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  • A Womanist Reading of the Sins of David

    King David’s story is one filled with the faithfulness of YHWH and the triumphs and failures of David’s life. As noted throughout David’s story, his commitment to YHWH marks him as a “man after God’s own heart” (1 Sam 13:14). Despite this title given to him, David is far from perfect. In fact, throughout David’s Read more

  • Landon Schott & the LGBTQ community.

    Yesterday Landon Schott commented on a blog post I made a year ago about why I believe that the debate around LGBTQ+ self identification among Christians is frivolous and can result in misrepresentation of the gospel. Here is what happened. Mega Church lead pastor of multisite church, Mercy Culture Landon posted on his instagram a Read more

  • From Death to Life

    Christ said that blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. I’ve wondered if this was foreshadowing the mourning of his disciples at His crucifixion. I wonder if Mary muttered those words as a prayer after her son was brutally murdered. I wonder if Peter could hear the words echoing as he lamented Read more

  • Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.

    On Ash Wednesday this year I felt compelled to make my lenten prayer the Kyrie, a simple prayer that has been prayed by Christians since at least the fifth century. “Lord, have mercy. Christ have mercy.” I expected lent to be a long and monotonous season of getting bored of this simple prayer, but I Read more

  • Justice shall be mixed with mercy; lament and hope for a divided Church.

    “Justice shall be mixed with mercy. You shall not always be an Ass.” -C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy 1954 Upon capture for his crimes against Narnia, Rabadash was brought in chains to the Kings and Queens of Narnia for judgment. His fate no doubt was deserved, for traitors deserve death. And yet Queen Read more

  • A Case for Queer Identification among Christians

    I am a firm believer in the importance of precise language. I have seen time and time again Christians fall into divisions, disunity, and outright chastisement of each other because of confusion around the use of language. This issue of language is perhaps most prevalent in Christian conversations around LGBTQ+ issues.  Over my 24+ years Read more

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    I cant express enough how much this brings me peace. I fight every day to maintain my right to a…