When Heresy-Hunters Hunt Themselves
The Original Blog Post: Two days ago, well-known Christian author Christopher Yuan posted on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter): Temptation knocks on everyone’s door—but what happens next is what really matters. A thought by itself isn’t sin, but let it linger, feed it, and suddenly, it takes root . The […]
Reintegrative Therapy and “Serious Misrepresentations”
Author and licensed psychologist Dr. Julia Sadusky recently published a short video explaining why she doesn’t do Reintegrative Therapy as a Catholic therapist. If you’re not familiar with Reintegrative Therapy, it’s a clinical approach which claims to bring about shifts in sexual orientation as a byproduct of trauma therapy. In their own words: “Reintegrative Therapy® is […]
I Can Be Your Villain
By Gregory Coles. Greg holds a PhD from Penn State, is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center, and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian, No Longer Strangers, and The Limits of My World. I recently ran into an old friend who might hate my guts. I say “ran into,” but the truth is, we didn’t get […]
New Pastoral Paper: Youth Ministry with LGBTQ+/SSA Students
By Anne Wilson and Tony Rogatto. When I (Anne) was 22 years old, I never would have guessed that my most complicated practical ministry scenarios as a youth pastor would involve students’ sleeping arrangements. But that’s exactly what has happened. Most youth ministries regularly host overnight events, which means making arrangements for students’ […]
Sex, Gender, and Transgender Experiences: Part 3—Gender Identity
This is part 3 in an ongoing series on gender by Dr. Preston Sprinkle. Click here to see the first post. In my previous post, I wrestled with the first two of the following three concepts: To repeat, the existence non-intersex humans as male and female is one of the only widely accepted facts across […]