Time for Christianity to Rediscover its Identity
It’s not news to anybody that Christianity has an image problem these days. I’d say it goes back...
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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...
Queer Christmas Punk Theology
Christmas is actually super queer and the heteronormative world of enforced categories doesn’t want to hear about it....
Magnificat, my ass
Had a weird moment in church today. Someone was reading the Magnificat — Mary’s spontaneous, prophetic words of...
“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...
Bathroom Spiders and Political Assassinations
The recent politically-based murder of a conservative influencer has left me in a really weird state this past...