Queer Theology

In this week’s podcast we announce our annual Queer Theology Synchroblog theme and how you can participate! This is one of the most popular things we do each year and each year it gets bigger and better! This year our theme is Sex and Bodies. Write an essay, share a story, make a video, or write a song about the theme and post it on December 2nd as we take over the internet with beautiful and transformative queer theology! The post Queer Theology Synchroblog 2015 Announcement appeared first on Queer Theology.

This week’s passage is all about justice. But what does this Psalm teach us about our images of God? What do we learn about the character of God? Find out by tuning in to this week’s podcast! Read the transcript (PDF) Photo by dying regime The post What Kind of God? Psalm 146:7-10 appeared first on Queer Theology.

On this All Saint’s Day, Brian and Fr. Shay tackle an oft quoted passage from the book of Revelation. How do we make sense of this passage? How do we understand the afterlife? All that and more on this week’s podcast. Photo by Stuck in Customs The post A New Heaven and A New Earth: Revelation 21:1-6 appeared first on Queer Theology.

In this week’s lectionary podcast Brian and Fr. Shay talk about one of the healing narratives in Mark. What does the healing of a blind man have to do with queer and trans liberation? What can the reaction of the crowd teach us about what it means to be in solidarity? All this and more on this week’s podcast. Photo by 藍川芥 aikawake The post Your Faith Has Made You Well: Mark 10:46-52  appeared first on Queer Theology.

In this week’s podcast we interview Kaya Oakes, author of the new book “The Nones Are All Right”. We talk about what it means to be religious, how we build community, and more. Check out this week’s special podcast. The post The Nones Are All Right: an interview with Kaya Oakes appeared first on Queer Theology.

In this week’s podcast Brian and Fr. Shay talk about the power of morning prayer and meditation. What does this Psalm teach us about beginning our day? How can we set good intentions for our lives? Listen in! Read the transcript (PDF) Photo by Nithi clicks The post Make the Work of Our Hands Last: Psalm 90:12-17 appeared first on Queer Theology.

What does it mean to be childlike? What can we learn from children in our worship spaces? Brian and Fr. Shay talk about the meaning of children in this week’s podcast. Photo by Tom Maisey The post Welcome the Children: Mark 10:2-16 appeared first on Queer Theology.

Talk about a mic drop! The author of James lays it all out in this week’s lectionary text. How does this text speak to queer and trans people? What do we do with texts that are at once comforting and challenging? We struggling through this passage together. Photo by Adib Roy The post Weep and Moan: James 5:1-6 appeared first on Queer Theology.

In this week’s podcast Brian and Fr. Shay talk about one of the “angry Psalms”. Can there be a space for anger in faith? What is the place for anger/rage? How does this Psalm speak to queer/trans people? All that and more in this week’s podcast! Read the transcript (PDF) Psalm 54 For the music leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Isn’t David hiding among us?” God! Save me by your name; defend me by your might! God! Hear my prayer; listen to the words of my mouth! The proud have come up against me; violent people want me dead. They pay no attention to God. Selah But look here: God is my helper; my Lord sustains my life. He will bring disaster on my opponents. By your faithfulness, God, destroy them! I will sacrifice to you freely; I will give thanks to your name, Lord, because it’s so good, and because God has delivered me from every distress. My eyes have seen my enemies’ defeat. The post A Place for Anger: Psalm 54 appeared first on Queer Theology.

This passage from James takes on the idea that you can believe things without living them out. What good are intentions if actions don’t back them up? What does it mean to really live out your faith in the world? How is this passage both comforting and challenging at the same time? All this and more on this week’s podcast. The post Faith Without Works Is Dead: James 2:14-18 appeared first on Queer Theology.