Updated for 2016-2017 Happy Coming Out Day! If you are a seasoned ally or just taking your first steps, I hope you will share your thoughts, struggles and celebrations from your own journey to becoming an ally. If you are a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender person I hope you will share your own suggestions for how folks can be allies. I hope these will help you on your journey. 1. Sit – You may not realize it or... Read more
If your position on any “issue” begins with “God’s teachings are clear about…” I implore you to enter 2013 thoughtfully and prayerfully considering: “God’s teachings are clear about…” only works as a trump card if we believe that the bible is the inerrant, unfiltered, literal/factual word of God. I can still be a Christian if I understand that the collection of texts we now have as the canon were written by fallible men in particular historical contexts, laden with their... Read more
Lord, for the mothers around the world whose mangers are empty, Left shattered by the violence Of a world still swirling in darkness, We pray Oh come, Oh come, Emmanuel The video below is very hard to watch. The video below is not full of holiday cheer. The below video reminds us there is much to be done in the coming year. A somber note at the end of Advent and the beginning of Christmas. But as we face... Read more
“The waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more card You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part” ~ Tom Petty Advent is a season of waiting for the In-Breaking of Peace, waiting for the Incarnation of Love. It is a season for lighting candles in the darkness because we believe the Light of the world will soon shed the light of eternal love and justice on every... Read more
Now y’all know I tend toward the kinder gentler form of blogging, right? Y’all know that my meemaw would not approve of me hollerin’ in public like some hick with rollers in my hair and a Marlboro hangin’ out of my mouth. Well, I’ve been asked more than a few times by some of y’all to stop being shy, to not be so damn polite and just speak boldly what I believe. Well, ok, – here’s one for ya… There are... Read more
Gracious and loving God, you watch the ways of all of us and the utter destruction of which our hands are capable – over and over again. We implore you to weave goodness and grace In the lives of those destroyed by senseless violence. Surround those whose lives are shattered with a sense of your present love. Wrap them in the worn quilt of your compassion. Though they are lost in grief, May they find you and be comforted.... Read more
In this season of waiting for the Light of Love to enter the world it feels entirely appropriate to share an incredible It Gets Better video from the Atlanta Police Department. Some of us have waited a long time to realize the better in our personal lives. Some are still waiting in that dark night of the soul. All of us are waiting for the once-again and forever-more in-breaking that makes it better for all time. I am so incredibly... Read more
In case you weren’t sure, I’m a Christian. But wait, I’m not that kind of Christian. I’ve felt it and said it dozens of times. Have you? You know, when someone finds out you are a Christian and you feel like you must clarify, or worse, apologize? We see the pictures on Facebook. We read the stories on HuffPost. We watch the videos on YouTube. We hear the stories of people hurt deeply. We read the posts from friends and family right... Read more
So my daughter is in high school. She is in high school in an inner city, Atlanta public high school. We live, shop, play and worship in a community thumping with a beautiufl cacophony of colorful people – thanks be to God. And Zoë, my worldly child with an old soul, who is patient with her frequently dim mamma, is teaching me a thing or two about the Kingdom of God. Z shared a video with me recently. Being... Read more
I have so many things for which to be thankful in my life. I have a beautiful, bright daughter who amazes me with her grace and creativity, a spunky step-daughter who keeps me on my toes (and keeps sweet treats on the table), a partner who loves me for who I am and yet knows how to challenge me to be even more truly myself, a perfect job where I have found a professional home like no other, a lovely... Read more
Kimberly Knight
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In