I was a Christian before I was a Queer. At least I understood christianity before I understood my sexuality. And somehow it was my religion that highlighted my gay desires – and that those desires were an abomination. Today, my faith defines me, just as much as my sexuality defines me. I grew up in... The post Completely Intertwined appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

I’ve struggled a lot with what it means to be queer and Christian. Both are parts of my identity, and they cannot be separated, even though some other Christians wish they could be. But I know that I am made in the image of God. I am a beautiful and beloved child of God. For... The post Love One Another appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

Being queer and Christian is not a contradiction, for all of us are queer, all of us are created in the image and the likeness of an eternally diverse creative and expansive God. Doesn’t it make sense then that humanity would be equally as creative, diverse, and expansive as the God in whose image we’re... The post Not A Contradiction appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

Being queer and Christian means recognizing the complexity of my identities and seeing them as holy. God’s identity is vast, mysterious, and far beyond understand of what God means. Queer identities are constantly changing and renaming themselves. We are always learning what it means to be queer, lesbian, transgender, gay, bisexual, pansexual, intersex, asexual, and... The post God Is Queer appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

I am a queer priest. I am a priestly queer. This is who I am. This is who I am called to be. Queer people discern an identity. We have to get honest about it, despite the risk. We find other people and we build community. Then we look the margins to see who is... The post This Is Who I Am appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

Honestly, I don’t really get how people believe queerness and Christianity are incompatible. For me, embracing my queerness strengthened my faith and helped me better understand God. Being queer—especially bisexual—shows me how expansive love can be. God’s love is like that too. It’s queer: unconcerned with human barriers and boundaries—broader than we can imagine. I’m... The post Embracing My Queerness appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

Being queer has meant bringing my very existence into conflict with systems of rules and laws. Being Christian has meant being brought up in the knowledge of how much I was loved. Being queer and Christian forces me to look critically at the systems which have been built to suppress and exclude me. Being Queer... The post Being Queer, Being Christian appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

Two things being queer and Christian means to me: Being. Just being and surviving. I’ve tried being them separately but it didn’t work. They’re both such intersecting identities I can’t separate them without separating and losing parts of myself in the process. It means liberation and embodiment. Embracing these identities has been freeing and allowed... The post Being Queer & Christian appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

You’ve decided that you want to stay in the church. And you’ve decided that you will live fully as a queer person. (And you can have it all!) Here are eight tips to care for yourself in the church: Know your limits, know your boundaries, and stick to them. Make community with other queer people.... The post Caring For Yourself appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

The church is ours. To walk away is to pretend that it’s not, that it’s someone else’s. That’s an us/them that I’m not buying into. I was baptized in the church; you don’t get to tell me it’s not mine. The church doesn’t just belong to straight people, or to men, or to white people.... The post Why Do We Stay? appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.