powerful: …It was not too long after, I witnessed a scene in the cereal aisle of the grocery store. A woman was standing there watching her son flip out, doing nothing to control the situation. He was maybe four and was sitting on the floor screaming at the top of his lungs with his hands over his ears rocking back and fourth. As she stood there watching, a man walked by and scoffed at her. He was trying to maneuver... Read more
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COME AND GAWK. Brooklyn: This Sunday, 1 pm, at the Oratory Church of St Boniface, I’ll be on a panel of Catholic bloggers. The others are my fellow Patheosi Elizabeth Scalia, Tom Zampino, and Lisa Mladinich. Philadelphia: On Tuesday, March 17 I’ll be speaking at Eastern University on Gay Catholic Whatnot. Details… uh, tba, follow me on Twitter. Sorry! Anyway I hope to see some of you there. And sorry there’s been relatively little writing here recently! Mister Ed will... Read more
I did not name this! Also wow, I need a haircut. Anyway you can watch the teaser for a forthcoming longer video here; there will also be things like Scripture references on the website as it expands. Read more
Gay, straight, heterosexual, homosexual: All these terms have a history, all represent the fears and desires of specific cultures and moments, and all will eventually be superseded. In a hundred years I don’t think people in their flying cars, with their marriages to toasters, will be calling themselves gay or straight. The conflict over sexuality which has so deeply marked not only personal identity but (tragically) the identities of our churches will be replaced–probably replaced by other conflicts, or at... Read more
on the social construction and theology of disability, sort of: For those who didn’t quite fit elsewhere, Gibtown was a utopia. Its first settlers, the Giant, and his wife, the Half-Woman, ran a campsite, a bakeshop and the fire department. The post office catered to little people with extra-low counters, and the beer hall had custom-built chairs for the Fat Ladies and the Tallest Man. Special zoning regulations allowed residents to keep and train exotic animals in their gardens. Siamese-twin... Read more
doin’ my thing: …So far I’ve only written about what you as an individual gay Christian might be called to do. But we are all responsible for one another; and Catholic communities often fail in their responsibilities to their gay members. We need a critical obedience, which takes the Church as Mother and guide but stands in solidarity with all the people harmed by Christians. I have friends who were bullied in Catholic schools, who were forced or pressured into... Read more
Or, a quick fix of slick flicks. Devil’s Pass: Found-footage Dyatlov Pass Incident investigation. Some fun Russian scenery; very nice twist at the end. Kill List: An aging contract killer goes in for One Last Job and things predictably go haywire. An unexpectedly emotional film; you can feel the regret and confusion of the characters, and their relationships are sharply-drawn. Also very twisty in the back half, with the final twist an especially nasty one. Much better than it had... Read more
at Christianity Today: When I became a Christian, most of my friends and family were baffled and disappointed. They could not understand why I was subjecting myself to a repressive falsehood. Sure, the church’s paintings are nice, but what about the ethics? That’s why it was so moving to me that my best friend came to my baptism. She gamely let the priests shake holy water over her; she kept a wry, silent smile on her face while everybody else... Read more
Powerful images of the Passion. Read more
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