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Be the Bridge: Connecting the LGBTQIA+ Community and People of Faith

May 23, 2018

My favorite episode and the one where I learned the most.

GOD CREATED ADAM AND EVE BUT WHAT ABOUT INTERSEX? Nick Manchester is an intersex chimera who's transgender, non-binary, gay and asexual. Doctors forced his parents to decide his gender when he was three days old, and they made the choice to raise him as a girl....


May 16, 2018

On Season 1, Episode 20, I spoke with Southern Baptist preacher, Scott McQueen.

For thirty-one years he was a Southern Baptist preacher. And as the parent of three boys, he was a "parrot" of the orthodox message about homosexuality. But on April 8, 2014, when his youngest son came out to him as gay, Scott's life and his...


May 9, 2018

Homosexuality may be an "abomination" and "unnatural", but those terms don't mean what you think they do.

On this episode, I talk with Professor Daniel Helmeniak talks about the Bible and Homosexuality. We talk about the Hebrew view of the word "abomination" and how it doesn't mean a sin. We look at why "unnatural"...


May 2, 2018

Susan Cottrell is a prominent voice for faith parents of LGBTQIA+ kids.  We chat about our least favorite expression: Love the sinner. Hate the sin.

That message is equivalent to an insincere apology, and the only message received is HATE.

We talk about alternatives for parents and also deep down what that expression...


Apr 25, 2018

The Bible contains inconsistencies so why do some people claim the Bible is inerrant? I speak with Robert Cottrell about the flawed concept of "Biblical inerrancy." No one takes the Bible literally. Some people just cherry pick verses they want to believe, exclude the rest and call their individualized faith...