by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Jun 25, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
This June, cities all over the country have hosted a multitude of Pride events: parades, lip-syncing competitions, concerts, and educational experiences, just to name a few. While the list may not be surprising given that it’s Pride month, the venue of some of these...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Jun 20, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
It’s Pride month and if you’ll indulge in the comparison, it feels like Christmas. Store shelves are stocked with specialty merchandise sold only this time of year. Radio stations play queer classics like Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” and new anthems like Flamy Grant’s...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Apr 18, 2024 | Feature, News
The Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Research conference was held on Friday, April 12, at Loma Linda University (LLU) in California, both virtually and in person. The conference aimed to integrate two fields that are sometimes seen as at odds: spirituality and behavioral...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Mar 4, 2024 | Feature-, News
The Reformation Project (TRP) announced on February 22nd that it doesn’t agree with or promote queer theology. TRP was launched in 2013 by Matthew Vines, author of the popular book “God and the Gay Christian.” According to its mission statement, the goal of the...
by Mary Dyer | Feb 2, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
When I was young, I played a hand game called “rock, paper, scissors.” Rock would win over scissors, paper over rock, and scissors over paper. Yet the game was “fixed” because if water had been one of the choices, water would always win. I use this game to tell you a...