At beginning of this year, I was interviewed by Cass Midgley for his podcast, “Everyone’s Agnostic.” While the majority of the people he...

Hey Friends! I am working on a new blog post to get to you soon, but in the meantime, wanted to share with you that earlier this week, I...

Over the Fourth of July, I vacationed with my wife and a couple friends in Glenwood Springs. It was my first time that far west on I-70...

On Wednesday morning, the LGBT Christian community experienced a wave of excitement and encouragement as Eugene Peterson was quoted in a...

This week, I had the opportunity of being the special guest on Serendipitydoodah’s Facebook LIVE event. Serendipitydoodah is a private...

“I’m so proud of you Amber,” my dad frequently told me growing up. He said it more times than I could count. It didn’t matter whether it...

I have a confession: my wife and I enjoy binge watching Scandal. Similar to other TV series we’ve watched like Revenge, Prison Break, and...

I’m amazed at how people can subtly change our life, sometimes without us even knowing it. This past week, because of an unexpected...

I am a motherless LGBTQ daughter. My mother is not deceased, she does not live out of state, and my parents are not divorced. My mother...

I’m always inspired by how easily wonder and mystery comes for little children. Their eyes get big as they believe in the impossible, or...

It is now two days after Easter and I suspect most of us spent a good chunk of yesterday recovering from Easter festivities. The Easter...

5 years ago today, I came out to my family. This is my “It Gets Better” story to commemorate this day: You can read my story by clicking...

During this Lenten season, our church has talked a lot about suffering. Normally no one rejoices over studying such topics, any more than...

This past year, I spent a huge portion of my time each week writing my first memoir. That meant that I looked at and examined my own life...

I’ve been reading Brené Brown’s book The Gifts of Imperfection and it is undoing me. People warned me this would happen, which in all...

Last week, my wife and I went to see The Shack. Despite its controversy among many Christians, we were eager to view the film version of...

“DID YOU NOT KNOW WHAT THE HOLY ONE CAN DO WITH DUST?” These words have been sitting on the ground of my soul for the past week. I can’t...

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do. You must be fearless.” This quote by Eleanor Roosevelt, along with my addition at the...

In fact, when asking someone how they are doing, two of the most common responses I hear are “Busy” and “Tired.” Unfortunately, American...

For most of my growing up years, I was privileged. I didn’t know it at the time, but the privileged rarely do. I grew up a white, middle...