Kimberlee C. Runnion

Christmas is hard for me. I don't mean the holiday. I mean the story. It's hard to wrap my head around it, and I know I'm not alone. It all starts with Jesus' conception. In a society where we constantly have to talk about consent, trying to make it as simple as a cup of tea, how can we be okay with Gabriel coming to tell Mary, "Oh hey, yeah, God's gonna make a baby with you!" Notice that Gabriel doesn't ask. God doesn't ask. To me, this story reads like the high schoo

Following the e-mail I sent to many in my congregation last week, I was confronted by another member in church. She was distressed that I had sent such an angry and hateful e-mail to "half of the congregation!" I calmly spoke with her, listening to the pain and fear in her voice as she described the last time our congregation discussed queer issues. A former pastor was asked to resign after performing a same-sex union without permission from the congregation (this was abou