Last month, the Southern Baptist Convention overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 decision guaranteeing marriage equality in the United States. Those of us who are same-gender loving couples would be hurt by...
Last week, we discussed some of the work of bible scholar Walter Brueggemann who passed away recently. Brueggemann used the message of the prophet Amos to challenge sexism, racism, and heterosexism while also affirming marginalized people including the LGBTQ+...
Members of Jacksonville's LGBTQ+ community and its supporters lit up the Acosta Bridge on the first Sunday in Pride Month with handheld lights. It came after DeSantis' Transportation Department told cities across the state last year that they could...
Today we continue our discussion of bible scholar Walter Brueggemann’s advocacy of LGBTQ+ in the household of faith. Professor Brueggemann died earlier this month. Brueggemann would point out a story from the Acts of the Apostles in the New...
We began a conversation yesterday about recently departed religion scholar Walter Brueggemann. He was unique in that he was almost equal parts bible scholar, theologian, and homilist. He was also an LGBTQ+ ally. In his biblical defense of LGBTQ+...
Earlier in the month, Prophet of Progressive Christianity Walter Brueggemann died at the age of 92. Bruggemann taught at Eden Seminary in Missouri and also at Columbia Theological Seminary in Georgia. His written works number in the triple digits....