I ran across this paper I wrote for a Religious Liberty class at McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University. I didn’t think it was half bad, so… Read more “Religious Liberty in the U.S. and cat pictures”
Category: LGBTQ Christian
Inflaming the Christian Right: Franklin Graham, Pete Buttigieg, and Changing Our Mind
It should come as no surprise that they’re coming for Pete Buttigieg. He’s smart, frank, funny, personable, courageous~~everything in a politician that would constitute a threat to… Read more “Inflaming the Christian Right: Franklin Graham, Pete Buttigieg, and Changing Our Mind”
(Un)Holy Saturday: A Community Lament Psalm
It is Holy Saturday, God, the day good Christians celebrate Jesus’s body lying in the tomb while his soul descended into hell, the Harrowing of Hell, they… Read more “(Un)Holy Saturday: A Community Lament Psalm”
Louisiana Black Church Fires: A Psalm of Community Lament
Holy God, we must speak the names. St. Mary Baptist. Greater Union Baptist. Mount Pleasant Baptist. Louisiana smolders. In the names and the smoke our sin is… Read more “Louisiana Black Church Fires: A Psalm of Community Lament”
Missionary Position: The UMC, Sexuality, and the Global Church
First, I need to acknowledge my white privilege and citizenship in a colonizer nation. Additionally, I am a U.S. Christian in a missionary culture, which has contributed… Read more “Missionary Position: The UMC, Sexuality, and the Global Church”
Till Death?: The Curiously Ethical Question of Intentional Monogamy
This week’s post is an updating of a one that began as a paper I presented at the 2017 South Eastern Women’s Studies (SEWSA) Conference called Intentional Monogamy:… Read more “Till Death?: The Curiously Ethical Question of Intentional Monogamy”
The Choice to Live Passionately
My Spiritual Formation this week is from What Matters Most: Ten Lessons in Living Passionately from the Song of Solomon by Renita Weems. She takes takes the… Read more “The Choice to Live Passionately”
(An) Embodied Prayer
Two words concerning prayer life resonate with me this week: intention and attention. I sometimes fret about my prayer life, especially when I hear my fellow seminarians… Read more “(An) Embodied Prayer”
Thoughts on Prayer Following the Christchurch Massacre
As I write this, another heinous mass shooting has taken place by white supremacists, this time in New Zealand. Almost 50 of our Muslim neighbors were murdered… Read more “Thoughts on Prayer Following the Christchurch Massacre”
The Curious State of Being “Called”
Maybe at some point in your life you have been called by God for some purpose. If you have and you realize it, all I can say… Read more “The Curious State of Being “Called””
Just Keep Swimming 