Jimena, PNB Summer Course 2015
“I’ve been trying to go home my whole life—”
— Chelsea Dingman, from “Psychogeography,” published in The Los Angeles Review
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Anonymous asked:
Hi there, I am a bisexual woman. I am saved and love God.. but I’ve been reading Romans.. What are your thoughts on Romans 1:26-27? Really struggling with this. 😕 I am starting a bible study with a friend and we both chose Romans. But I’m constantly stuck on this verse to where I’m not able to focus on the rest. Thank you 😞
queertheology answered:
We did a podcast episode specifically on that passage here
And these resources might be helpful for you to know, understand, and trust that it’s ok to be LGBTQ and Christian
And about Romans more broadly, we’ve done 9 different podcast episodes on various passages from Romans. You might find those helpful as you go through the letter together. You can browse the podcast by book of the Bible here.
“I was always the one who gave. You took and took and took, though you always told me you loved me. That’s why I stopped loving you. But you never even realized, because you never paid attention to anyone but yourself. I can’t remember a single thing you’ve ever given me, other than exhaustion—and that exhaustion came in perfect doses, just enough so I wouldn’t be completely destroyed, and would stay with you for exactly as long as you needed me. I stopped loving you because I was tired. But since you never paid any attention to me, you never understood how tired I was.”
— Margarita Karapanou, tr. by Karen Emmerich, from “Rien ne va Plus,”
the lord, inventing love, happiness, and the ability to thrive no matter the situation: these are for the gays
I feel like Godly relationships - friendship, romantic relationships, marriage, and really any relationships - centers on the covenant between the two people, rather than a contract or a transaction. A covenant means that no matter what happens, you stick around for the other person, you do your part of the relationship, despite of how the other person is doing. You point out each others’ wrong (and ungodly) actions, and thoughts. You put your pride away. You speak the truth with love. You sharpen as iron, and be sharpened as iron.
And what’s beautiful about these covenants is that they are supposed to be unbreakable. Like, worldly things are not permanent, but that’s what is supposed to make relationship and marriage so valuable: they are supposed to be the unbreakable promises of you always giving yourself fully and honestly and not asking for anything in return. They’re supposed to exemplify an everlasting promise like everything that is from God
“What are you supposed to do with all the love you have for somebody if that person is no longer there? What happens to all that leftover love? Do you suppress it? Do you ignore it? Are you supposed to give it to someone else?”
— Maggie O'Farrell, After You’d Gone (via wnq-anonymous)