Fear can make you freeze. Worse than that, it can make you silent. The first time I questioned my theology (I mean really questioned it), I was flat-out terrified. Not terrified of God, per
Poor Don Quixote. He wasted his life turning windmills into giants. His wounded mind so desperately wanted a war, that it twisted reality to manufacture one; giving him a much-needed enemy to prove himself heroic. Quixote measured
As a Christian and pastor (and former Catholic) who affirms the full equality of LGBTQ people, I’ll be honest: this one stings. The revelation that Pope Francis secretly met with
The Christian Faith I grew up with was a pass-fail proposition. You were either: in or out, saved or damned, Christian or not—period. The only problem was, the people who
Fear can make you freeze. Worse than that, it can make you silent. The first time I questioned my theology (I mean really questioned it), I was flat-out terrified. Not terrified of God, per
Poor Don Quixote. He wasted his life turning windmills into giants. His wounded mind so desperately wanted a war, that it twisted reality to manufacture one; giving him a much-needed enemy to prove himself heroic. Quixote measured
As a Christian and pastor (and former Catholic) who affirms the full equality of LGBTQ people, I’ll be honest: this one stings. The revelation that Pope Francis secretly met with
The Christian Faith I grew up with was a pass-fail proposition. You were either: in or out, saved or damned, Christian or not—period. The only problem was, the people who