In recent days many of us have heard reports from a study conducted by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden that used MRI and PET scans to compare the brains of 90 people (25 straight men, 25 straight women, 20 gay men, 20 gay women), and found that the brains of gay men were more [...]

Posted in Human Sexuality, The Bible and Homosexuality 21 Comments »

O LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived;
you overpowered me and prevailed;
I am ridiculed all day long;
everyone mocks me.
Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction.
So the word of the LORD has brought me
insult and reproach all day long.
But if I say, “I will not mention him
or speak any more in his name,”
his [...]

Posted in Queering the Bible 10 Comments »

Have you ever sought the approval of others or been obsessed with what others think about you?
No. Wait. I’m probably the only one.
Or am I? Maybe I’m wrong.
Do you think I’m wrong?
I wonder if you think this is a weak opening. Do you think it is?
Maybe it’s not good enough and I should start all [...]

Posted in Christian Lesbian Identity, Coming Out, Gifted by Otherness, Queering the Bible, Special Series 11 Comments »

When I wrote the other day that I believe we are who we are and we love who we love because it’s by God’s design and for God’s purpose that we’re GLBTQ people; when I called being gay a divine calling, a holy vocation and for the sake of the Gospel, I was saying I [...]

Posted in Christian Lesbian Identity, Coming Out, Gifted by Otherness, Queering the Bible, Special Series 14 Comments »

Oh. I forgot one widdle biddy piece of the story. In John 11 the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead plays all the way out from sickness to death to grave to new life. The chapter ends with the Sanhedrin gathering to discuss the problem of Jesus and ultimately determining to take his [...]

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I know. I know.
It took Jesus less time to raise Lazarus from the dead that it’s taking me to write about it. Brevity has never been a gift of mine, but we’ll get to the end eventually.
Lazarus has been dead four days and it wasn’t forest-scented potpourri filling the air.

(vs. 39)
Without the benefit of the [...]

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Lazarus came out of the grave, not out of the closet. He was dead, not gay. I, on the other hand, am gay and when I read and reflect on the words of Scripture it becomes the living, breathing, inspiring word of God to the extent I find meaning in its pages that speak [...]

Posted in Christian Lesbian Identity, Coming Out, Queering the Bible 6 Comments »

Getting back to where I left off before life, laundry, and laziness intervened, here are some thoughts as I read the story of Jacob wrestling with God in Genesis 32 and how there might be some connecting points for those GLBTQ Christians who find themselves still struggling to reconcile their faith and sexuality. As the [...]

Posted in Coming Out, Queering the Bible 2 Comments »

I’m struggling. I don’t know why I waited so long to ask for help. It’s odd how growing up I felt so close to God. When no one knew I was a lesbian. Then when I came out it was as if I hadn’t believed in God at all. All the things I said about [...]

Posted in Christian Lesbian Identity, Email Outtakes, Queering the Bible, Questioning 4 Comments »

At some undetermined moment in history, slightly after the ink dried on the first run edition of Johann Gutenberg’s Bible and before last Tuesday, it was decided that every focus group needed their own translation of the Bible. I’m inclined to believe this has a little less to do with providing tools for the spiritual [...]

Posted in Christian Lesbian Identity, Love and Grace, The Bible and Homosexuality 3 Comments »