{"id":9938,"date":"2015-08-10T12:05:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T16:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=9938"},"modified":"2015-08-10T12:05:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T16:05:41","slug":"our-stories-im-at-spiritual-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2015\/08\/our-stories-im-at-spiritual-friendship.html","title":{"rendered":"“Our Stories”: I’m at Spiritual Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

& I need your help!<\/p>\n

When I was in high school I spent just hours upon hours trying to suss out gay subtext in novels, songs, poetry. I longed for that moment of recognition: the moment when you realize that someone else has put into words and images something you have felt but never understood. It was so frustrating when somebody would slur through a pronoun (is that, \u201cWas a lover, and his<\/em> last\u201d?) or skitter away from a revealing turn of phrase. And it was so thrilling when somebody\u2013usually Morrissey, bless his heart\u2013suggested that there was a place for all my queer stories and emotions.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s often easier to tell the truth in art than in plain speech. In art you can suggest and shade, you can show every angle of a situation instead of just the one you want to champion; you can explore your own doubts and despair within an overall context of Christian faith; you can show<\/em> the world\u2019s beauty and broken edges instead of just arguing for them. You can admit a lot under cover of fiction, and you can speak in several tongues at once. You can expand the imagination.<\/p>\n

So in this post I want to see which stories are out there that show the intersection (or collision) of same-sex sexual desire and Christian faith, in which neither the desires nor the Christian sexual ethic<\/a> are demonized. Are there stories\u2013plays, paintings, poems, songs\u2013that show people like us?<\/p>\n

I welcome your nominations! My own suggestions are below the cut, as well as some ideas about what I\u2019m looking for and not looking for.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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