A bunch of years ago now, when I was living in Minneapolis, I was home alone in my apartment. I was staying up late doing something I can’t even remember now when I heard a…
Essays
Why a playwright from the 50’s still matters
A couple of weekends ago was the 43rd annual William Inge Theatre Festival. Every year this festival remembers the legacy of William Inge and honors a living playwright with the Distinguished Achievement In American Theatre…
Productively Uncomfortable
I’m someone who spends a lot of my time in my head. I often find myself practicing conversations in my head before I say something out loud. Or if I’m about to do something new…
Holy Week In Our Queer Bodies
This week many Christians around the world are walking through Holy Week; a time when we remember the walk of Jesus toward Jerusalem where he would be killed by the state as a threat to…
What Does Resurrection Even Mean?
Years ago I read a book called “Surprised by Hope” by NT Wright. Wright is a Bishop in the Anglican church. He’s a complicated figure because in some respects his theology is grounded in scholarship…
Saying the Scary Thing
Call it being a Libra, call it the aftermath of religious trauma, call it growing up in high control religion, blame it on any one of those things (or any combination), but I have spent…
Seeking Communal Transformation
We are currently just about a week into the Lenten season for those who observe. I did not grow up in a church that observed Lent. We mostly observed the crucifixion (with a small head…
For when you’re joining the conversation late…
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…
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…