Published in The Word Artist

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Yes, I Am Still a Christian

I am a disciple of Christ — It seems the voices around me are growing ever louder. From the one side, it’s “You can’t be LGBTQ+ and a Christian! Pride is a sin!” From the other side, it’s “Why would you want to associate yourself with a group that has caused so much pain and suffering? Christians…

Essay

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Essay

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Published in Prism & Pen

·3 days ago

Any Queer Rep is Too Much for Conservatives

And they paint themselves as the victims for having to see it at all — Conservative Defensiveness When Candace Cameron Bure reacted to those calling her a bigot by calling them all a bunch of haters, I wasn’t in the least surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised. This knee-jerk defensiveness on the part of conservative Christians when they are called out on their hateful behaviour has become common.

LGBTQ

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Any Queer Rep is Too Much for Conservatives

LGBTQ

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Published in The Quintessential Conundrum of Divinity

·4 days ago

Psalm 123 — We Look to You

A Free Verse Poem — As flowers lift their faces to the sun, As leaves receive the touch of rain, As lovers seek each other’s eyes, I look to You. Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us! I seek Your hand For we are set upon, besieged, beset With the scorn of the privileged, With the contempt…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Psalm 123 — We Look to You

A Free Verse Poem

A person sits on a rocky outcropping, their back to the viewer. The air is foggy, the sun filtering through. — Photo by Dulcey Lima on Unsplash

As flowers lift their faces to the sun,
As leaves receive the touch of rain,
As lovers seek each other’s eyes,
I look to You.

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us!
I seek Your hand
For we are set upon, besieged, beset
With the scorn of the privileged,
With the contempt…

Published in Backyard Church

·6 days ago

Christians, There is Blood on Our Hands From Colorado Springs

Love does not rejoice in evil — “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.” — Matthew 5:38–39 “A new commandment I give…

Christianity

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Christians, There is Blood on Our Hands From Colorado Springs

Christianity

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Published in Prism & Pen

·Nov 25

Christian Post Writer is Very Angry at Respect for Marriage Act

Says same-sex marriage is “perverse” — Disrespect for Marriage “Gay marriage isn’t the new interracial marriage,” proclaims Christian Post Op-ed contributor Samuel Sey. “The Respect for Marriage Act doesn’t respect marriage at all. A more accurate name for the bill is the ‘Disrespect for Marriage Act.’” Sey is angry. It seems that other people marrying one another in a…

LGBTQ

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Christian Post Writer is Very Angry at Respect for Marriage Act

LGBTQ

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Published in The Quintessential Conundrum of Divinity

·Nov 24

Psalm 122 — Pray For Peace

A Villanelle — I’m glad to walk within Your walls, And stand within Your gates; I pray for peace among Your halls. You stand upon the mount and call To all, from low to great, To come and walk within Your walls. I stand, whatever may befall, For You are with me, my Helpmate; I…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Published in The Quintessential Conundrum of Divinity

·Nov 22

Psalm 121 — My Help Comes From You

A Trijan Refrain — I lift my eyes up to the hills Where does my help come from? When life is wild, You keep me still, You hold me close and warm. I lift my eyes to the highlands, And at Your side I ever stand. I lift my eyes, I lift my eyes, You are my shade at my…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Published in A Cornered Gurl

·Nov 21

My Heart Can Always Dance

Some days my heart feels less like me… — Some days my heart is tall and strong With arms can lift a sword and axe. Some days my heart is small and slight, A wisp of angel dust. Some days my heart can fly, And she can always dance. Some days my heart feels less like me, Transfigured into someone…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Published in Prism & Pen

·Nov 19

When I Was Pure — A Poem of Queering

I was good, and I was pure until the crystal cracked. — My world was bright, Outside was dark, I knew the truth with certainty, And all was absolute. We were right and they were wrong, And we were good. One way, A narrow path, And we the chosen few upon it. Redeemed, Refined, Renewed, Washed white as snow. My heart was…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Published in The Quintessential Conundrum of Divinity

·Nov 16

Psalm 120 — I Am For Peace

An English Sonnet — Redeem my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, For I have dwelt too long where they hate peace, As if beneath a lingering eclipse. O Love and Light, I pray that You increase! God, what shall You give to the false and cruel? Their words like flaming arrows coming fast; Wise in their own heart, they…

Poetry

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