Know Your Enemy
Read the rest of the series Now you may think that you are alone in the world, but you are not. There are thousands of Christians all over the world who are gay and have or are facing the exact same thing you are facing.
Category Archives: Faith & Witness
Where’s Momma?!
As I begin this essay, on the evening of Mother’s Day, I have a very pertinent question: “Is Momma in the house?” The American Right is now in the process of imploding upon itself. How can we know, for certain, that it is about to
Redemption from the Remnant
I just finished reading some reviews from Exodus International. For those who do not know, this organization is the largest ex-gay ministry on earth and claims to have a wonderful success rate. The truth is that many neutral scientific organizations from small ones, to huge
Speaking Silence, Who Cares?
If I have chosen to air some silences in the church’s closet, it is to create room for open dialogue on Christian normalisations and how these normalisations disempower particular groups of Christians. I intimate that silence is the act in which particular members of the
The Original Offering
What Christianity offers to all is the availability to share in the life of Christ. God already lives within us. I find that God is in all of us but many do not acknowledge that presence. What God wants from us is the invitation and
The Second Coming: A Sermon of Sorts (Actually, a Short Story)
I’m sitting here in the coffee shop at Books-A-Million trying to write a sermon on, of all things, the second coming of Christ because the passage given by the lectionary references that topic. I like writing here. There are enough people around to provide some
Giving in Abundance
As soon as the word spread, the people of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything. (2 Chronicles 31:5) A young preacher, fresh
My Cup Runneth Over
There’s an old cliche saying that I still hear all the time: “Do you see the cup as half empty, of half full?” which is generally intended to determine one’s outlook on life as being negative or positive; those who determine the cup to be
Abundant Bodies
There are many ways to think about allowing abundance, about asking and receiving the harvest. One can think about it in ecclesial terms: churches, faith communities, and movements ask their members to give generously from their abundance of talents and finances in order to support
Abundant Giving
And then Jesus said, “Truly I tell you this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.” (Luke