You can do better Candler

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

Yesterday I attended chapel at Candler School of Theology as part of a response to the dean’s unfortunate and painful decision to celebrate intolerance of LGBT people. Leaders of Sacred Worth and other students had invited folks to wear red and show solidarity with those children of God that the United Methodist Church still believes are incompatible with Christian teaching. So I donned a red sweater (the only red I could find, and uh, it ain’t quite sweater weather in Atlanta yet) and... Read more

Paradigm Shifts & Miracles: Seventh-Gay Adventists

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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I am honored to introduce you to a Daneen Akers. Daneen is an independent documentary filmmaker from San Francisco, CA where she lives with her husband and producing partner, Stephen Eyer, and their 4-year-old daughter, Lily. I had the amazing opportunity to spend an afternoon with Daneen just a couple of weeks ago. We had a great lunch and conversation with Kat Cooper and then I had the incredible honor to attended a screening of Daneen’s film in the... Read more

Candler School of Theology to Honor Anti-Gay Minister: An open letter to Dean Love

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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Dear Dean Love, Good morning, I imagine this is not the first or last communication you will receive regarding your decision to confer honors on Rev. Dr. H. Eddie Fox but as an alumna and advocate for the full inclusion of LGBT people in the church I feel it is very important to add my voice to the chorus of concern. A dear friend and chaplain at a near-by college brought this unfortunate circumstance to my attention and my heart... Read more

Should family members of homosexuals be expelled from church?

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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An open letter to Gary Massey, personal injury attorney and pulpit preacher at Mountain Creek Church of Christ, Chattanooga, TN Dear Gary, I recently watched your sermon entitled “Should family members of homosexuals be expelled from church?” as delivered to Mountain Creek Church of Christ in Chattanooga, TN last month. I am writing as a sister in Christ to share my deep concerns about the content and character of your sermon. The occasion of your sermon was to uphold the decision... Read more

I walk the line

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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By now many of you have seen the NALT project co-founded by John Shore and Evan Hurst. But just in case, NALT stands for Not All Like That – meaning that not all Christians are like “that”. Like what you ask? Well you know the type, the Pat Roberston, Tony Perkins et al type – the ones who I write about often, the ones who are judgmental, the ones who promote ex-gay ministry, the one’s who are most likely to... Read more

Praying for Peace with Pope Francis

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.” Matthew 5:9 Gracious and loving God we turn our faces to you as our eyes search for truth in these kaleidoscopic days fractured with conflict and confusion. Prince of peace unfurl our clenched fists that our hands may reach for our neighbors with tender herbs of healing. Great Spirit wash away the loathing encrusted around our fear to allow a wellspring of compassion to open us... Read more

A scourged soul and a loamy heart

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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Some days I write a coarse passage plucked from the scarred landscape of a scourged soul. Some days I write a tender verse lifted from the loamy soil of a hopeful heart. Some days the words move through me. Some days the words move in spite of me. I am grateful for the grace extended as my family, friends and readers accompany me on this craggy landscape called faith. Read more

You might be a Pharisee if…

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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If you exile a family for the unconditional love of their gay daughter, you might be a Pharisee. If you “pray” for the continued discrimination of any group of people, you might be a Pharisee. If you exalt harbingers of fear and hate as righteous in the eyes of God, you might be a Pharisee. Throughout the Gospels Jesus is stridently critical of the Pharisees and their role as power brokers between the aristocracy and the masses through their adherence... Read more

Letting her go – with a little help from my friends

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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In all my time blogging I rarely if ever mention the names of my children or wife. This is as much for their protection as it is about a respect for their way of figuring out how to live into this crazy thing we call family. And though it feels like I am taking a bit of a risk here, today I want to, need to, introduce you to my daughter Zoë. Zoë, the child formerly known as Thing 1,... Read more

The importance of my gag reflex in accepting who God made me to be

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 3:53 pm By Kimberly Knight

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In response to the Gospel Coalition’s post from earlier this week, I am not going to write about how desperately unchristian the “pastor’s” rant was. I am not going to point out in excruciating detail how emotionally manipulative, and thus abusive, his post is. I do not need to point out all the lies, straw men and slippery slope arguments. I won’t belabor the point that the author’s blog title has the ring of ethnic cleansing about it. What I... Read more