Queer Theology

In this week’s passage Brian and Fr. Shay talk about admitting that you’re not okay and what it means to take care of yourself. What does self care look like? What are the messages we’ve been taught in our churches about mental health and depression? All that and more in this week’s podcast.

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What have you been taught about the things you like to do? About the ways to stand up for justice? Have you been discouraged or feeling like you have to be someone you are not? Then this is the podcast for you. Brian and Fr. Shay talk about using your gifts and doing what you love.

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Why did we choose to focus on the lectionary for the podcast? What does it mean to queer the lectionary? How does the work of queering texts impact our daily lives? In this week’s podcast we take a meta look at why.

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In this week’s podcast Brian and Fr. Shay talk about the resonance of the phrase “with his body he broke down the barrier of the hatred that divided us.” Why does this phrase have so much meaning? What does it mean to break down the barriers with our bodies? Listen in now!

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This week Brian and Fr. Shay tackle a short (and rather random) passage from the book of Amos. What does Amos’s response to being called a prophet have to teach us today? What does it mean to be a prophet in our own communities? All this and more on this week’s podcast.

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Checkout the episode on another passage from Amos

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In this week’s lectionary text, Jesus gives his followers explicit instructions on what to do if they are not welcome in a place. What might the LGBTQ community learn from those instructions? Brian and Fr. Shay talk about welcome, inclusion, being unwanted, and more in this podcast.

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This week the lectionary gives us two stories of healing. What do we do with stories like this? What do they have to say to our modern context? How do they apply to the lives of queer and trans people? Brian and Fr. Shay talk about their reactions to these texts in this week’s podcast.

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What is the meaning of Pride for queer and trans people?

Is there a conflict between Christianity and the celebration of Pride?

What about the corporate sponsorship of Pride?

In this week’s podcast, we’re talking all about Pride!

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This week Brian and Fr. Shay tackle a passage where Jesus struggles with his family. What can we learn from this passage? How does this relate to the struggles of queer and trans people? All this and more on this week’s podcast!

Read Mark 3:20-35

There’s a way to stay in relationship and conversation with your family, even if they don’t get it that also stays true to who you are. Micah, a transgender young adult, compiled months of emails with his conservative Christian mother into a 17-page “Letters of Love.”

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