Remarks prepared for the Transgender Day of Remembrance service at First Christian Church of Decatur, Ga. Friends, community, allies: We gather today with heavy hearts, but also with spirits bound by love and resolve. Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. It is a day
The world we live in today is not only dangerous, but it makes it especially difficult to live out what Jesus commanded us to do. In a day when the Church continues to spew forth theological lies that are designed to give power to as
As I was thinking about Pride activities last month and ongoing, I had the thought that it takes a particular courage to be out and proud. Where does that courage come from? Are those individuals who truly need this particular courage aware that God backs
We’re all created in God’s image With Easter Sunday already three weeks in the rearview and quickly receding from memory, all Christians are left to attempt to live a resurrected life. But what we LGBTQ+ Christians in particular get is a cold dose of the
We breathe all the time, right? If we don’t then we find ourselves in a lot of trouble! Our breath is a gift in the general scheme of things. We have been created — designed, if you will — to breathe in order to keep
Former first-lady Michelle Obama openly shared her personal thinking as she has done before on an April 23rd podcast to explain why she is again saying “No.” Like anyone else, she didn’t have to explain herself even though she’s been criticized for her choices to
A modern-day profile in courage The nation watched with surprised shock back on January 21st at the sight of a national religious leader actually standing up for those she understands her Bible says to treat with mercy in a public rebuke to Donald Trump while
As we step deeper into this season of Lent, we find ourselves reflecting on what it means to “give up.” Our ideas of Lent often come with a focus on sacrifice, on letting go. But what if, instead, giving up became a pathway to abundance
Is leaving really an option when we number in the millions? Not long after the new U.S. president spent his first day back in office signing a raft of executive orders that were designed to inspire shock and awe, I had first-hand evidence that he’d
How faith shaped his life and public service We always remember our first experiences. My first experience to cast a ballot for the president of the United States was in 1976. James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. — an engineer, a former naval officer, a humble