Baptism and coming out: How can these things be?
Coming out is a process in which LGBTQ+ people take a leap of faith, trusting in what we cannot see ahead. It is not a one-time experience. It is a multi-layered process that transforms us over time, freeing us to live into our belovedness.
Being trans and terrified
Amid a well-financed and organized reign of terror against transgender people in this country, I'm calling on us to embrace Jesus' radical gospel of inclusion that rejects oppression and celebrates a life-giving and sustaining existence of freedom to be one's authentic self.
From the editor: Greetings from Stavanger, Norway
“Most of the things that matter to our culture didn't matter to Jesus, and most of the things that mattered to Jesus don't matter to us." – Miroslav Volf in dialogue with Baptist World Alliance members gathered in Stavanger, Norway
When death interrupts life
Death interrupts life in sometimes shockingly abrupt ways and our hearts fall within us. But grace also interrupts the ordinary in extraordinary ways. In such moments we are caught off guard, not expecting the goodness and sorrow that brush past us.
I am left-handed
When I came out as left-handed, perceptions of left-handedness were just that I used a different hand to write, not that I was damaged or ill in some way. I stood on the shoulders of those who fought for left-handed inclusion and was encouraged simply to navigate and live in a right-handed world, rather than change who I was or live a life of shame.