The Rainbow Flag on Main Street: Guest blogger Jonathan Chapman
Friends, it is my honor to share this post from friend and seminary colleague, Rev. Jonathan Chapman. Two days ago, I dragged the stepladder through our front door and set it up at the base of...
View ArticleAn Open letter to the United Methodist Church: Repent of your sin
Dear United Methodist Church, I am writing to you today as a sister in ministry, a southern-born graduate of Candler School of Theology, a wounded healer, a daughter, sister, mama, friend, partner…and...
View ArticlePeanut Butter Cups and the First Amendment
Hey! You got your religion in my government! Hey! You got your government in my religion! Peanut butter and chocolate may be two great tastes that taste great together, but government and religion are...
View ArticleSure, you can be Orlando too
Sunday, June 12, 2016 dawned for us like most other seemingly boring days in our life – waking to smiling eyes and a gentle kiss, sipping a cup of coffee while reading an early morning devotional,...
View ArticleMore Beautiful Than the Comments Section
A phenomenal post from a friend floated across my field of vision on Facebook and I just had to share it with y’all here. Karen is a minister and friend from back in the day at Kirkwood UCC in Atlanta....
View ArticleTrump alone cannot overturn marriage equality, but that is not the point
Okay y’all, please listen to me. Yes, it is true that in order to overturn marriage equality, Scalia’s seat needs to be filled with a conservative judge (which it will be) and another seat would likely...
View ArticleI am done mollycoddling the willfully ignorant
For as long as I’ve been writing this blog, I have been asked by readers, both supporters and detractors “why you gotta be so mean sometimes?” I hear regular challenges to my voice, from both sides of...
View ArticleFreaking out and making plans – welcome 2017
Happy New Year my friends, family, neighbors and dearest ne’er-do-wells! Take a deep breath…what’s that smell? Why, that’s the embers of 2016 dying and the crisp clean smell of a brand-spanking new...
View ArticleI admit it, this homosexual IS demanding special rights
Because as it turns out, civil rights are in fact special because they are rationed and rare. First, some of the rights we seek are indeed special because there is nothing ordinary about the right to...
View ArticleDone being Gay and Christian in America
Some of y’all may know that in July I will be moving with my new wife to the Netherlands. The inspiration for this leap across the pond bloomed one traumatic night in November when the changing of the...
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