It’s not at all surprising one of the recurring messages for GLBTQ Christians is that in being gay we’re creating a problem since something happens nearly everyday that gives that snarly little message another minute of air play.
In our families we hesitate in coming out to the people we love because we don’t want them [...]

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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 6 Comments »

Miracles happen. Water turns to wine. A basket of fish and bread becomes a feast for a crowd. The dead are raised with a two-word command. A glob of mud and the blind see. A hemorrhage ceases with a touch to a garment’s edge. Miracles happen, and everything changes in the blink of an [...]

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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 12 Comments »

Why are you gay?
What’s the first answer that comes to your mind?

I’m being tested by God to see if I’ll remain obedient and faithful.
I’m being tempted by the enemy who wants to destroy me.
I was born with a defect in my personality or a genetic flaw.
Something happened to me in my childhood.
I gave into sin [...]

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