Inclusion

Why the Name? Inclusion in the Church? When I first toyed around with names for this website I had a challenging time picking something...

Doubling Down is what many churches have been doing lately. This is the powerful reaction of conservatives to what they see as a liberal...

I haven’t been to a conference in ages but last weekend I spent 3 days in Seattle at The Reformation Project. Flying back, I have an...

I nearly always take these two passages together since they are both listings of “vices” making it quite difficult to know for sure why...

In that first year, I searched for clarity. I watched YouTube videos of debates that had been held at churches and in Christian colleges....

Of all the passages that are used against the LGBTQ community, this one can be the most challenging to understand. I do believe that...

These two passages are found in The Holiness Code described for the Israelites. How interesting is it that many non-believers can declare...

One of the most prominent passages that can be thrown at the LGBTQ community is the passage in Genesis 19 that refers to the fiery...

Who knew that people had list of passages condemning people who weren’t heterosexual? Different sources may count the verses in various...

The good thing about the internet is that information is at your fingertips. The bad thing about the internet is that information is at...

At that time I didn’t know there was an official name for Moms like me. I didn’t know there were more than the few other Moms I had knew....

My best friend from college had “been there, done that”. Her daughter married her girlfriend several years before. A surprise for her,...

In Post 2 I alluded to my naivety in telling others that Johnny is gay. He was very open with his coming out and planned every step....

At that Burger King where we sat following a mother-son trip to see the movie Inside Out, Johnny struggled to begin the conversation. To...

I have read over 30 books these past 4 years, listened to hours of podcasts, reviewed websites, read blogs, watched YouTube videos and...

Everyone has their own way of explaining their deconstruction but Josh de Keijzer has a blog post that explains it well. Father Richard...

Over the past four years I walked a path of loving my gay son and other LGBTQ individuals and worked to reconcile my faith with God’s truth