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Negotiating Black Female Sexuality in the Black Church

8/26/2014

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by Olivia Smarr

When I was five years old I joined the new Youth Liturgical Dance Ministry at my church. In the dance ministry we explored how to use our bodies to serve the Lord and minister to the congregation. However, there were some rules involved.

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Why ‘Slut Shaming’ Has No Place in the Christian Discourse

4/25/2014

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by Jeremiah Hinton

A deeply regrettable concession that the church has made to a culture obsessed with the exploitation of sexuality is the equation of purity with belovedness. In a bid to occupy one extreme of a culturally constructed whore/virgin dichotomy, the church has departed from the essential truth of the gospel. You are loved now. As you are. There are no special vows, requirements, rings, oaths, or behaviors needed to receive the graceful extension of God's love. The equation of sexual purity with God's acceptance of us is not only a gross misrepresentation of Jesus' boundless love, but


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Queering the Christian Table Part 9: Why my humanity isn’t beholden to SCOTUS

4/17/2014

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I’ve been obsessing all month over the SCOTUS opinions on the two historic cases around same-sex marriage.

Yesterday, I nearly missed my bus due to lingering too long over the SCOTUS blog‘s liveblog of the morning announcements. Today, I felt anxious enough that I bummed a cigarette off of someone. I was mentioning how obsessive I’ve become about this to a friend who replied, “Yeah, I’m keeping up with the announcements by watching your facebook updates.”


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Queering the Christian Table Part 7: Vulnerability and the Good News of Gay Desire

4/3/2014

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by Daniel Tidwell

I am convinced that the Christian life is about formation–formation that is never meant to end.

It is a continual unfolding and expansion of our capacity and embodiment of love for God and Neighbor. It’s just this simple/complex: giving and receiving love.



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Queering the Christian Table Part 6: This Sin’s Not Sexy

2/24/2014

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by Daniel Tidwell

In this post I present my own literary and theological reading of some stories from the Bible. For these readings, I am deeply indebted to the work of many other biblical scholars and theologians, some of whom I can name and some of whom I am certain are influencing my readings of these texts below the surface of my thought. For a succinct and accessible look at what the Bible texts actually say about Queer sexuality, I highly recommend the chapter “Doesn’t the Bible Condemn Homosexuality?” in Bishop Gene Robinson’s book God Believes in Love.


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Queering the Christian Table Part 5: A Queer Story of Curse–or was it Blessing?

2/17/2014

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by Daniel Tidwell

Sometimes you get told something so often you believe that it’s true.

There are stories so ubiquitous that we take them as inerrant fact and as truth (see what I did there?).



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Queering the Christian Table Part 4: And God Plays Fierce

2/3/2014

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by Daniel Tidwell

I have realized that I am surrounded by incredible people. There are so many people in my life who are deeply thoughtful, compassionate, imaginative, soulful people. I’m not idealizing. Some of these people I can’t stand to be around. Others I can’t stand when I am away from them. Either way, it seems that I do a lot of falling over and these are people who meet me on those grounds.


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Queering the Christian Table Part 3: An Interlude

1/27/2014

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by Daniel Tidwell

We are standing at the edge of Elliott Bay, laughing as we launch rocks into the cold waves of Puget Sound. We stagger and try not to impale each other as we flail uncoordinatedly, lobbing slippery stones with our left hands. We are both right handed.


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Queering the Christian Table Part 2: The B-I-B-L-E

1/20/2014

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by Daniel Tidwell

What I think should be quite clear is this: I see the Bible as very important for the church. I also see the church as far more important than the Bible. It is a document of and for the church. If you are not a part of the Christian faith and/or you do not hold the Bible as important, then this discussion may not be for you.


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Queering the Christian Table Series: Part 1

1/13/2014

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We are excited to share this series with you. Daniel was a guest panelist at our event this January. This series was originally posted on his blog. For more information on this series, read the about page or Daniel's introduction.


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