals and the carefully crafted query letters ready to go out this week. I know it is a long shot since hundreds of MacBook Pros are stolen in Atlanta every day – I probably stand a better chance at winning the PowerBall – but... Read more

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Ginkgo Faith

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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As I gaze upon the Spring green Ginkgo leaves that dance in the April breeze I can remember and foresee the exquisitely painful beauty of these tiny fans in the fall of the golden perfection that has been and will be So too I imagine I pray I believe that Christ knows us as we were in the beginning as we will be in the end and as we have been for all time Beloved golden creatures full of the... Read more

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Gay for a day

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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Friday, April 19 is the National Day of Silence sponsored by GLSEN. It is a day of action in which students across the US vow to take a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students in schools. But what can old farts like us do? I would like to invite you into a little immersive experiment. Be gay for a day. What do I mean by... Read more

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A Prayer for Boston

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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Gracious and loving God hear our anguished prayers For your children whose lives were taken For your children whose families were devastated For your children whose minds are capable of such evil For your children whose hearts are searching for answers immediate and eternal Speak oh God through the hands and feet of first responders Hear oh God through our fumbling attempts at comfort and compassion Know oh God with our suffering bodies and minds Be oh God the salve on this gaping wound in... Read more

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Blessed by the struggle

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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Last Monday I attended a meeting of a small, conservative campus ministry group featuring a speaker, Jana Harmon from the C.S. Lewis Institute in Atlanta, who was invited to share “what the bible says about homosexuality.” What I want to tell you about is just how downright misleading, deceptive, poorly cited and falsely polarizing the speaker was – and she was so I will, but not in this blog post. Frankly it’s gonna take more than one post to unpack... Read more

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Wash your Christian mouth out with soap?

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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A few folk who have been reading my blog have recently complained that my language is offensive and one even accused me of using “offensive” language to affect an “edgy” or “trendy” veneer. Some have called me out in public, a couple saved their scolding for private messages offered in “Christian love”. I’ve been thinking about these critiques a little bit… What y’all may find offensive in my use of coarse language is not a gimmick to make me seem edgy... Read more

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Stumbling toward Easter, falling toward grace

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If my faith should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my blog to take… In the past 24 hours I have had a few unfortunate run-ins with some of my Christian sisters and brothers that have left me spiraling in a whirlpool of tears, just nigh of giving up. I even briefly fantasized that this would be the last Easter I would celebrate as part... Read more

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