if somehow, what I know in my gut to be true and what God has told me Himself speaking to my soul to be true ends up being a falsified...

I’m only seven when I hear it first. “My mom says that my uncle can’t come over anymore because he’s gay.” “What’s gay?” I rub the corner...

“Mom, how do you know what gender a baby is?” She looked up from the dishes I didn’t like that look “Oh, moms just, know!” “But how?” And...

I didn’t come out again this weekend. I defended people who do. I’m not really in the closet. Everyone who matters and most of the people...

When I was a little girl, I started to see a woman when I prayed. My eyes were always closed when I saw her, though I wasn’t always...

You’ve asked me to write a response to my student evaluations. I’m sitting in my living room, my feet are cold because I haven’t been...

Dad, Hi. I want to talk to you about something really important, and I ask that you listen with an open mind and open heart. I know...

I was on a bike ride during my junior year of high school, the first time I recognized that I was not cisgender. Biking was one of my...

I tried to write a sad poem because the ache had gone from my head to my chest and I Couldn’t remember why it was I’d decided to take a...

Elephants worship the moon Or so I've been told, waving branches and boughs in their holy places. The moon never answers back, of course,...

You would do anything for me, sure You never loved me the way I loved you You only love me when I'm gone He only loves me when I'm here...

A thousand years ago I stood on the passenger seat of your car, head through the skylight, arms high up in the darkness, hands waving at...

I wish I could understand it. I wish I could explain it. When he’s here the grief is overwhelming. The grief that it’s not her. The grief...

In a bread mixer bowl (not a bread maker) · 5 C. freshly ground whole wheat flour · 2 generous T.s of SAF yeast · 4 ½ C. very warm to hot...