Hi Friends, I am sharing a devotional I wrote on Romans 1 with you. “Confessions of a Closeted Book Thrower” releases Friday, January 19, 2018 on Join the Journey. If you are looking for a daily devotional join me on The Journey every day. The format is blog style with the ability to comment. This … Continue reading Confessions of a Closeted Book Thrower
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
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!
Last week here in the USA we had National Coming Out Day and I can say from a personal perspective it was much easier to come out as a gay woman than as a fully devoted follower of Christ. You know, one of those people . . . a “Christian.” As you can imagine, my … Continue reading Outing Myself as a Christian
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
When it comes to discussing matters of faith with our gay-identified friends and family, things can go south in a hurry. From my own experience, things either grow heated or become circular. One of the contributing factors to these types of responses is a well-established belief among the gay community that “all Christians are biased, intolerant, and … Continue reading Love is a Verb: Talk about the Elephant
Lets talk about sex and stewarding our sexuality Continue reading Let’s Talk About S.E.X.
In my post My Lingering Question I asked, “What did my sexuality need to be redeemed from, and what was it going to be restored to?” As I concluded I needed to be redeemed from self-preservation, that in turn brought to the forefront the question, What was God going to restore me to? Which caused a great deal … Continue reading Restored to What?
Hopes Place at the Table 