*Excerpt from my essay “Queering the Fall” in Ellin Jimmerson’s new book Rainbow in the Word In the midst of normativity, temptation unleashes the queer. Queerness is what makes us divine. We all have our own unique responses to temptation. If not for temptation we would be just like everybody else. If not for God’s responses to temptation, God would not be God. God knew that we needed that fruit tree. The Fall is what makes... Read more