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What’s a queer, Christian, Carolinian to do? Choose life …
Being queer in Carolina has become a tougher row to hoe in some ways. As expected, the passage of Amendment One has been taken by some as permission to open the floodgates of anti-gay vitriol. A few histrionic preachers are … Continue reading
Posted in justice, Love, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Theology
Tagged Amendment One, Christian, homophobia, North Carolina, queer
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Ada María Isasi-Díaz, con Dios
It is literally impossible to overstate the impact Ada María Isasi-Díaz had on my life and my theologizing. This post won’t do justice to that enormity. But I want to express my respect in whatever way I can. I am … Continue reading
Posted in justice, Love, Theology
Tagged Ada María Isasi-Díaz, anti-racism, anti-racist theology, liberation theology, mujerista theology
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Know + Love Project: We know love
The Know + Love Project is a joint effort of Equality NC and the ACLU working to defeat Amendment One (for more information on the amendment and its plethora of harms, visit Protect All NC Families). Know+Love is collecting stories … Continue reading
Posted in justice, Love, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, Uncategorized
Tagged Amendment One, heterosexism, homophobia, ncpol, North Carolina, same-sex marriage
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Lenten journal: feeling fifty
Tomorrow is not only a day deeper into Holy Week, but a bit of a milestone day in the life: I’ll turn 50, in real round numbers. A couple of people who love me have asked good-naturedly, “How’s fifty feel?” … Continue reading
Coach? #epicfail
I get that athletics at any level takes a lot of commitment, dedication, and focus. And the higher you go in terms of talent and performance, the sharper that focus. Of course, that tight aperture can create a narrow or … Continue reading
It’s never right.
Praying for you, Troy, and your family. Praying for us. Praying for the family and friends of Mark McPhail, the victim of what surely seems an unsolved murder. Praying for what we are becoming. Certainly — with every execution — … Continue reading
After the feast …
When you come near enough to another human being to place a piece of bread in her hand, to give her the cup to drink, to look into her eyes and see God’s own light shining from her soul … you see, and are seen. You touch, and are touched. You feed another … and are fed. Not only do your bread and wine become part of her, at the cellular level, but her hunger and her humanity become part of you, at the soul level. Continue reading
Posted in Food, justice, Politics, Spirituality
Tagged food insecurity, hunger, loaves and fishes, miracle
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Spirited Democracy?
In a recently recast episode of an On Being podcast, philosopher Jacob Needleman shared insights from his research into the spiritual underpinnings of the U.S. democratic experiment. At several points in the podcast, Needleman’s comments sent me scurrying down new … Continue reading
Posted in justice, Politics, Spirituality
Tagged individualism, individuality, responsibilities, rights, Tea Party
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On the Male Side of Middle « Gay Mennonite League
On the Male Side of Middle « Gay Mennonite League. “On the Male Side of the Middle” is a video by Paul Neudorf linked to in a blog post on Gay Mennonite League. I appreciated this thoughtful exploration of one … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, justice, Sexuality
Tagged cisgender, female masculinity, gender dysphoria, transgender
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I am so, so sorry.
There is just nothing right about this. In a detailed essay on Truthout, Henry Giroux explores our culture’s spiral away from compassion and consideration for the humanity of others and into a collision of violence and gratification that can’t seem … Continue reading
