Check Out These Resources on Faith and Sexuality
Preston Sprinkle’s Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Ethics recently released a brand-new online resource called The Digital Leaders Forum, a comprehensive course equipping ministry leaders with teaching on faith, sexuality, and gender from a...Male Effeminacy, Misogyny, and Homophobia: A Response to Desiring God
If you’d like to read the original articles on effeminacy by Desiring God, to which I am responding, check out the following links: Grooming the Next Generation: Did Gillette Miss a Spot? Play the Man You Are: Will Effeminacy Keep Anyone from Heaven? ...Spiritual Family: A Bond More Enduring Than Marriage
I recently published a follow up to the article I wrote in the spring for Equip, an organization run by Pieter Valk and dedicated to supporting sexual minorities in the church. My article in the spring challenged evangelical notions of the relational primacy of the...Divorced and Celibate: Reflections from the Other Side of Marriage (Guest Post)
Christian attitudes toward divorce and remarriage have been largely redefined in the past century. Historically, Christians were never permitted to remarry with the church, even in the case of a lawful divorce, even if you were the innocent party. Divorced people were...Boy Erased: An Open Letter to the Gospel Coalition (Guest Post)
Last week, the Gospel Coalition published a review of Boy Erased, a movie depicting the true story of Garrard (Jared) Conley’s experiences at a conversion therapy facility called Love in Action. I’d encourage you to read the review by Brett McCracken...
Bridget Eileen Rivera
Bridget Eileen Rivera is a sociologist completing her Ph.D. at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Her first book, Heavy Burdens (Brazos Press, fall 2021), is a Foreward INDIES 2022 Finalist for religion. Providing an honest account of seven ways LGBTQ people experience discrimination in the church, Heavy Burdens helps Christians across the theological spectrum to grapple with hard realities and navigate a better approach to LGBTQ issues. You can follow Bridget's work on social media @travelingnun.