MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of Canyonwalker Connections is to repair the division that exists between social and Christian conservatives and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community through education, training, and dialogue in both secular and religious environments. Please support the work of Canyonwalker Connections with either a one time gift, recurring gifts or […]
Since 2011, a group of LGBT Christians and allies have formed a Wall of Love surrounding the virulent street preachers at Charlotte Pride. We have blocked the hatred while extending love, acceptance and resource information to the festival goers. Our group (4 people in 2011, 13 in 2012, 50 in 2013, 62 in 2014, 40+ in 2015 […]
The first women’s rights conventions took place in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848. Seventy-five years later, a version of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was first introduced to Congress by feminist advocate Alice Paul who believed that the Nineteenth Amendment was not enough to protect the equal treatment of persons, regardless of sex. ERA […]
[Post written by Nathan Despott, Brave Network Australia] Australia’s evangelical movement is small, yet its loud and well-funded voice has made huge waves in Australian politics, causing much harm to LGBTIQ Australians and much risk to LGBTIQ youth. The Brave Network Melbourne, an advocacy and support group for LGBTIQ people of faith, is bringing one […]
Same worship song, one week apart, yet today I’m pained. This emotional ache is not a new place for me. I’ve frequently found myself here over the past decade, and it’s become increasingly more difficult to withstand. For me, the worship portion of church services used to be so “me-centric.” I owned those song— me and God, me and Jesus, […]
Texas-based, travelling evangelist Landon Schott is certainly not unique in his strongly anti-gay theological and ideological beliefs. His lack of academic integrity and immature reasoning skills alone should render him inconsequential in the conversation about faith as it intersects sexual orientation. Yet, he can’t be dismissed because his target market is teens and young adults, […]
I’ve been screamed at by street preachers, and some days, I get pretty nasty mail. But protesting with a sign about Franklin Graham’s poisonous words spoken about gay youth at his “Decision America Tour” in Carson City, Nevada was yet another level of interesting. Though I am supportive of the work of Samaritan’s Purse, led by Franklin, […]
[UPDATE April 11, 2016 — GOAL REACHED!] The Study Guide for Walking the Bridgeless Canyon is almost ready. But . . . I need help getting it finished and printed. Though it will be available online on Amazon, selling the book, and now the Study Guide, directly and at events is a large part of the income for Canyonwalker Connections, […]
Franklin Graham is bringing his “Decision America Tour” to Carson City, Nevada on Wednesday, March 30th. And, I will be there . . . with a protest sign. I’ll be standing as a silent (mostly) witness against grievous words repeatedly spoken by Graham against the gay and transgender communities, in particular, gay children and transgender children. I […]
This is the third in a series of posts challenging the sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender hierarchy/ binary teachings of Pastor Harvey Turner, Lead Pastor of Living Stones Church, Reno, Nevada. [Harvey is not alone in his teachings. Many conservative churches teach these principles, inclusive of members of the Acts 29 network, co-founded by now-shamed and fired Mark […]
This Sunday, attendees of the Living Stones Church, Reno, Nevada will hear a sermon partially focused on gender. Deuteronomy 22:5 is one of the proof texts being used to discuss gender so that hearers might be “biblically faithful and compassionate to those struggling with (gender dysphoria).” […]
I hope this post finds its way to the members and attendees of Living Stones (LS) Church, Reno, Nevada. I have already made an effort to go directly to your pastor. In short, I was told I am wrong, on the wrong side of church history and orthodoxy, so I am addressing this directly to […]
On April 23rd, I’ll be speaking at a church in NoNev—the event description is below. Feel free to share! ____________________________________________ Untangling the Mess: Separating the Truth and Mistruths about What it Means to Be LGBT and Christian is being presented on Saturday, April 23rd by Kathy Baldock at Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Drive, Reno, from 10 am […]
I wanted to be encouraged by the chapters on gay and transgender issues in Sean McDowell’s A New Kind of Apologist (Harvest House, 2016) in which McDowell acted in the role as editor over 27 authors with “a new approach to apologetics.” (Apologetics is reasoned arguments used to establish and defend the Christian faith.) [ORIGINAL […]
Caleb Kaltenbach’s Messy Grace: How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love without Sacrificing Conviction (2015, WaterBrook Press) had been recommended to me as a compassion treatment of the intersection of faith and sexual orientation. Kaltenbach’s book is one of the recent book offerings in latest genre of Christian authors extending what they perceive […]
