The passage below is excerpted from Reaching for Hope: Strategies and support for the partners of transgender people. Routine Activities Might Get Harder Trans people spend lifetimes equipping themselves to live as the gender they were assigned at birth. The physical realities and social demands of being a particular sex require routines that are part of maintaining that false persona. Trans women shave their faces and cut their hair short. Trans men cope with menstruation an

The contemplation below is the entry for Day 41 in my Sex With God devotional. The Dance of Giving and Receiving We all have areas of brokenness which disrupt our lives and relationships. The healthiest and happiest of us work on recognizing when those disruptions are happening, so we can navigate around them. When they aren’t addressed, they show up in all kinds of places, including the bedroom. But sex can’t fix your brokenness. If you feel unlovable, having sex won’t make

People have had very mixed reactions to the title of my devotional on sacred sexuality in a post-purity culture world. Calling it SEX WITH GOD invites contemplation; are the words profane? Are they degrading of the divine? Or is something deeper and more beautiful in play? Empowerment coach and queer podcaster Midge Noble was a bit shocked when she heard the title, but she was brave enough to dig in to find out more in this episode of Gay With God! Have a listen. Suzanne DeWi