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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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.

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

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

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

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 […]

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 […]

This week’s lectionary passage sounds like it could have been written yesterday. With problems of favoritism still popping up in our churches and political movements, how do we move forward? In this week’s podcast Brian and Fr. Shay talk about respectability, favoritism, and more. Photo by Beth

What makes someone unclean? How does this passage about food relate to queer sex? Brian and Fr. Shay talk about being clean and what makes something clean or unclean.

Jesus gets a little snarky in this week’s Gospel reading and Brian and Fr. Shay respond. What happens when Jesus makes demands of the people following him? What does that have to do with us today? In this podcast we talk about solidarity, living on the margins, and more.

Why does it matter that Wisdom is personified as a woman? What can we learn from this passage? Who have been the people who have spoken wisdom into your life? Brian and Fr. Shay talk about all of this and more. Photo by MjZ Photography

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. Read the […]

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 […]

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.

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! Read the transcript […]

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. Read the transcript […]

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. Photo by itchys