You can be both queer and Christian.
This isn’t about recognizing that we are all sinners saved by grace - though that is the first step toward a queer-affirming theology for many of us.
This is about recognizing that a person’s gender and sexual …
Sex
Trinitarian-Universalist-Progressive-Christian
My statement of reconstructed faith as a Trinitarian-Universalist-Progressive-Christian:
I’m completely queer-affirming. I do not believe being gay/bi/lesbian/transgender etc is a sin. I affirm that God created queer people in the image of God, the way they are.
I affirm women …
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Sexual Assault, Reiki, Healing Touch and Hypnotherapy
*TRIGGER WARNING*
I have been experimenting with some “holistic medicine” or alternative practices that I was discouraged from using as an Evangelical Christian. I want to share my experience with you, not because it was amazing or spiritually …
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We need Empathy informed Ethics
I’m super curious, what do you believe about “right” and “wrong” on your deconstruction journey?
I grew up deeply concerned about reading the Bible every day, not swearing, abstaining from sex, being polite and kind - doing unto others as I would have them do unto me. …
Deconstructing Fleeces
Has anyone else had to deconstruct fleeces?
You know, the sheep’s fleece from the book of Judges? Gideon lays out a sheepskin “fleece” and says to God (I’m paraphrasing), “If it’s wet in the morning but the ground is dry, I’ll do such and such.” And then the opposite, …