One of the biggest challenges confronting queer people of faith in our desire to be welcomed and fully accepted by our communities is simply the weight of history. This weight is sometimes felt as inertia: just as it’s hard to get a heavy object moving once it’s settled, so too is it hard to make … Continue reading Hope for the Eunuch: How the Bible Changed Its Mind
The premise for this series is that, rather than queer identities truly being a ‘missing myth’ in the thought world of the Abrahamic faiths, gay and lesbian and other queer people do in fact see our experiences reflected in places within the Scriptures. Today I’d like to look at what is undoubtedly the most common … Continue reading ‘Queer Coded’ Friendships: On David and Jonathan, Ruth and Naomi
One of the most important moments in anyone’s life is the moment when we realize that we’re the grown up in the room; we’re the one who has to solve the problem, or step up into leadership. If done right, it’s a moment where we step into our identity and strength and truly become adults. … Continue reading The Summons: A Reflection on Matthew 4.12-23
I began the previous post with the claim that many Christians struggle to accept queer identities or ‘lifestyles’ less because of specific biblical prohibitions than because of more basic assumptions about creation. One increasingly common example of such an assumption is a belief that the intent to reproduce is not only the primary but the … Continue reading What’s Sex For, Anyway?
I’ve long been convinced that the ‘queer question’ in the Church today is not really about the handful of particular texts that are used to condemn homosexuality or promote the perpetuation of strict gender roles. After all, ‘Bible believing’ Christians these days find it pretty easy to dismiss the Scriptures’ clear teaching about a lot … Continue reading Two Sides of Adam: Gender in Genesis 1-3
Matthew Root 