Queer Church Lady

I love God. In all Their forms (Their.... see what I did there?) My favorite and go-to however is the Holy Spirit. She is the action! Since I tend to be a do-er, God the action is most relatable to me.  She's also the only identifier of God that doesn't require a specific gender indicator. Now, I am one to read the heck out of scripture and scrutinize the language for meaning.... which?... we all should do? Are you ready? Are you sure? The Holy Spirit is personified female and let me tell you why! Scripture constantly genders wisdom as a "she". So it would only make sense that the wise counsel that Jesus sends down to us would be female as well. "Why is this important?" you ask. Well, it is not an insider trade secret that women aren't exactly sitting at the table with the big boys when it comes to Christianity. We are, however, half of humanity so it would make at least a little bit of sense that- created in God's image- at le...

"Hi I'm Sofie and I'm a Queer Church Lady." she says sheeply into the squeaky microphone. "Hi Sofie" the support group shouted enthusiastically. If you find yourself on this blog, odds are your identifier is as confusing as mine, or you are looking for some relatable content on being a Jesus lovin' Queer. If so, then welcome. If you are looking for some nonsense about praying the Gay away.... well, go with God, friend because this will do nothing but offend you in a multitude of ways. There will be no praying to correct something that doesn't need correction today- or any other day for that matter. It's taken a really long time to get to this point. I've been in a hetero marriage and tried desperately to believe that I could fake it. As a Catholic, my options were straight marriage or celibacy- or so I thought, turns out it's not as black and white as the head honchos in Rome would have you believe. The beginning of my f...