A Quirky Queer Quaker performance artist and scholar
Playfully exploring the serious worlds of gender, religion, and Climate Change
From the Blog
What Does the Bible say about Global Warming?
At a Chamber of Commerce breakfast in rural central Pennsylvania, I brought the conversation to a sudden halt, when I mentioned I am a Bible...
Lies that affect us and Truths we proclaim
This past weekend I gave the keynote address at the Mid-Atlantic LGBTQ+ Conference at Bloomsburg University. The title of my presentation was The Power of...
Boy Erased and UnErased Dig Deep into Conversion Therapy
The motion picture, Boy Erased, premieres in the USA today. It tells the true story of a young gay man, Garrard Conley and the complex relationship with...
Words of Wisdom that Inspire and Guide Me
Sometimes we drug ourselves with dreams of new ideas. The head will save us. The brain alone will set us free. But there are no...
The Life of a Public Introvert
Most people do not believe me when I tell them I am an introvert. But you are so friendly. You are so animated on stage....
A very shoddy dishonest welcome: LGBTQ and Church
I recently chatted with a Quaker about the issue of inclusion. I will lead a course at Woodbrooke Centre on LGBTQ-Friendly Bible stories. “That’s a...
Courage, Compassion, and Tenacity
In reading the monthly journal, The Sun, not to be confused with the daily British tabloid with the same name, I have been moved by...
An Inconvenient Poof
At most festivals and conferences I attend, queer and straight, it’s like we are on a different planet–one that is not warming. Glad to see...