by social@thebtscenter.org | May 26, 2017 | 21stCenturyMission, 21stCenturyReligion
In January of 2014, I revealed to the elders of New Heart Community Church that I no longer held to the traditional position on homosexuality that our church had long promoted. After initial conversations for clarity on my position, one of the elders asked, “Are you...
by social@thebtscenter.org | May 18, 2017 | 21stCenturyBible, 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyMinistry
As a child, I was an avid comic book collector. Every other Saturday, after I completed my chores and received my allowance, my neighborhood friends and I would walk to the nearby comic store, which would have just received its newest shipment of X-Men and Wolverine...
by social@thebtscenter.org | May 12, 2017 | 21stCenturyMinistry, Bearings Review 2017, ChurchChange
I’ve driven by that church—you know, the one with the giant banner that says, “All Are Welcome.” I often ask myself, “If I walked through the doors, would I be embraced?” I’m an educated, queer, Black, Progressive, Transgender Christian. Would I, with all that I...
by social@thebtscenter.org | May 4, 2017 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyReligion
My friend and fellow historian John Fea once said that history has no heroes. Lately I’ve been reflecting on this provocative idea with the help of a fictional woman named Hero. I encountered Hero (full name: Hero Jarvis) in a Regency-era mystery, When Falcons Fall,...
