Jesus Never Defined Marriage
The scripture used by many conservative Christians to define marriage as one-man-one-woman (#1M1W), doesn’t actually define marriage at...
GOD-TALK
The Seductive Lie of “God’s Favor”
He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous...
Gay Saint and his “Earthly Light”: John Newman and Ambrose St. John share romantic friendship
John Henry Newman, a renowned scholar-priest and Britain’s most famous 19th-century convert to Catholicism, was beatified in 2010...
The Deadly Ivory Towers
It’s very heartbreaking to realize the trauma caused by the teachings of the Church and its application of...
Faith, Anticipation and Expectation – When you don’t know how to pray or what to believe
We are a “Faith” generation. Many of us who surfed the wave of “Word-Faith” teaching that swept explosively through...
When your faith is bigger than the Bible…
Living with uncertainty just may be the mark of a genuinely in-touch spiritual life. When your thoughts, your perspective...
Your Tithe Doesn’t Belong to Your Church
Wow, do we have it wrong! I bet when you hear the word “tithe” or even “offerings,” your...
Like Herding Cats: Getting Trans People in Church
Herding cats might be easier. My friend Candace Chellew-Hodge recently wrote an OpEd piece for Religion Dispatches. The headline...
The (Female) Jesus I Saw this Sunday
Palm Sunday was a few days ago, the first day of the most powerful and important week in...
Crucify Jesus and Save the Church: A Holy Week Manifesto
I don’t really like going to church. There are some ministers who love the mystery and majesty of...