This post originally appeared in !Impact Magazine. Sermons tend to be largely theoretical, with an occasional anecdote if the preacher wants to illustrate real-life application. But last week, PCUSA Pastor Joshua Noah didn’t simply talk about risk, he dove in, head first. Josh came out to his congregation, from the pulpit. Here’s how it unfolded: Pastor Noah risked a lot by coming out. He risked his job because those who are uncomfortable with his drum beat of social justice

This post is from my I Don't Want Them to Go to Hell devotional, which helps the friends and families of LGBTQI+ folx process the news when their loved one comes out to them. Click here to read more about the devotional, and see a sample. Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. (Luke 12:6-7 NKJV) Look at the b

This post is from my I Don't Want Them to Go to Hell devotional, which helps the friends and families of LGBTQI+ folx process the news when their loved one comes out to them. Click here to read more about the devotional, and see a sample. Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.” “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he a