Race, gender, empathy, and my church’s “Two Dirty Words.”
In a world where majority groups and minority groups so often fail to understand each other, is there a place for empathy? (This was the last talk I ever gave at The Gay Christian Network’s annual conference.)
You asked…I answered.
In April 2018, I hosted my first public Facebook Live “Ask Me Anything” Q&A. People had a lot of great questions, personal and otherwise. Check out the video to see how it went.
Ask Me Anything: Facebook Live Q&A tonight
As previously announced to my mailing list, tonight (April 5) at 9pm Eastern, I’m hosting a Facebook Live Q&A. I hope you can make it! To join, just visit my Facebook page.
An Easter post for LGBT Christians.
This week, I was asked to write something on Easter for a new LGBT Christian blog in Australia.
The typeset pages are here!
There’s something so cool about finally seeing all my words laid out on the page just as they’ll appear in the final book.
What it REALLY means to live like a Christian.
Here’s a talk of mine about what it would look like for Christians to live out our faith in everyday life, and how I think so many of us are getting it wrong.
When life gets you down.
When I feel dejected, frustrated, lonely, or sad, there are some things I do that often help. Feel free to try these if things in your life or the world have gotten you down. In no particular order: I listen to music—first to help me process my emotions and then to help me move into … Read more
My post-GCN life
After 16 years running the nonprofit I founded, my life went in a new direction. Here’s the letter I wrote to my friends in early 2018.
My next book is (mostly) done!
My next book, due out in 2018 from Penguin Random House, is tentatively called Talking Across the Divide. It’s about addressing America’s polarized culture—and how to talk to the people in your family and circles of influence you just don’t understand. This book has been a real passion project for me, based on my two decades … Read more