Remembering Ronald Reagan’s Evil Empire
Every morning during the Reagan era (1981-1989), my morning meditation was Psalm 23, as my prayer of protection. It was […]
No Marriage Between Black Ministers and Queer Community
A minute after midnight on Monday, May 17, was a great getting-up morning for us lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and […]
Homophobia’s Role in Torture at Abu Ghraib
The old adage that a picture says more than a thousand words holds true in the recent release of a […]
A Bloodshed Theology
Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ has no compassion for those of us relegated to the margins. I am […]
The Gift of the Cross
Lectionary Reflections for Good Friday (C)
Readings for Good Friday, Year C, Apr. 9, 2004
- Isaiah 52:13-53:12
- Hebrews 10:1-25
- John (18:1-40) […]
Unholy Matrimony: The Black Church & the Christian Right
As the Massachusetts Legislature continues to battle over the Supreme Judicial Court’s landmark ruling establishing the legal right for same-sex […]
The Other Struggle in the Episcopal Church
But the Rev. Juan Y. Reed disagrees. Reed is vicar of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church on the West Side of […]
A Different Kind of “Coming Out” Story
LGBTQ people’s continued struggle to tell the true history of our sexuality will always be entangled in America’s lies about […]
More Than Just a Number
“I want to believe in the meaning of an African prayer,” a South African singer sang to over 30,000 in […]
The Wilderness Can Heal Both Oppressed and Oppressor
Lectionary Reflections for the Second Sunday of Advent (C)
Readings for Advent 2, Year C, Dec. 7, 2003
- Baruch 5:1-9
- Psalm […]