It’s been a week now since the release of the Statement on God’s Justice. Over 1,000 signatures later, I ask myself what the Statement has meant and what it will mean.
Crafting the Statement on God’s Justice: Why Not Us?
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Ada in Inheritance Magazine
I had worried that as the sole Christian in my family, my coming out to my mother would hurt what Christians call my “witness”: the theology I live to demonstrate to others who God is. How can you be a Christian, she asked me then, if you are gay?
Learning the Long Way to Love Your Queer Self
There's a prevailing Western notion that it's only by loving yourself that you learn to love others. But self-love - and self-love first and foremost - can seem unattainable for many of us, and especially anyone who struggles with shame.
Short Hair, Don’t Care
When you’re a woman in the United States, cutting your hair can be a big deal. People suddenly think you need their opinion.
Why Did I Say “I Do”?
So, in the face of all opposition, why did I decide to get married?
Insidious Heteronormativity & How YOU Can Stop It!
Zora Now that Pride month is over in the U.S. (boo!), all our favorite stores are back on their cis-/heteronormative sales train. Yesterday I passed by some coffee mugs branded with, “Soon To Be Her Mr.” and “Soon To Be His Mrs.” (I’m a Maxxinista for life, but T.J. Maxx sure has some gaudy heteronormative [...]
The Sacrament of the Queer Wedding: A Scrapbook
Our wedding was a sacrament. In the Christian tradition, all weddings are sacraments. And queer weddings are sacraments too and are sacraments especially.
How My Keepers Kept Me: On Mental Illness & Mental Healing
Last winter, Zora had asked me to write about mental health. I couldn’t finish the post. I was scared and ashamed.
Grieving the Loss of a Church
Zora [Content warning: suicide, PTSD] I recently read Finding God in the Waves by Mike McHargue (AKA Science Mike). In a nutshell, it’s about the author’s journey from evangelical Christianity to atheism to mainline Christianity - all while riding a seriously science-y rollercoaster. Mike’s story resonated with me partly due to my interest in [...]
The Devil’s in the Disappointment
...Both translations of disappointment hurt because they incite us to determine our own self-worth with the never-satisfied measuring stick of our perceived worth to others.
