Brian and I started QueerTheology.com in 2013. By that time both of us had been engaged in church work for years: Brian had completed the Equality Ride and done activism work at Christian colleges, I had finished…
Essays
the power of the symbol
Christmas morning was the only day of the year that I woke up early. Which was fine except my parents had a strict rule “no waking them up until 9am”. But what I could do…
For when you’re feeling anxious and afraid
I’m not gonna lie, it’s a scary time. It seems like every day brings a new disaster; political, environmental, interpersonal (and some days brings all of them all at once). I know people who are…
For the welfare of the city where you live
There is a text in Jeremiah 29:1,4-7 that always makes me think. In it the prophet Jeremiah writes a letter to a bunch of people who have been carried off into exile. They are far…
Do You Believe In God
It’s strange how one sentence can trigger a flood of memories. Do you believe in God? I’m reading Pádraig Ó Tuama’s collection of poetry called Kitchen Hymns and he has a series of poems that are titled…
I ended up on the wrong side of Facebook
The other day I had a couple of Facebook posts get shared a whole bunch and thereby end up on the wrong side of the algorithms. I checked in to find hundreds of comments. There…
Practicing for the world we want
The other week I started reading “The Universal Christ” by Fr. Richard Rohr. This is my first time reading Rohr (I know! I’m late to the party) and I’m enjoying it! There was one quote,…
Why Have We Abandoned Jesus?
Today I’m really excited to announce that I’ve been awarded a Louisville Institute Pastoral Study Grant! This grant provides folks with financial support to undertake a research project. From their website: “awards grants to individual or…
An Invitation To A Radical Encounter With Jesus
The church library beckons with overflowing shelves of books. I scan my eyes over the spines and smile. There’s some great stuff in here. Then I look down to the young folks section. Lovely children’s…
How To Use My Voice
For the last several months I’ve been volunteering with an organization that goes into women’s prisons and jails and teaches writing and poetry workshops. I’ve been volunteering at a jail with several other folks. It’s…