Episodes
Monday Sep 03, 2018
212: Intersections in the Neighborhood
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Live from Pride48 New Orleans Podcasting Expo 2018:
Allies
Intersections
Different Drummer(s)
Loving someone as they are, and hiding who they are
Rogers' message: you are not a mistake
Understanding the quiet gay activism of Mister Rogers
Vanity Fair interview with Francois Clemmons
Different Drummer: Francois Clemmons and Fred Rogers
Special thanks to Nicole Villacres from Greetings From Nowhere and Pride48.
Thursday Jan 05, 2017
192: 100 Ways
Thursday Jan 05, 2017
Thursday Jan 05, 2017
I recall an exercise that I found unexpectedly challenging: making 100 clear and simple statements about myself that were true and affirming, in the sense of not being negative. I've been sharing parts of this throughout Inappropriate Conversations and Walk The Earth podcasts. This time, I revist that list.
Different Drummer: John Pavlovitz
Tuesday Sep 20, 2016
189: Apocalyptic Visions
Tuesday Sep 20, 2016
Tuesday Sep 20, 2016
I've been warning people about the dangers of hypocrisy for more than three decades now, doing so as if I might face some harsh judgment if I don't. I'm still sounding the alarm today, sometimes with opinion and other times with quotation.
Different Drummer: Ezekiel of Jerusalem
Tuesday Feb 09, 2016
180: Jesus Quote Bubble
Tuesday Feb 09, 2016
Tuesday Feb 09, 2016
Perhaps the best way to answer the inaccurate and probably blasphemous words being put into the mouth of Jesus by some pastors and politicians is to quote Jesus of Nazareth at length. My favorite way of doing that is sharing The Sermon On The Mount. For better or worse, I've chosen to do that in a way that might have gotten me burned at the stake a few hundred years ago.
Different Drummer: John Wycliffe
Tea Party Jesus - the Tumblr
Monday Sep 14, 2015
172: Proud To Know You 2
Monday Sep 14, 2015
Monday Sep 14, 2015
Two years ago, I made a head decision -- an intellectual choice -- to attend a Pride48 event as soon as schedules could be coordinated. The time lag says a lot about my vacation schedule and nothing about my resolve. This year, I can say as a heart decision -- a more spiritual confidence -- that it was one of the better plans I've made. Anyone who has followed previous vacation episodes knows that my wife and I make excellent travel plans, too. So, while I normally don't do recap shows, it just makes sense to talk about "what I did on my summer vacation" as a follow-up to the original Proud To Know You episode on Inappropriate Conversations (#128).
Different Drummer: Kathy Baldock
Canyon Walker Connections story on evol =
Pride48
Wednesday Sep 09, 2015
171: Walking The Earth
Wednesday Sep 09, 2015
Wednesday Sep 09, 2015
The Walk The Earth podcast hit a milestone of sorts in recent weeks with an episode recorded before a live audience. Seems like a good time for Inappropriate Conversations to look back at the still-building history of Walk The Earth, including the mission of the show and the questions I have attempted to answer.
Different Drummer: Francis of Assisi
Tuesday Jun 30, 2015
168: Epistles From Gay Christians
Tuesday Jun 30, 2015
Tuesday Jun 30, 2015
Strident
Christian views about homosexuality have compromised any defense of
infallibility, causing some to question the existence of God. Certainly there
is justification for denying the validity of their anti-LGBTQ worldview. After
all, in less than a decade “religious right” speakers presuming to represent
Christianity have moved from there is no such thing as sexual orientation
to homosexuality is just a choice to
maybe it isn’t a choice but there can’t
be anything inherent to it to if it is inherent in some way it still
cannot possibly by “natural” to either way it’s just a behavior that
represents a rebellion against God to
those people can attend church but they
can never be members of our congregation to perhaps they can join us
in Christian fellowship but only if they take a vow of involuntary
celibacy to perhaps it is inevitable that some of them will live together but we
don’t want to know what that intimacy entails to God can forgive all sins
but not the sin of those people wanting to get married. Frankly, it is
dizzying how many times a perfect and never-changing God has put a completely
different idea, or strategy, into the mouths of those who purport to speak on
behalf of deity. This Inappropriate Conversation is going to give the soapbox
to a totally different group, gay Christians. "Why worship a God of love
if doing so means denying the possibility of experiencing love?" (N.T.,
Australia). What do we do if some Christians don’t want LGBTQ people worshiping
God in the first place? Where do we find either the Great Commission or the
Great Commandments in that Christian worldview? Perhaps, the Spirit of the
living God is pointing us in a different direction. We should listen.
Different Drummer: John Shore