14 November 2025 Many communities of faith have the blessing of having their own spaces for worship, education, and other programs. Sometimes that gift goes underutilized and is empty for parts of the day or week. One way to expand your welcome and put your physical – and virtual – space to good use is […]
7 November 2025 People from your own spiritual tradition can be a great resource for improving — and expanding — your welcome of LGBTQ people! They know the particular challenges and opportunities for inclusion that your denomination faces, along with an understanding of how best to engage your unique religious heritage. They may also have […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS event! This CLGS African American Roundtable workshop explored the theological and practical foundations of holy resistance to systems of oppression. Participants learned how and why people of faith need to challenge empire, and we considered various tools to organize in our communities in order to abolish […]
Click HERE for a video recording of this CLGS Lecture The Hopes and Fears of All the World Are Met in Thee: Identity’s Liberating Power with Bishop Karen Oliveto The 15th Annual CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecture | 9 October 2025 In a time marked by rising oppression, historical erasure, and attacks on bodily and spiritual […]
3 October 2025 This year, we observe Banned Book Week from 5-11 October (2025). If you visit the American Library Association’s Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024, you will notice that 4 of the 10 were targeted because they include positive portrayals of LGBTQ+ people. When these books are removed or not included in […]
26 September 2025 This week we are emphasizing the value of positive messages. LGBTQ people and our families are exposed to homophobic and transphobic messages all the time — from preachers on the car radio, legislators pushing anti-trans bathroom bills, jokes around the water cooler, relatives who don’t understand, and on and on. Or people […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecture Sacred Reckonings with the Doctrine of Discovery’s Betrayal: What Queerness Teaches Us About Strategies of Resistance, Embodied Joy, and Acts of Reparation with Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel The 14th Annual CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecture Recorded on Thursday, 17 October 2024 Rev. […]