There are few things more engaging in communication than a good metaphor. Not only do metaphors make what we’re saying more interesting, but they can often help to get across the emotion or experience of something better than a simple description. For example, a few years ago I described how I was feeling about life … Continue reading The Lamb of God: A Reflection on John 1.29-42
In yesterday's post, I told the story of how the question of Christianity and homosexuality formed the major arena of my wrestling with God for the twenty years between the ages of ten and thirty. That post left off the story with me in a pretty low place, having decided to leave the Church to … Continue reading My Story, Part II
In November, I took a bit of time to write about my spiritual journey and theological influences. Those posts made passing reference to my long road to affirming my sexuality, but I mostly kept that part out of the narrative so as not to distract from the post’s main purpose, and because including it would … Continue reading My Story, Part I
As I noted in my ‘How I’ve Changed’ post back in November, the focus of this blog — about how spirituality changes lives in tangible ways — has impelled me towards being more vocal on issues of social justice over the past three years. And so I’ve done quite a bit of writing promoting the … Continue reading In Search of the Missing Myth: Explorations in Queer Theology
Today is the first Sunday after Epiphany, which means for us in the liturgical West that we commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. In the East, this is the story associated with the feast of Epiphany itself. It would seem that in the early Church, it all started as a general ‘festival … Continue reading God’s Righteousness Revealed: A Reflection on the Baptism of Christ
Matthew Root 