My Neighbor’s Oppression

Last updated on: March 14, 2014 at 2:32 pm By Heidi M. Weaver

While LGBT folks might sometimes be guilty of ignoring Christian oppression, it seems that straight Christians do LGBT folks one worse. Rather than merely ignoring LGBT oppression, Christians sometimes fund it. Read more

Jesus As The Vulnerable God

Last updated on: January 5, 2015 at 9:43 pm By Heidi M. Weaver

If we participate in the transfiguration, we’re giving people a vote of confidence, welcoming them into a deeper reality of a life that is transformational, a life that finds itself walking the way of mercy. Read more

Loving (The Historical) Jesus

Last updated on: March 12, 2014 at 11:47 pm By Heidi M. Weaver

What if the image of Jesus we have held to be sacred is, in fact, a misrepresentation, an idol itself, in place of the real historical Jesus presented in the gospels? Read more

A Jesus Who Doesn’t Discriminate

Last updated on: January 5, 2015 at 9:32 pm By Heidi M. Weaver

Why Christians who espouse that discrimination towards any group is the key to protecting religious rights profane the name of the Christ. Read more

Death Threats & Divine Mud-Slinging

Last updated on: January 5, 2015 at 9:45 pm By Heidi M. Weaver

The dirt and spit of reconciliation work, which others would use to hurl at their enemies, become, in the hands of our Savior, the ordinary and sludgy vessel used to deliver His healing power with a loving touch (John 9). Read more

Quest-i-anity |kwest-ee-anity|

Last updated on: January 5, 2015 at 9:33 pm By Heidi M. Weaver

As an adolescent, I listened as thoughtful questions in my faith environments were responded to with eye-rolls and answers that started with snooty words like “obviously” and “clearly”. I learned the place for big questions wasn’t the church. Read more