God and the Gay Humanist – A Response to Matthew Vines
Matthew Vines‘ God and the Gay Christian has become something of a phenomenon. Charting Vines’ journey – with his family – from coming out to his Christian parents as gay to convincing them that the...
View ArticleLove, Lust, and the Bible: A Further Response to Matthew Vines
Matthew Vines, author of God and the Gay Christian (and subject of yesterday’s post), kindly responded to my critique on Facebook:Thank you for writing this post and for sharing your perspective about...
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Smash the Closet!
This was the day I came out, at Cafe Lafitte in Exile in New Orleans, Louisiana.It took me ten years to come out. Between the time I sat, crying, in an Italian restaurant at the age of 17, telling my...
View ArticleThe Issue that Dare Not Speak Its Name
As a gay man, interfaith coalition work often requires uncomfortable compromises.
View ArticleSinging in the Shadow of Pulse – Lacrimosa
This post is the first of a three part cycle on the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses Festival 2016. Part Two is here. Part Three is here. As they walk onto a stage bathed in rainbow light, we...
View ArticleSinging in the Shadow of Pulse – Dies Irae
This post is the second of a three part cycle on the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses Festival 2016. Part One is here. Part Three is here. It’s the end of the second full day of the GALA...
View ArticleSinging in the Shadow of Pulse – Dona Nobis Pacem
This post is the third of a three part cycle on the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses Festival 2016. Part One is here. Part Two is here. It’s two days after GALA. The Festival is over, but my...
View Article“Best Choice” Not the Best Choice for St. Louis-Area Public Schools
A Double Shot of Paranoia I’m at Starbucks to meet Joy Maxwell. Maxwell is Curriculum Coordinator for the increasingly controversial “Best Choice” sex education program, a project operated by ThriVe...
View ArticlePFLAGGED
I experience a lot of emotional situations in my work. I’m a clergy person, and I sit with people as they wrestle with questions of life and death. I’m an activist, and I have had more than my share of...
View ArticleI’m Coming Out
At 17, I first tearfully told my family I thought I might be gay. We were eating at a favorite Italian restaurant and someone made a joke about gay people, and I burst into tears. I said, as sobs...
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