Queer Community: A Response to Matthew Vines
Matthew Vines made an enormous splash in 2014 with the publication of his book, God and the Gay...
God-Walk
Queer Inclusion, Respectability Politics, and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Respectability politics often presents itself as a strategy for progress, but it quietly raises a more troubling question:...
The Gay Kid in the Wilderness: A Sermon on Hagar and Ishmael
Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son...
Faith and Hope in the Queer Christ
My name is Rev. Richard Bowles, I’m the Associate Minister of Simplicity Christian Church, a small progressive congregation...
Queer Transfiguration
I was recently ordained as a minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination on February 8,...
It’s Never Too Late
“And Abram was 75 years old when he set out from Haran” (Gen 12:4). Sometimes things just hit...
While You Were Talking: Doing Spirituality Together
I was having lunch with an old friend a while back. We don’t do that as much as...
“Christian” No Longer Works
Words matter. They are the symbols by which we communicate our thoughts, feelings, and identities to our neighbors....
“Salvation” belongs to the Seeker: A Post-Evangelical Take on Zacchaeus
#SundayCoffee Some heretical thoughts on Zacchaeus and “salvation” — Sunday’s Gospel reading. One of the major events that...
God Hates Christian Nationalism
#SundayCoffee A quick rant based on today’s Gospel reading. God Hates “American Christianity” These days, it doesn’t take...