William Lindsey
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I'm a theologian who writes about the interplay of belief and culture, spirituality and its connection to social activism, challenging the religious right's claim to own God, calling the churches to accountability for injustice to LGBT persons, creating dialogue with anyone who wants to build a more humane world, and stopping bullying of LGBT youth in schools.
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Bilgrimage
http://www.bilgrimage.blogspot.com/
Me on pilgrimage, sharing my journey to hope's horizon . . . . I'm a theologian who writes about the interplay of belief and culture, spirituality and its connection to social activism, challenging the religious right's claim to own God, calling the churches to accountability for injustice to LGBT persons, creating dialogue with anyone who wants to build a more humane world, and stopping bullying of LGBT youth in schools.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 3425 )
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My Father at Pearl Harbor As It Was Bombed, and DNA Discoveries in Genealogical...
My father, Benjmain Dennis Lindsey, Jr., at Pearl Harbor during WWII (on left).This is one of those "personal" postings that seem to have become rarer as I... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on Missionary John Allen Chau: "You Go on a Beach, You Throw a Fish at...
Several days ago, I posted some reflections about the story of American Christian missionary John Allen Chau, who was killed by the Sentinelese recently after h... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"All" Francis Is Doing Is Calling Gay Priests to Keep Vows of Celibacy: A...
People say Pope Francis' maliciously silly comments about gay priests are about underscoring that gay priests vowed to celibacy shouldn't be sexually... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Headlines Keep Pouring Forth: "Pope Francis Goes Full Homophobic"; "Pope Tells...
Newshub (New Zealand)And the headlines just keep pouring out around the world: "Pope Francis goes full homophobic"; "Pope Francis doesn’t want homosexuals to... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
I Have a Dream: As Pope Francis Announces That Gay Men Shouldn't Enter...
This is a meditation for the first Sunday of Advent. It has specific reference to what Pope Francis said (or is said to have said: let the Catholic games begin! Read more
Posted on 02 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Trifecta of Bad News for Man in White House Yesterday: "President's Longtime...
Donald Trump's day so far:- Michael Cohen sells him out on Trump Tower Moscow- Trump has meltdown on White House lawn- Trump panics, cancels Putin meeting-... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As More U.S. Catholic Diocesan Offices Are Searched by Police, Reports Continue...
Two days ago, I wrote, One bishop after another is claiming that there have not been cases of abuse in his diocese for years now, and the lists being released... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Killing of John Allen Chau, Controversy Re: Pope Benedict's View of...
With the killing of John Allen Chau on North Sentinel Island and controversy about EPope Benedict XVI's understanding of Jewish-Christian relations in the news... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Breaking News: Authorities Raid Offices of Galveston-Houston Catholic Archdiocese
A significant footnote to what I posted earlier today about how Catholic pastoral leaders have moved beyond the point of no return with the abuse horror show:... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
German Catholic Bishops on Abuse: Church Is at "Point of No Return" and Has...
Christa Pongratz-Lippitt, "Bishops must open archives to 'independent experts'":In a flurry of statements ahead of the first day to commemorate victims of sexua... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Scapegoating Gay Priests and Pining for a World in Which Most Catholics Agree...
It needs to be said again: the call of some Catholic pastoral leaders and of some sectors of the church for "purification" acts of penance (not to mention,... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Donald Trump as Defender of "the" Faith: "These Children Are Barefoot. In...
Huffington Post Lead Headline, 25 November 2018Mike Allen, "Franklin Graham: Trump 'defends the faith'":I never said he was the best example of the Christian... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Boy Erased" and the Destructive Effects of So-Called "Conversion" Therapy:...
American Psychiatric Association, "APA Reiterates Strong Opposition to Conversion Therapy":In the wake of recent popular entertainment portrayals of conversion... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on U.S. Bishops' Meeting: "The Moral Credibility of Catholic Bishops...
Barry Blitt's "Welcome to Congress" cover for New Yorker, 9 November 2018Now if a knock-off cover could only be produced, showing all those whited-out men in... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Apologies for Being Slow to Blog: Our Never-Ending (but Now Almost-Ended) Kitche...
I'm sorry to have been relatively silent here of late — and, in particular, to have taken so long to acknowledge and answer your recent comments. Read more
Posted on 16 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Good, Conservative People Who Reject Liberalism": White Southern Evangelical...
John Sharp, "Alabama just elected 'one of the most conservative governments we've ever had'":"The voters of Alabama overwhelmingly confirmed that we remain a... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Election Aftertakes: "Democrats Led Republicans by More Than 12 Million Votes...
Notice that the caravan totally disappeared as an issue as soon as the votes were cast -- not just Fox News, but mainstream media too. Read more
Posted on 09 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More Commentary on White Evangelicals & Elections: "Majority of This Country's...
As a companion piece to what I posted yesterday about the role that white evangelicals played (yet again) in Tuesday's election, please see the following:Peter... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"To the Extent There Is a Real Thing Called American Evangelicalism, It Is Deepl...
Three-quarters (75%) of white voters who describe themselves as evangelical or born-again Christians (a group that includes Protestants, Catholics and members o... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Post-(U.S.) Election Poem
A poem I wrote some years ago — and I have to say as I share it, I'm not sure if the language of grace works for me any longer. Too old, tired, disheartened to... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
