A vibrant heart-shaped illustration filled with diverse cartoon faces, emphasizing the powerful message of unity and social commentary through art, featured on Naked Pastor's website . If you're a follower of the Where True Love Is movement on Faceboo k, Instagram , or other platforms, there's a good chance you're familiar with David's work. He focuses on deconstructing evangelical Christianity, recovery from purity culture, the rising tide of Christofacism, and a variety of

The passage below is excerpted from Sex With God: Meditations on the sacred nature of sex in a post-purity-culture world. The Hebrew Scriptures include an extraordinary love story between two men: David and Jonathan: When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, beca

The passage below is excerpted from Sex With God: Meditations on the sacred nature of sex in a post-purity-culture world. The Song of Songs is a love poem told in two voices. It’s saturated with sensory descriptions, yearning, and seduction. Saints and mystics throughout the centuries have viewed it as a description of God’s desire for relationship with us. Let’s have a look: How beautiful and how pleasant you are,  love, for delights! This, your stature, is like a palm tree,

“Am I both a man and a woman? Am I neither man nor woman? I am a hijra, so I can access both states of being.” The passage below is excerpted from Queeroes and Trans Champs: 15 Extraordinary People from Around the World Who Show that Authenticity Is Power It is said you can tell what part of Mumbai, India you are in by scent alone. Exhaust fumes from cars, busses, and 3-wheeled autorickshaws mix with spices and wood smoke from street-food vendors. Perfume and body odor rise f

The passage below is excerpted from Holding on to Hope: Help for friends and family of transgender people. Respect Their Name and Pronouns Until recently, you, your family, friends, and social circles have known your loved one by the gender they were assigned at birth and a name corresponding to that gender. Requesting those people to use a chosen name and the appropriate pronouns is a significant milestone for transgender individuals. Hearing these affirming words after a li

Has a friend or family member come out as transgender? My husband is trans, and I’ve been writing about gender issues for years. I’ve walked down a road similar to the one you’re on and have created resources to travel with you through some of the issues you’ll face. For many of us, hearing the news that a loved one isn't the gender we've understood them to be comes as a shock and creates confusion about how to respond. If that describes you, you’ve come to the right place. M