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Their Own Receive Them Not

Their Own Receive Them Not “Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians and Gays in Black Churches" by Horace L. Griffin Wipf and Stock, 2010, 256 pages At A Glance: Griffin names the silence at the heart of the Black church's treatment of its own lesbian

Welcome to The Rainbow Well

Welcome to The Rainbow Well Welcome to The Rainbow Well! The Rainbow Well is a fully affirming online resource hub about the intersection of Christian faith and 2SLGBTQIA+ gender/sexuality. Whether you are 2SLGBTQIA+, a friend and family of someone who is, and/or a church leader trying to understand these

Reclamation

Reclamation “Reclamation: A Queer Pastor's Guide to Finding Spiritual Growth in the Passages Used to Harm Us" by Kali Cawthon-Freels Nurturing Faith Books, 2022, 118 pages At A Glance: "Reclamation" takes the "clobber" passages long used against 2SLGBTQIA+ people and turns them into tools for spiritual growth and

A Queer Gospel

A Queer Gospel “A Queer Gospel: Jesus's Life through Rainbow Eyes" by Kali Cawthon-Freels Nurturing Faith Books, 2026, 240 pages At A Glance: “Decisively Reconciled” is an honest memoir of one man's journey to embrace both his Christian faith and his identity as a gay man without sacrificing

Decisively Reconciled

Decisively Reconciled “Decisively Reconciled: The Journey of a Gay Christian Man Accepting Himself and His Faith" by Greg Beardon Independently Published, 2025, 124 pages At A Glance: “Decisively Reconciled” is an honest memoir of one man's journey to embrace both his Christian faith and his identity as

The Table After Pride

The Table After Pride My imagination always seems to return to a table. Around it are the people Pride month has asked us to see more clearly. The bisexual Christian who no longer has to divide faith from honesty. The trans person whose life is not treated as a

A Better Hope

A Better Hope There are times when I struggle with the language of hope. Too often, it has been used to ask oppressed people for one more sacrifice. One more season of waiting. One more compromise. One more call to patience while someone else decides whether your dignity is

Pride Before Pride

Pride Before Pride One of the loneliest things I believed as a young queer Christian was not that I was the only one. I knew there were other queer people in the world, and I knew there were other Christians trying to make sense of their lives. What I

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