60 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Scientologists
by: Nico Lang While writing my Tom Cruise piece, I did some research on the presence of Scientology in Hollywood and the bevy of stars that got mad love for […]
Category Archives: Religion
St. Dominic: When I Attended Catholic School in the Chicago Suburbs
by: Dominick Mayer It wasn’t until I decided to get the hell out of parochial school at the age of ten that I discovered what subterfuge is. I attended St. […]
An Open Letter to Tom Cruise: It’s Time
by: Nico Lang Dear Tom Cruise, You don’t know me, but I’ve known you for a very long time. I’ve known you my whole life. I remember watching Legend, Cocktail […]
Reclaiming Family Values: Proof That Poly Relationships Are Biblically-Based
by: David Chastity You know what I’m tired of? Conservative, heterosexual, monogamous Christians being the only ones who get to talk about family values. I’ve recently decided to reclaim the […]
Proud, Queer and Christian: Turning Up the Volume on Radical Love
by: Chet Mitchell Jechura Rounding the corner of the Boston Common, my face glistening with sweat as I marched under the warmth of a hot and persistent sun, I stared […]
Intersectional Spaces: What Queer and Religious Allyship Has Meant To Me
by: Kara Crawford As should be evident from many of my IOW posts, I’m a United Methodist, through-and-through. I’m almost just as strongly an extremely committed progressive, though I only […]
21 Grams: A Story About My Soul
by: Andrew Marikis Dr. Duncan McDougall was a scientist. In 1907 he performed a seminal experiment that has or should have shaped how we think about the human soul. He […]
A Gay Christian’s Response to Pastor Charles Worley
by: Todd Andrew Clayton “The Bible’s again’ it! God’s again’ it! I’m again’ it! And if you got any sense, you’re again’ it!” On May 13th, 2012, following President Obama’s […]
God Hates No One: A Hopeful Counter Protest to the WBC
by: Kara Crawford Recently a nine-year-old boy, Josef Miles, achieved internet fame when he staged a one-person counter-protest to Westboro Baptist Church, holding a small sign made of pencil on […]
Bigger Than the Birth Control: Being Pro-Life and Pro-Healthcare
By: J.C. Johnson I am coming out pro-life (and also Catholic! God help me!). Really, I am. With this admission I would like to mention that I have been increasingly […]
