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Questions are holy

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

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Friends, I don’t struggle under any delusion that you have been counting the days since our last conversation but every day that I let pass without a word or two on Coming Out Christian I actually miss y’all. I have been a little preoccupied the past couple of weeks (good stuff!) but I am back on task and looking forward to a great fall of sharing stories and growing closer to God through relationship with the friends we meet here.... Read more

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My homosexual lifestyle exposed

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

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I read and hear the phrase “homosexual lifestyle” so frequently that I have decided it is time to tell the truth about my homosexual lifestyle. The best way I can think to do that is simply share scenes from this past week. I hope you will not be shocked, I hope none of the scenes below are offensive. My homosexual sisters and brothers, you are invited to share scenes from your homosexual lifestyle in the comments below so we can... Read more

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Murderers, terrorists and me

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

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This statement “love the sinner, hate the sin” – or some version of it shows up in my world every couple of days or so. Around the blogosphere and in homes, pubs and churches I’ve overheard more than a few toxic conversations between good people that sprout from this rancid soil. Bless your hearts, I know y’all mean to be sweet. I get it that for many this is meant as a loving statement as you begin to wrestle with the complexities of being... Read more

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The bread of life doesn’t come buttered with pickles…

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

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…or in a neatly wrapped blog post. I was blessed and convicted by the words of my pastor yesterday. Her sermon bore a hole into my heart and the powerful way she spoke of the bread of life has expanded my thinking, like so much yeast in the flour. I’m not gonna go on and on with my interpretation of her words for I want you to hold them in your heart and allow them to work in you... Read more

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Finding Gwen

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

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Through all of the challenges of blogging about the experience of being gay and Christian in America I am so incredibly blessed by the many people who are coming into my life because of this conversation I am honored to host. So many loving and generous people are now a part of my journey and one of these bright souls is Gwen Thomas. I met Gwen at the Annual Meeting of The Southeast Conference of the United Church of Christ. When I learned... Read more

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Devastated by your joy

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

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I am leading with my pain today so I pray you will forgive the undercurrent of anger in my words. Love does not require that I passively and silently receive blow after blow of the clinched fist of ignorance. Love requires that I speak truth in the face of hate masquerading as faith. Here is my truth – I am so very sad to see the throngs of people lining up at Chick-Fil-As around the country. The pain in my... Read more

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Speaking Truth to Power: His Journey to Being an Ally

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

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I have gotten caught up in a lot of the dialogue out there, this cantankerous conflict about the-sandwich-shop-which-shall-not-be-named (being silly here folks, relax). In so doing I have gotten a bit off track from lifting up stories of people who are walking this path of faith as either gay Christians or as Christians who identify as gay allies. Let’s get back to that today shall we? I’d like to introduce my friend Michael Hunt. Michael and attended seminary together but we couldn’t... Read more

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It’s not just a difference of opinion

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

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Disagreeing with one another about whether or not hubcap hurling should be recognized by the International Olympic Committee or whose mamma fries the best chicken are differences of opinion about which we can happily agree to disagree. Disagreeing about whether not I can, without fear, hold the hand of the one I love anywhere, any time or whether or not I should be granted the same civil rights as others based on who God created me to be, based on who I love, is not... Read more

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Chick-Fil-A and Proverbs 25:21

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

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So on August 1, 2012 it seems that a bunch of folks on one side of the whole Chick-Fil-A fray are planning to spend their hard earned money to actively deny me and my family the same civil rights they enjoy. Ok, cool. But check this out, a whole bunch more of us can show up that day too and make a faithful stand of our own. “There’s this bible passage, Proverbs 25:21 ‘If your enemy is hungry, give him... Read more

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Which biblical marriage?

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

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A good friend of mine sent me the following note on Facebook the other day and with her permission I would like to open this conversation up to folks who are interested and willing to jump in. Here is what she wrote: Hey there. Sounds like you’ve had quite the month for online conversations, debates and dialogues. I’m sending this in a message because I don’t want it to get out of hand on a fb feed, but I have... Read more

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