As I got older, I learned what Juneteenth was really about. Although the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863, it
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MoreThe month of Pride is over but our continual work for queer inclusion is never finished. When the pride flags are taken
MoreMark’s pericope of the anointing woman (Mark 14:3-9) provides a poignant model of cisgender allyship to the transgender community. The anointing woman
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MoreI know you; you’re an ally. You read the books, you listen to the podcasts, and you wear the pins. I get
MoreThis is a personal story about what it means to be part of a movement to change the attitudes of a denomination
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MoreThe Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce is a business chamber dedicated to the LGBT community and advocates for LGBTQIA+ rights in the
MoreFrom its creation in 1968, The United Methodist Church has struggled to hold traditional interpretations of biblical sexuality with a theology of
MoreIn social justice and in Sunday school, we need to pay more attention to the lessons we can learn from kids. When
MoreIn May 2016, the church I served hosted Garrard Conley for a reading from his book Boy Erased. A week before the
MoreThis article was originally published on November 9, 2016 on Denise’s blog, ‘SOULa Scriptura” at The United States of America has elected
MoreA Response to Dr. Barbara Wheeler Barbara Wheeler, former President of Auburn Theological Seminary has written an article in response to Overture
MoreGender Justice 2014 Week 1 Stories That Need to Be Told, Rev. Ginna Bairby Daughters of Eve: Biblical Women Take Back
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MoreThe author of this article has asked to remain anonymous so that the prejudice of others does not blind them to seeing
MoreIt took me a very long time to allow myself the mental space to think that I might be transgender. I tried
MoreMcCormick Theological Seminary What McCormick has modeled for us is that if we love each other in deep need, across boundaries, and,
MoreMcCormick Theological Seminary By Wes Pitts View and print as PDF. Where I am from, churches do not do social
MoreA new video by the Presbyterian AIDS Network (PAN) In the United States, the face of HIV and AIDS has changed dramatically
MoreThe following sermon was written and preached by the Reverend Emily Rose Proctor on the second Sunday in Advent, December 5, 2010,
MoreIntroducing World AIDS Day: Getting to Zero November 2011 by Ann Jones and George Kerr, Co-Moderators for Presbyterian AIDS Network (PAN)
MoreGood Christian Folks, Like Us November 18, 2011, by Patrick David Heery, an editorial They Have Names Shelley Hilliard was 19 years
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