Over twenty years ago, I started writing a book (I use this phrase loosely because the book was never published) called “The Bastard God and the Prodigious God” or “The Bastard God” for short. Bastard, of course, is another word for “illegitimate.” At the ripe old ages of 17-22, I slowly …
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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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Pondering Grace, Shame and Ethics
I am pondering something… Does shame have any place or validity in our lives?
About 20-24 years ago I was clinically depressed, a failed perfectionist, trapped in legalism and self-hatred. I was also very much “overweight” and convinced I was “ugly” and no one would …
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 Purity Culture
Deconstructing purity culture, for me, has been about understanding that grace covers our decisions about our bodies and our sexuality.
I abstained from partnered sexual activity until age twenty-seven and from penetrative sex until I was thirty-two years old. I longed …