A La’libertas — My words can ruin or restore; My lips can poison or make whole. Your words give light unto my soul, And understanding to my core. I long for Your call, Your invitation, Your kindness, Your love. Guide me in grace And in peace. Your testaments are wonderful; I hunger for Your…

It isn’t and never has been about parental rights — Writing for the Christian Post recently, Michael Brown commands, “Stop sexualizing our children! They do not belong to you, and you will not continue to influence them and degrade them and pollute them and pervert them.” Let the shout arise across the nation: Stop sexualizing children! In August 2011, I participated in a brainstorming session held at Liberty University together with a number of…www.christianpost.com

Marriage is the “most sacred institution” — Despising creation and failing to love Writing for the Christian Post, Op-ed contributor William Wolfe claims that “God intends for children to have both a mother and a father. To subvert this natural order is to despise creation and fail to love our little neighbors.” He uses this as an argument against same-sex marriage, but this…

A Queer Christian Worship Poem — While voices all around me claim to speak for you With bias and exclusion in their words, Though violence committed in your name is multiplying, I still believe that you are good. When I was young, I first met you and knew that you were good. We walked together in the garden underneath the trees, And…

Canadian patriotism is not pride in a national homogeneity, but in diversity. — Canada is Similar to and Different From the US We’ve been hearing a lot about Christian Nationalism lately, mostly talking about Republican Evangelicals in the United States. That country has proved to be a fertile breeding ground for the type of political religion that leads to Christian Nationalism. …

Do you remember how we touched? — The sun was hot, the air so thick that summer. I was barely sixteen, you were nearly seventeen, an age in teenage years, and yet we fit together. In the August heat, we hunted wild red berries by the lake, hiding in the leaves, plump and heavy. We dipped our…

A Kyrielle — My eyes are weak; they fail Your Word. Oh, be my guaranty, O God! The vain regard Your law as void; Their worship is nothing but fraud. God, do not leave me to the sword Of those who hate. …

Don’t forget: our enemies hate all LGBTQ+ people — Remember to oppose LGB as well as T Writing for American Family Association, conservative Christian and anti-LGBTQ+ activist Michael Brown reminds those fighting against transgender rights to “remember the LGB,” by which he means Christians should be fighting against all LGBTQ+ rights: There is nothing more fundamental to a society than the institution of marriage, and once you…

A Ballad — You are my secret hiding place; You are my hope and shield. Uphold me, God, and keep me safe, And I won’t be ashamed. The hypocrites assume Your Name, And claim their word is Yours; They hide Your love behind high walls, And then they lock the doors. All their…