With an influx of Christian immigrants from the global South coming to America, some writers forecast a more conservative American Christianity. Katherine Pater looks at statistics and Acts 8 to argue an inclusive future is possible.
To be welcomed, says Mieke Vandersall, is not the same as to experience belonging.
When we embrace visibility and vulnerability, we can find a God-given sense of belonging in the make-up aisle, at a civil protest, and – if we allow it – in the church, writes trans woman and pastor Lucinda Isaacs.
Using Utah as a case study, Kelsy Burke and Tyler Lefevor argue that legislation limiting LGBTQ rights is not the inevitable outgrowth of conservative religious beliefs.
As the Church of England considers what language and pronouns should be used to refer to God, Catholic feminist theologian Annie Selak offers her opinion of why pronouns for God matter.
I feel the anxiety. I feel the fear. I’ll still show up.
Sarah Leer shares five tips for youth workers navigating the Club Q shooting with young adults.
Rachel Young reflects on her friendship with Catherine, a trans woman whose life invites her to know Christ in a new way.
Adrian White reflects on a sacred gathering at Montreat.
Jeremy Wilhelmi reflects on encouraging his children to accept all forms of gender and sexuality. Sometimes, this means letting them experience the world without commentary, he writes.
Erin Angeli reflects on the workshop she led with LGBTQIA+ teens about some queer saints of the church.
A poem by Jay Hulme.
The Rev. Shanea Leonard offers some suggestions to make your congregation a welcoming place for people of all genders.
Inspired by Austen Hartke’s Transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians
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Staci Frenes Broadleaf Books, 240 pages When her 16-year-old daughter came out, Christian music artist Staci Frenes found her faith faltering. For..
“Caring is not enough.” “Good intentions are not enough.” Erin Swenson, a licensed counselor and transgender Presbyterian minister from Atlanta, told those..
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