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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A Dear Readers Note of Apology for My Failure to Respond to Comments Here
Dear Friends — a quick note to update you on why I'm not making headway with responding to most of your very welcome comments here right now. Read more
Posted on 01 October 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Why the Pope's Meeting with Kim Davis Is the Last Straw for Me: With Commentary...
Several days back, I received an email from America Magazine asking me to contribute financial support to America as a member of the America community. Read more
Posted on 01 October 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Comments Keep Pouring In Re: Pope's Choice to Meet with Kim Davis: "Lost Me,"...
And the comments just keep pouring in to my email box and my Facebook feed, people crushed and angry that the pope chose to meet with Kim and Joe Davis and Mat... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Charles Pierce on Pope's Decision to Meet with Kim Davis As Dumbest Thing He's...
Charles Pierce on the pope's meeting with Kim Davis as the dumbest thing he's ever done as pope — and on the disastrous consequences of this meeting for his... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Responses to Pope's Meeting with Kim Davis from My Facebook Feed: "Last Straw,"...
Responses to the news that the pope met with Kim Davis and her lawyer Mat Staver of the anti-gay hate group Liberty Counsel has had my Facebook page lit up all... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Vatican Confirms Pope's Secret Meeting with Kim Davis, Moynihan's Site Comes Bac...
Vatican confirms meeting: spokesman Rev Lombardi says he doesn't deny Pope and Davis met but won't add more. Via @EPovoledo @nytimes— Laurie Goodstein... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: If Kim Davis-Pope Francis Story True, "Conservatives Will Feel...
Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Harriet Sherwood, and Calla Wahlquist in The Guardian this morning on the secret meeting Pope Francis is said to have held with Kim... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis, Pretty Words, and My Medicare Nightmare: An Update
While Pope Francis was in the U.S., I reported to you from the real world about my ongoing nightmare with Medicare — a nightmare that has everything in the worl... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis Met with Kim Davis and Wrapped His Protective Mantle Around Her?! A...
When I told you yesterday that I'd be very surprised if Pope Francis did not have direct knowledge of Kim Davis's case, little did I know I'd wake up to an emai... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis and Kim Davis: Pretty Words in Absence of Practice Fail to Make...
In comments here yesterday, several of you (e.g., MagpieinMadrid, Jerry Slevin, and Chris Morley) point to Pope Francis's response to a question by Terry Moran... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Papal Visit Wrap-Up, Or Unwrapping Media Spin with Women, Abuse Survivors, and...
Not a wrap-up of the papal visit, but an attempt to unwrap the neatly wrapped package that has just been delivered to us vis the media (i.e. Read more
Posted on 29 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
From Nuns on the Bus Town Hall Meeting in Little Rock: Rev. Wendell Griffen on...
I recently blogged about the town hall meeting the Nuns on the Bus held in my community of Little Rock on 13 September, which my husband Steve and I attended. Read more
Posted on 28 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ezra Klein on How New Online Media Technologies Shift U.S. Political...
This is what I mean when I keep saying repeatedly that new media made possible by online technology, as well as the tools of social networking, are changing... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis on Families and Their Gifts, John McNeill and Margaret Farley on...
What Catholic theologian John McNeill is pointing to in the quotation I shared with you yesterday is very much like what Catholic theologian Margaret Farley als... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Pope, the Toppled (Catholic) House Speaker Mr. Boehner, and White...
This is partly for fun. As you know, I'm not political — just a theologian. Just as Pope Francis or Jesus is not political (and I'm not comparing myself to... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Remembering John McNeill, As Doors Slam Shut on Thousands at World Meeting of...
As several of you have noted in comments here in the past few days, on the day on which Pope Francis arrived in the U.S., noted theologian and former Jesuit... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Joan Chittister to Pope Francis: "It Is Impossible, Holy Father, to Be Serious...
Because I do remain a bit muzzy in the head due to my recent tooth issues (and, above all, the difficulty one has in sleeping as she/he deals with pain in the... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis, Pretty Words, and My Medicare Nightmare: A Report from the Ground
I am poped out, folks. And you?It doesn't help, surely, that I'm still battling pain from the root canal I had two days ago, and finding it difficult to muster... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Francis's Oblique Comments Today on Abuse Crisis: Open Mouth, Insert Foot —...
As Jerry Slevin says in a comment here earlier today, Dennis Coday has some pointed things to say after Pope Francis's address to the bishops when they and he... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As Francis Comes to U.S., I Remember JPII's Visit to My University in 1987 — Whe...
As the current pope comes to the U.S., how can I ever forget the visit of another previous rock-star pope, John Paul II, to the U.S.? Read more
Posted on 23 September 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
