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On the most recent episode of Misfit Faith I chatted with Jay Bakker who, besides being the son of Jim and Tammy Faye, is a pastor and writer and was one of the first public Christian figures to declare that his church was going to take an affirming stance toward the queer community. One of […]
In this week’s episode of Misfit Faith I will tackle the subject of guilt. It’s a big one. In my own past as a missionary and pastor, guilt was operative on both a personal and theological level. Theologically, the idea doing most of the heavy lifting was that I was born in sin, and from […]
I was talking with some friends last night (after much bourbon and wine) about the whole Harvey Weinstein issue, and the dynamics of sexual power in general. Regardless of how simplisticly some people approach it, it’s a thorny issue. My aim here is not to dig into the complexities surrounding what is and what is […]
As you probably know, Christian and I interviewed Dan Savage on our most recent episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors. For those not familiar, Dan is a gay-rights activist as well as the nation’s most well-known sex-advice columnist. Going in, we pretty much knew that the episode would make some people uncomfortable. We were right. I won’t […]
I realize Caitlyn Jenner has been discussed ad nauseam by this point, but I would like to weigh in from a slightly different angle. I fully recognize that in some rare cases a person’s sex may not comport with their gender identification. For example, hermaphrodites (or “intersex” people) who were born with both sets of […]
I finally finished listening back to Drunk Ex-Pastors #10 yesterday, and I found myself practically wanting a complete do-over (that kind of thing is pretty common for me: “I should have said this”; “I could have been clearer there,” etc.). One issue that just wasn’t sitting right for me was the point I was making about sex being […]