Moving on to the final post inspired by Nancy Pearcey’s new book Love Thy Body. Order your copy here. Pearcey insightfully writes about sexual identity issues, stating that “our bodies are created by God and are intended to give us clues about our sexual identity.” I would add that the same can be applied to gender … Continue reading Grace and Space
As a post–gay Christian, I was interested in how Nancy Pearcey would navigate the muddy waters of faith, sexuality, and gender in her new book “Love Thy Body.” Pearcey laid the groundwork based on “the choice of affirming or rejecting the goodness of God’s intended design for our bodies and sexuality.” Almost every page of … Continue reading Change the Question
Hello readers, I wanted to share this Watermark Community Church Equipping Webinar with you: Responding to Same Sex Issues. Thanks to Nathan Wagnon, Nika Spaulding and the Watermark Equipping Team for allowing me to be a guest on the Webinar. Feel free to dialogue with me about the webinar. Your thoughts and comments are always welcome. … Continue reading An Honest Discussion on Faith and Sexuality
To be transparent, I hate the conflict that happens around the topics surrounding faith and sexuality. The recent announcements of well-loved Christian authors/speakers Jen and Brandon Hatmaker, and well-known blogger and speaker Glennon Doyle Melton announcing she is in a same-sex relationship, have left me grieved and frustrated. The issues surrounding faith and sexuality are deeply personal to me and … Continue reading Faith & Sexuality: I Hate the Conflict!
In Power of Messaging, we looked at the specific ways the gay rights movement has used messaging to promote their cause. As we move forward, let’s consider one other aspect that contributes to social change. In addition to messaging, Erin Brownback believes that over the course of the last 50 years, America has experienced the rise and … Continue reading Counter Messaging
If you remember in my post Use Your God Tools I shared that postmodernists have a mindset of, I rule my own life . . . Truth is relative . . . If it feels good, do it . . . Human experience and feelings trump reason and truth. In Invest I stated that a person who experiences the unmet … Continue reading Love is a Verb:The Power of Perceptions
In Use your God Tools I stated that “investing in relationship is the most valued emotional real estate for postmoderns.” I would add that the same is true for LGBT people. In today’s post, I want to explore some of the needs of those who fully embrace their sexual or gender identity. Consider this thought from my friend … Continue reading Love is a Verb: Invest
In Talk about the Elephant we discussed ways to engage our LGBT loved ones in a conversation about faith and sexuality. In doing so it is crucial to extend grace, time and space to our friends and family to wrestle with the issue. We also need to be open and available to answer questions that will come … Continue reading Love is a Verb: Use Your God Tools
Hopes Place at the Table 