10 things not to do on a pseudo-date

well folks, in order to break the monotony of my recent emo-licious posts, i thought i might regale you with a useful listing of what gaytheologian does on a pseudo-date so you can make sure NEVER to do the same. (pseudo date: not a real one of course; when it has been …

site updates SOON!

that's right my lovely friends...i finally have access to a (mostly) consistent internet connection and a computer to begin doing a bit of an overhaul to www.gaytheologian.com! the sections will still be the same but there will be pictures that you can only see on this …

old friends, good times

a quick update for ya...

i am going on week 6 in the city! yesterday my best friend dave came up to see me from tennessee...he will be here for 10 days, and it will be great to have an old friend help me get some perspective on this new life of mine...

i am so grateful …

finding home in the strangest places

hello friends! it has been, once again, an insanely long week! today marks my one-week anniversary of arriving in my new home! it is interesting that while i felt home almost immediately in the city, it has taken much longer to get used to school and community living …

more than 3 weeks and a lifetime away

i find it very interesting that only 3 weeks have passed since i arrived in the city and it feels like i've been here a whole semester already...

there has been something distinctly different between this and the other places i have gone to school. i have certainly …

the view is much better from here

hello all! sorry i have not been able to blog lately. i do not yet have a computer and have a very limited amount of time at the public library in which to do a bunch of stuff! unfortunately this will have to be very short as well...

so the update:

i have arrived …

my run-in with fundamentalism personified

today i received a stark reminder of the mentality and rhetoric of hatred that permeates this land known as the bible belt.

there is an older couple that has been building a house across the street from my parents' house, and today the house finally got it's "for sale" …

wooooooo, pride!!!

yes folks, it's that time of year again...

pride festivals and marches are going on all over the world today!

to properly pronounce the title of this blog, i am providing the following phonetic spelling:

whew-oooooooooh! pr-aaaae-d! (say it like you're from …

let the whole world see and know...

...that things which were cast down are being raised up... (book of common prayer)

i am happy to announce that i will be attending the general theological seminary of the episcopal church in manhattan, ny starting this september!!!

so many details to cover. maybe …

just when i thought i was close to a decision...

i was accepted into chicago theological seminary this morning!

now, cts represents the best of the best. they are the most racially integrated. they have a good straight to gay people ratio. they have a long history or social activism (Jesse Jackson sr and jr both …

the wait is finally over...

i have been accepted to two seminaries! i am so excited!

it has been a ridiculously long and stressful struggle to convince any seminary that i am capable of good work! even though i applied to all "gay friendly" schools of course, there is still a stigma that goes …

"thanks be to god"

so i went to my first episcopalian eucharist in years today. i was nervous, as 3 of my 4 seminary applications have gone to episcopal seminaries, and i was hoping i would like it as much as i remembered!

for one thing, there needs to be a card in the foyer with all …

amazing

this kid is seriously the funniest guy i've seen in a long time.

this video is not on the "Clark and Michael" website, so i thought i'd share it here:

my graduation

well, what was supposed to be my graduation occurred this morning, of course without me!

i had a brief rush of anger/bitterness towards the hateful tyrants who make up the church of god and preside over the seminary. i even purposely stayed in bed even though i had …

this thing is dead-on!

i don't do quizzes generally, but this one was a theological one, so I couldn't help myself...try it out!

You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan, You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe …

the husband hunt

many people think i'm kidding when i tell them i am looking for a husband. no, my friends, i am completely serious.

i am almost 29 years old, and i have spent the past year getting over the effects of the aforementioned ex-gay therapy. i have absolutely no desire …

the gay kid finally talks

after preparing and editing and agonizing over "autobiographical statements" for a bunch of different seminaries, one would think that i could easily jot down a few highlights in a blog to get started. unfortunately, it's a bit more complicated than that. it has taken …

queer christian summer fun!

so for those of you who are either queer or a straight ally, there are some conferences coming up that you might want to consider attending:

THE FELLOWSHIP CONFERENCE - June 27 - July 1 2007 - Chicago, IL

this is the group led by bishop yvette flunder, featuring …

how my community responds in love

this is in fact my first blog post, and yet i will leave it to one of my mentors, rev. mel white, to talk about rev. jerry falwell's passing today. here is the press release from soulforce.org:

Soulforce Observes the Passing of Rev. Jerry Falwell

Today, the …