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May 2011

May 12, 2011

Adding Nuance to the Sojourners Kerfuffle

Some of my friends have weighed in the on the Sojo-BelieveOutLoud controversy, as have some...

May 10, 2011

What Jim Wallis Might Be Missing

So, it seems that Jim Wallis* has gotten into a bit of a kerfuffle for...

May 09, 2011

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May 02, 2011

Richard Flory Breaks the News: Gays and Lesbians Attend Christian Colleges!

If you don't know Richard Flory, you should. He's the author of several books that...

March 2011

March 08, 2011

Download the Chapter Deemed "Too Gay" for the Baptimergent Book

Homebrewed Christianity is making available a PDF of Brian Ammon's chapter on sexuality, a chapter...

March 02, 2011

Evangelical College Open to Gays

Last year, I asked which evangelical college would be the first to openly accept GLBT...

February 2011

February 24, 2011

Gaga and Obama Love the Gays

President Obama made big news yesterday, through Eric Holder, when the administration announced that they...

February 18, 2011

Iowa Pastor Believes that Boys Can Touch in a "Familiar Way"

Well, that's the only conclusion I can come to, since he doesn't believe that girls...

February 11, 2011

Patrol Mag: Let's Stop Making Pronouncements about Others' Sexuality

If you don't subscribe to the online mag Patrol, you should, because you'll get to...

January 2011

January 15, 2011

Cathleen Falsani on the Evangelical Church and Gays

Falsani, author, most recently, of The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers,...

December 2010

December 09, 2010

Policing the Borders of Christianity

Brandy Daniels pens an intriguing piece at Religion Dispatches about the particular tradition in American...

December 07, 2010

An xtranormal Test of Christian Orthodoxy

So, others are posting the pretty damn funny spoof of emergent on xtranormal, but I...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

Apple Pulls Manhattan Declaration App

I've had my own run-in with the Manhattan Declaration -- it was placed at the...

October 2010

October 26, 2010

Will Gay-Friendly Churches Pander to their Clientele?

Keith DeRose is a philosophy professor at Yale, and a friend of, reader of, and...

October 12, 2010

How Fast Is Public Opinion on Same Sex Marriage Changing?

Yesterday was both Columbus Day and National Coming Out Day, so I saw many tweets...

October 06, 2010

When Communion Is Political (Hint: It's Always Political)

Up here in the barren northland, there's been a dust-up in the ongoing struggle of...

September 2010

September 23, 2010

Message to Gay Teens: It Gets Better

Last week I blogged about a gay teenager in Minnesota who committed suicide in July. ...

September 14, 2010

Back to School (Amidst Homophobia and Bullying)

I'm not much of a reactionary. In fact, when it comes to public schooling, I...

September 13, 2010

In defense of Kosher

A funny, and telling, thought experiment at Reddit. What if kosher Jews used the same...

August 2010

August 18, 2010

Ponderings on a Faith Journey: A Legal Analysis of the Recent Prop 8 Decision

Bob Cornwall, a consistently thoughtful, progressive voice, has a guest post from an attorney in...

August 13, 2010

What Is the "Gospel" Response to the Prop 8 Ruling?

That's the question that Christianity Today asked a variety of evangelical leaders and thinkers. Since...

July 2010

July 09, 2010

Presbyterians: Two More Years of "Talking" about Same Sex Marriage

The StarTribune reports: Hours after giving their blessing to ordaining noncelibate gays and lesbians, leaders...

July 02, 2010

Is Homosexuality an “Abomination”?

At Religion Dispatches, Jewish scholar Jay Michaelson undertakes an in-depth study of the word, toevah,...

June 2010

June 29, 2010

Pastorboy Embarrasses Minnesota (Again)

My long-time nemesis, John "Pastorboy" Chisham, made the news here in the north land for...

June 25, 2010

Should Anti-Gay Preacher Be Able to Pass Out Bibles at Pride Parade?

After a decade as an official vendor, Brian Johnson was denied a vendor license at...

June 23, 2010

The Ethics of Outing an Anti-Gay Preacher

I've followed Tom Brock for years. Brock is a Lutheran pastor at a non-descript church...

May 2010

May 20, 2010

Expelling the Child of a Lesbian Couple

That's what a school in Boston did, and, not surprisingly, they made headlines. Well, I'm...

April 2010

April 15, 2010

George Wood Plans to Be Civil, but Only to Evangelicals

Readers of my blog will remember that George O. Wood, General Superintendent of the Assemblies...

April 14, 2010

In Support of Jennifer Knapp

Years ago -- it must have been around 1999 or 2000 -- when I was...

April 06, 2010

Is Sojourners for Straights Only?

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw an advertisement for the new...