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I Have Been Complicit in Anti-LGBT Violence - and I am so sorry.

The election happened. The results are real. Once again, the popular vote doesn't matter. Donald Trump will be in the White House....

Happy Clergy Appreciation Day!

I’m a pastor’s daughter – a female pastor’s daughter to be precise – so I have gotten the question for ages, “Are you gonna be a pastor...

[Trans]itioning our Language

Update: I received some wonderful feedback from a friend of mine that is an important update to this post. Thank you, Brige Mendes for...

She Walks With Me

Someone recently said to me, “The church has come a long way, but I think the one thing that will never change is male pronouns for God. ...

Churchsplaining

“You’re being too sensitive!” “You have to understand that we didn’t mean anything by it.” “That’s obviously not what we meant.” -- Sound...

Sometimes You Have to Stay

I live in an interesting town. I like to compare Easton, Pennsylvania, to Stars Hollow (fictional town of Gilmore Girls): we have...

On Choices, Belhar, and Child Protection Policies

Tonight was an historic night for the Presbyterian Church (USA). Maybe you read about it. For the first time, we passed a...

For Pulse . . . What I couldn't say

This has been an intense week - beginning with the tragic shooting at Pulse in Orlando. I felt so devastated. In my grief, I reached...

The Prodigal Son

The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11–32) always leaves a bit to be desired for me…at least with traditional interpretations....

September 20, 2020—A Prayer

originally prayed at Open Cathedral in Leander, TX Let us cry out to God. Let us cry out loud so that God can hear us.[1] Let us pray....

Kimberlee C. Runnion